SteamDB, the well-known community database for Steam games, has joined Nexus Mods.

SteamDB has been publicly tracking Steam builds, depots, manifests, prices and update history since 2012. The deal was announced on 2 September 2026 by both sides; the price was not disclosed. Both platforms now share the same owner, Chosen, which bought Nexus Mods about a year ago.

Little should change for users at first: SteamDB keeps its name, brand, community and free access, the browser extension stays maintained, and no Nexus Mods account is needed to browse the site. There are no plans for ads right now. Co-founder xPaw (Pavel Djundik) cites burnout after years of running the site as a one-man band and will stay available to the new team for a few months.

If you’re a user of the site, don’t worry, it’ll still be SteamDB, keeping its own name, brand, community, and identity. […] With the site being effectively run as a one-man band for so long, we can now start giving it a properly funded team alongside better infrastructure, security, and scalability.

Mods are often built around a particular version of a game, so when there’s an update for it, your game that was perfectly modded and working the day before now just…doesn’t. SteamDB already tracks an incredible amount of information about game builds, depots, manifests, files, and update history across Steam, including years of historical data. [A] mod manager could better understand which version of the game you’re running, whether mods you’re installing were built for it, and whether an incoming game update is likely to cause issues.

Looking ahead, Nexus Mods points to extra investment in infrastructure and development, plus possible mod compatibility tools and an official API.

Source: Nexus Mods