In recent years, as regulation of games has been tightened in China, it has become clear that the global version of the Steam store is no longer accessible from within China. It was during the Steam Winter Sale, when hot titles such as Battlefield 2042, Cyberpunk 2077, and Hades were on sale.
In addition, it seems that "Steam China", which opened for China in February this year, can be accessed without problems. That is the Chinese version of Steam launched by Valve in partnership with Chinese game company Perfect World, but at the time of writing the article, only 103 games have been distributed. It is a small part of about 110,000 sold by the worldwide Steam store (Steam Global).
Steam China, which is easy to access, has all the original community features stripped away, such as workshops, broadcasts where you can watch your friends play, and bulletin boards. Games for sale are also significantly narrower because developers must obtain approval from the Chinese government.
It has been pointed out that it may be a temporary network failure, so the truth is unknown at the moment. However, if it is an intentional block to the Steam Global store by the Chinese government, it is regulated that minors can only play online games for only 3 hours a week at the end of August, and in line with strict rules It seems that it is suitable for a summary of a year in which the tightening of the game has been strengthened following the end of the service of the modified Chinese version of "Fort Knight".
Source: The Verge