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Template:InfoboxNeue Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront.
StarCitizen:Squadron 42 became available to wishlist on Steam on October 10 2026.<ref name=":0">Squadron 42, steam</ref>
History
Initially neither StarCitizen:Star Citizen nor StarCitizen:Squadron 42 were available on Steam and it was announced that there were no plans at the time to do so.
Cloud Imperium Games uses its own StarCitizen:launcher.
StarCitizen:Chris Roberts has mentioned that he would like to bring Star Citizen to Steam for those who want it, but that he doesn't want to make it a requirement.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
In early September 2026 Steam rolled out a major bug, resulting in automated data collectors such as Exophase and SteamDB collecting achievement data for every single Steam game that has one, even those unreleased or even unannounced, including Squadron 42.<ref>Steam achievements for unreleased and unannounced games leak on aggregators such as Exophase and SteamDB, gamesindustry.biz, 9 sept. 2026</ref><ref>"Oh boy. After its weekly maintenance window, Steam unfortunately rolled out a major, major bug around achievements [...]", Simon Carless, linkedin, September 9 2026</ref>
StarCitizen:Squadron 42 became available to wishlist on Steam on October 10 2026, exactly 14 years after the initial announcement to the day, with a planned StarCitizen:release date of Q2 2027.<ref name=":0" /> At the same time, the Squadron 42 website got updated accordingly, including with a Steam wishlist button that had not been visible until then but had been datamined by players some days earlier.<ref>SQ42 website update, reddit.com, September 29 2026</ref><ref>Squadron42.com</ref>
Steam Keys
Pre-existing Squadron 42 access won't be transferable to steam, CIG asked Valve about Steam keys and Valve said no.<ref>SQ42 Town Hall Infodump, tenpoundfortytwo, Youtube, 11 october 2026</ref>