--- title: Nexus Mods Owner Acquires SteamDB After Founder... description: Chosen, the parent company of Nexus Mods, has acquired SteamDB, the popular third-party database tracking Steam player counts, prices, updates, builds, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nexus-mods-owner-acquires-steamdb-after-founder-struggled-with-burnout-lipgegwyn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nexus Mods Owner Acquires SteamDB After Founder Struggled With Burnout | daily.dev og:description: Chosen, the parent company of Nexus Mods, has acquired SteamDB, the popular third-party database tracking Steam player counts, prices, updates, builds, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nexus-mods-owner-acquires-steamdb-after-founder-struggled-with-burnout-lipgegwyn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lIPgeGWYn.png og:image:alt: Nexus Mods Owner Acquires SteamDB After Founder Struggled With Burnout og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nexus Mods Owner Acquires SteamDB After Founder Struggled With Burnout **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Chosen, the parent company of Nexus Mods, has acquired SteamDB, the popular third-party database tracking Steam player counts, prices, updates, builds, and manifests. Founder xPaw cited burnout after over a decade of running the project largely solo since co-founder Marlamin stepped away. SteamDB will keep its name, branding, website, browser extension, and community spaces, and will operate as a separate service from Nexus Mods, with no account requirement and all existing free features remaining free. Nexus Mods plans to invest in SteamDB's infrastructure and team, and eventually explore using its historical version data to help mod managers detect compatibility issues with game updates. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Who acquired SteamDB and will it stay free? Chosen, the parent company of Nexus Mods, acquired SteamDB from founder xPaw, who cited burnout after running the project largely solo since 2013. SteamDB keeps its name, branding, website, browser extension, Discord, and Steam group, and remains a separate service from Nexus Mods with no account requirement. Existing free features will remain free. _Gamers tracking modding tool changes can follow how SteamDB evolves under new ownership on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [NexusMods CEO digs into the dynamics of video game modding](https://daily.dev/posts/nexusmods-ceo-digs-into-the-dynamics-of-video-game-modding-srtijftep) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Best Game Modding Communities Every Developer Should Know](https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-game-modding-communities-every-developer-should-know-mqibsle3s) · Game Designing · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nexus-mods-owner-acquires-steamdb-after-founder-struggled-with-burnout-lipgegwyn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Nexus Mods Owner Acquires SteamDB After Founder Struggled With Burnout","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nexus-mods-owner-acquires-steamdb-after-founder-struggled-with-burnout-lipgegwyn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nexus-mods-owner-acquires-steamdb-after-founder-struggled-with-burnout-lipgegwyn"},"datePublished":"2026-09-02T20:11:33.446Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T21:54:48.424Z","description":"Chosen, the parent company of Nexus Mods, has acquired SteamDB, the popular third-party database tracking Steam player counts, prices, updates, builds, and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9fbbb49c06e18abf7b38735bf1942649?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9fbbb49c06e18abf7b38735bf1942649?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"80 LEVEL","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"80 LEVEL","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/78eebcd76c154e6bbfd565fed7dc4093","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/nexus-mods-owner-acquires-steamdb-after-founder-struggled-with-burnout-lipgegwyn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"tech-news","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"80 LEVEL","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nexus Mods Owner Acquires SteamDB After Founder Struggled With Burnout"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nexus-mods-owner-acquires-steamdb-after-founder-struggled-with-burnout-lipgegwyn#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Who acquired SteamDB and will it stay free?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Chosen, the parent company of Nexus Mods, acquired SteamDB from founder xPaw, who cited burnout after running the project largely solo since 2013. 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