{"id":82492,"date":"2025-01-28T23:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/is-guild-wars-2-on-steam-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:00:30","slug":"is-guild-wars-2-on-steam-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/is-guild-wars-2-on-steam-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Guild Wars 2 on Steam? &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is Guild Wars 2 on Steam? ArenaNetGuild Wars 2 is one of the MMORPG universe\u2019s classic titles, but can you play it on Steam? Or do you need a separate client? Here\u2019s everything you need to know. As the dust settles on Guild Wars 2\u2019s Asian-inspired expansion, End of Dragons, players have been flocking to the emerald shores of Cantha to unearth its jade-tinted secrets. From the adorable Jade Bots to the all-new skiffs and fishing mechanic, ArenaNet have actively tried to bring the franchise into the modern world in order to compete with the likes of Lost Ark and World of Warcraft. Downloading the game has always required either a physical copy or the dedicated client, but as Guild Wars 2 looks to the future it seems like we\u2019ll be able to play via Steam, too. Here\u2019s everything we know. Contents Is Guild Wars 2 on Steam? At the time of writing no, Guild Wars 2 is not on Steam. ArenaNet have confirmed, however, that the game will be coming to the platform in the near future. When will Guild Wars 2 be on Steam? In a March 22 blog post, ArenaNet have confirmed that they are working on porting Guild Wars 2 over to the gaming giant. Read More: How many people play Guild Wars 2? &#8211; \u201cNow that End of Dragons is released, one of our top priorities as a studio is getting Guild Wars 2 ready for release on Steam and introducing the world of Tyria to an entirely new audience of gamers,\u201d they state. \u201cYou only get to launch on Steam once, and we want to make sure we do it right. Over the coming months we\u2019ll be wrapping up work on the Steam integration, cleaning up some aspects of the early game experience, and ensuring that the game and the studio are operationally ready for a new platform launch.\u201d While they clarify \u201cwe\u2019re not ready to commit to a hard date for Steam quite yet,\u201d the devs \u201chearts are set on launching this year [2022].\u201d Whether or not this comes to fruition is yet to be seen, but we\u2019ll keep this page updated with any further developments. So that\u2019s everything we know about ArenaNet\u2019s plans to release Guild Wars 2 on Steam. Has this announcement inspired you to dive back into the world of Tyria? Be sure to check out our GW2 guides for some tips and tricks: Is Guild Wars 2 free to play? | How many people play Guild Wars 2? | Best Guild Wars 2 addons | Guild Wars 2 Antre of Adjournment guide | End of Dragons: Jade Bots guide | End of Dragons: Skiffs &#038; fishing guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Guild Wars 2 on Steam? ArenaNetGuild Wars 2 is one of the MMORPG universe\u2019s classic titles, but can you play it on Steam? Or do you need a separate client? Here\u2019s everything you need to know. As the dust settles on Guild Wars 2\u2019s Asian-inspired expansion, End of Dragons, players have been flocking to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}