Frequently Asked Questions
Which pages does the extension work on? Does it work in the Steam desktop client?+
The extension only works on store.steampowered.com in your browser. Game detail pages show a comparison panel above the purchase box, and search and category results, the store home page's game lists, and your wishlist also carry comparison information, with some home page covers showing a badge when a third-party store is cheaper than Steam. It does not work in the Steam desktop client, whose built-in store page cannot load browser extensions. To compare prices for a game you are viewing in the client, open the same store page in a browser.
What do the lowest current offer and the all-time low mean? Why is one of them sometimes missing?+
The lowest current offer is the cheapest in-stock offer among the stores GameGeeker currently has on record, and it changes as stores adjust their prices. The all-time low is the lowest price GameGeeker has recorded, useful for judging whether the current offer is close to a low point. The data comes from GameGeeker, and not every game is covered, nor does every covered game have a historical record or stores currently selling it. When the corresponding data is missing, that section simply is not shown, which is normal.
Which region's prices are shown, and how are savings calculated?+
The extension first matches prices by the region information shown on the Steam page. If that region is not supported, it tries to match by currency; if that also fails, it falls back to US-region US dollars and shows a notice on the page. Savings are calculated only when the Steam page price and the offer use the same currency; when the currencies differ, the amount is not shown, to avoid misleading exchange-rate conversions. The interface language follows Steam's supported languages and falls back to English.
How often are prices updated, and what should I check before buying?+
Offers come from GameGeeker's service. To avoid repeated requests, results may be reused for up to 10 minutes, so displayed prices can lag behind a store's actual changes and should not be treated as real-time. After jumping to a store, rely on the final price shown on the store's page, and before paying, check the game version, activation region, and final price.
The comparison panel does not show up after installation. What should I do?+
Refresh the Steam page first and check again. If it still does not appear, open your browser's extension management page and confirm that the GameGeeker extension is enabled and has site access on store.steampowered.com. If everything is in order but the current game has no collected offers, the corresponding section will not display either.
How does the extension get updates?+
Store installations — Chrome Web Store for both Chrome and Edge, Firefox Add-ons for Firefox — are normally updated automatically by your browser when a new version is published and the store is reachable.
A ZIP installation does not update automatically: download the latest ZIP, extract it, and replace the contents of the existing installed folder at the same path, then reload the extension on your browser's extension management page and refresh the Steam page.