Some of the most important infrastructure in PC gaming wasn’t created by platform holders, publishers, or enormous technology companies. It was created by people who noticed that something useful was missing and decided to build it themselves. SteamDB began as an independent way to understand what was happening across Steam. Nexus Mods grew from a community modding site into a platform supporting an enormous ecosystem of players, creators, tools, and games. Neither started as a piece of critical industry infrastructure, but both eventually became services that millions of people rely on...
