10 R.U.S.E.
R.U.S.E. is an entertaining, though underrated real-time strategy game that was released in 2010. It was available on Steam in 2011 and enjoyed a slowly growing player base until 2016 when the game was suddenly made unavailable. The reason? The license for certain military items in the game had expired and the game's publisher, Ubisoft, decided to not renew said license.
Which resulted in Steam having to pull it from the website. And it wasn't just R.U.S.E. players who were upset and confused about the news, the game's developer, Eugen System, had also been left in the dark as to why the game had been de-listed.
9 Alice: Madness Returns
Alice: Madness Returns is the 2011 sequel to American McGee's Alice. It takes place directly after the first game with the return of Alice Liddel. Living in a home for orphaned children, Alice finds herself back in Wonderland and tasked with finding and stopping the corruption that has been twisting and distorting the land. Through her journey, she also discovers the shocking truth about her past and the fire that claimed the lives of her family.
It was available on Steam a few years back but was pulled from the website once Steam's license with EA, who published it, expired. Instead, Alice: Madness Returns was made available through EA's own digital distribution platform, Origin.
8 Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age is another game series published by EA, and currently, the only Dragon Age available on Steam is Dragon Age Origins and it's DLC. For a short time, Dragon Age 2 was available on Steam when the game first came out in 2011. However, shortly after, the game was pulled from Steam's website, this time because of Valve.
According to IGN, former EA exec David De Martini stated that Valve pulled Dragon Age 2 from Steam because it went against their "restrictive terms of service" when the game's Legacy DLC was made available for purchase through an in-game store.
7 Fuel
Fuel is a 2009 racing game where players get to traverse the open post-apocalyptic world. The Mad Max-like world features dynamic weather effects like sandstorms and tornadoes and allows players to roam the entire world map without any loading screens. Fuel used to be available for Steam but the game included coding for Games for Windows - Live, and SecuROM.
It is assumed that because Games for Windows Live shut down and SecuRom was fazed out, Steam removed the game from their website, as it made Fuel unplayable and unavailable for purchase.
6 Prey (2006)
While the 2017 Prey published by Bethesda is on Steam, it is a re-imagined version of the original Prey that came out in 2006.
In that version players controlled "Tommy" Tawodi who, along with his girlfriend, grandfather and other humans, was abducted by the alien inhabitants of a star-ship called the Sphere. It can be assumed that once the 2017 Prey was released 2006 was taken down.
5 Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus is a first-person shooter and came out earlier this year in February. The 3rd installment in the Metro series, plenty of Steam users were excited about the game and had pre-ordered it.
However, just before the game launched the publisher of the game, Deep Silver, made the decision to go exclusively with Epic Games and discontinued sales of it on Steam. Its page is still on the website and those that pre-ordered the game can still play it on Steam.
4 Devotion
From the creators of the survival horror game Detention, Devotion is a first-person survival horror that incorporates elements of Taiwanese folklore and culture. The game was released earlier this year on February 19th but was removed from Steam a week later after the game drew major controversy for artwork in the game.
The artwork in question referenced a meme that compared China's leader to Winnie the Pooh. Though the artwork was replaced and the developer, Red Candle, issued an apology, they pulled the game from Steam in all territories.
3 Tales From The Borderlands
Tales from the Borderlands is an episodic game the took place after the events of Borderlands 2. You play as two characters, Rhys and Fiona on a wild adventure for greatness and money.
Fans of the Borderlands series get to explore Pandora in both familiar and new ways. It was created by Telltale Games and unfortunately, like many of the game company's titles, was discontinued when the company shut down last year. It's still up on Steam's website but it's unavailable for purchase.
2 The Walking Dead Series
Following in Tales from the Borderlands' fate is Telltale's entire The Walking Dead game series. There are 4 seasons to the game series, DLC for the first season of The Walking Dead, and a mini-series starring Michonne.
Though all are still on the website, Telltale Games has requested that the games in the series be unlisted and made unavailable for purchase. Telltale Games Batman series, The Wolf Among Us and a few other titles are the only games still available for purchase on Steam.
1 Fable III
Fable III is the third main game in the action RPG series. Players take on the role of the younger sibling to the King of Albion. They must gain allies and build support to start a revolution to overthrow their seemingly corrupt older brother.
Fable III used to be available on Steam, but with the Games For Windows - Live marketplace closed, the product keys for Fable III weren't being created, making it unavailable for purchase. However, you can purchase the remastered Fable and Fable - the Lost Chapters.