Refunds are unlikely.

I've heard Valve has said that if Steam shuts down they'll give everyone a way to access their games without using Valve's servers.

More likely case though is that someone buys out the Steam service, rather than it shutting down (short of a natural disaster or something). in that case, new owner gets to decide what to do in case they shut down.

It's been asked before. The short version is every game that uses Steam DRM gets unlocked allowing you to download & back up said games. Unless said game is an online only multiplayer that uses Steam servers then you can't play it anymore.

This question again?

As long as the Steam client itself still is available for download and the servers where the games are downloaded from are still being maintained, we’d have access to the games we already bought on our accounts.

But I’m guessing if in the unlikely event that Valve goes belly-up, they’d patch out the requirement for Steam client to be on to start the games.

All games will be made DRM free in one final update.

Originally posted by DØC:

Our souls will be free...

nah, once steam's gone then there's self-published games, (especially mmos), games on battle.net, origin, uplay, there's no escaping unless a meteor destroys silicon valley.

what if the whole HQ of valve gets destroyed

Originally posted by 死者 Hannexuu:

what if the whole HQ of valve gets destroyed

They have servers in Germany...

Originally posted by MADWACZ:

Originally posted by 死者 Hannexuu:

what if the whole HQ of valve gets destroyed

They have servers in Germany...

by then i think we will have other things to worry about.
just a though.
how is the game market?
Why is there so many layoffs in game companies?
Why havent AAA company released a game a year or so? are this next game crash?
articles.

all hell reaps