Legacy and Deprecated Methods

Legacy and Deprecated Methods

Some methods remain available so existing applications do not break, but new integrations should prefer documented Steamworks Web API interfaces.

Deprecated aliases

GetPlayerAchievementsAPI()

Use GetPlayerAchievements() instead:

$achievements = $steam
    ->userStats($steamId)
    ->GetPlayerAchievements($appId);

GetPlayerAchievementsFromCommunity()

This reads the legacy Steam Community XML endpoint. It depends on public community data and may be less reliable than the official Web API. Prefer GetPlayerAchievements().

IsPlayingSharedGame()

Steam no longer documents this player-service endpoint. Existing calls remain available for backwards compatibility. Publisher integrations should use:

$ownership = $steam
    ->publisher()
    ->CheckAppOwnership($steamId, $appId);

CheckAppOwnership() requires a publisher key.

Legacy Store and Community endpoints

Method	Legacy source	Recommendation
app()->appDetails()	Steam Store app-details endpoint	Continue only when Store metadata is required; use GetAppList() for the official app list.
package()->packageDetails()	Steam Store package-details endpoint	Cache responses and handle missing packages.
item()->GetPlayerItems()	Legacy inventory endpoint	Use communityInventory()->GetInventory() for public inventories or publisher()->GetInventory() for your own app.
group()->GetGroupSummary()	Steam Community XML	Handle unavailable/private groups and XML failures.
GetPlayerAchievementsFromCommunity()	Steam Community XML	Use the official Web API method instead.

Legacy does not necessarily mean immediately broken. It means the endpoint is outside the current documented Steamworks interface and can change with less notice.

Compatibility policy

Deprecated methods should remain usable during a compatible release line. New code should avoid them so they can be removed in a future major version after a documented migration period.