Steam Text Formatting Preview
Write with Steam formatting tags (bold, spoilers, headings, lists, links) and see how it looks before you post it.
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Steam formatting tags
Steam doesn't use buttons or Markdown for formatting: you type tags in square brackets around your text. The same tags work in profile comments, your profile summary, reviews, guides and discussions, though not every text box supports all of them.
| Tag | What it does |
|---|---|
| [b]text[/b] | Bold text |
| [i]text[/i] | Italic text |
| [u]text[/u] | Underlined text |
| [strike]text[/strike] | Text with a line through it |
| [spoiler]text[/spoiler] | Hidden until someone hovers over or clicks it |
| [h1]text[/h1] | A large heading ([h2] and [h3] are smaller ones) |
| [url=https://example.com]text[/url] | A link with your own text |
| [list][*]one[*]two[/list] | A bulleted list; [olist] makes a numbered one |
| [quote=name]text[/quote] | A quote, with the name of who said it |
| [code]text[/code] | Fixed-width text that keeps its spacing |
| [noparse][b]text[/b][/noparse] | Shows the tags inside as plain text |
| [hr][/hr] | A horizontal line |
| [table][tr][th]A[/th][/tr][tr][td]1[/td][/tr][/table] | A table with header cells ([th]) and cells ([td]) |
Tips for formatted comments
- Keep it short. A heading and a line of bold text stand out; a wall of tags looks like spam.
- Close every tag you open, or the rest of the comment picks up the formatting.
- Go easy on links and big blocks of symbols: Steam is more likely to hold those back for review.
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