font inspectorWhat font does Steam use?
Valve’s store is one of the densest pages on the web: hundreds of game titles, prices and tags at 11 to 16px. Motiva Sans does all of that work alone.
Short answer: The Steam store uses Motiva Sans, a commercial sans serif from TipoType, for every piece of text, in five weights from Light to Bold.
Motiva Sans
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Motiva Sans- Weights
- 300, 400, 500, 600, 700
- Sizes
- 16px · 14.4px · 14px · 13px · 12px · 11px
Sizes, weights and spacing by role
These are computed values from the live page, which is what the Font Inspector panel shows when you click each element.
| Role | Font | Size | Weight | Line height | Letter spacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subheading | Motiva Sans | 13px | 700 | 1.31 | normal |
| Small text | Motiva Sans | 11px | 400 | 1.27 | normal |
| Button | Motiva Sans | 11px | 400 | 2.18 | normal |
The main font stack in the CSS:
font-family: "Motiva Sans", sans-serif;- The store has no
h1orh2at all. Game titles and section labels are styleddivs, which is why the role table above is short. - Text runs from 11px to 16px. The most common size is 14px, and featured titles are 14.4px, which is 0.9 of 16px.
- All five weights from Light to Bold are in use on one page.
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Sites change their type without notice. Font Inspector shows the rendered font, size, weight and spacing of any text on store.steampowered.com or anywhere else, and lists every font on the page. Free, no account.
About the fonts, and whether you can use them
Motiva Sans
A humanist sans serif by Vicente Lamónaca, published by TipoType. Steam uses it throughout the store.
Can you use it? Motiva Sans is a commercial font from TipoType. Open Sans and Noto Sans are free fonts with a similar open, legible shape at small sizes.
Finding a font does not license it. More in how to get a font you found, legally.
Get a similar look with a free font
This starter uses Open Sans, which is open source, with the sizes and spacing measured above. It is an approximation, not a copy of Steam’s brand typeface.
/* Approximates the Steam look with a free font */
body {
font-family: "Open Sans", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;
}
How we checked
We opened store.steampowered.com in Chrome on November 5, 2026 and read the computed styles of its visible text: the declared font stack, the font actually rendered, and how much of the page’s text each family sets. That is the same data the Font Inspector extension shows under Fonts on this page. We re-check these pages periodically, and the date above shows the last inspection.
Steam and its typefaces are trademarks of their respective owners. Font Inspector is not affiliated with Steam.
Questions & answers
What font does Steam use on its website?
The Steam store uses Motiva Sans, a commercial sans serif from TipoType, for every piece of text, in five weights from Light to Bold.
Can I use the Steam font?
Motiva Sans is a commercial font from TipoType. Open Sans and Noto Sans are free fonts with a similar open, legible shape at small sizes.
What is a free font similar to Motiva Sans?
Open Sans and Noto Sans are free on Google Fonts and give a similar feel. No free font is an exact match, so compare it with your own text first.
How can I check what font Steam uses myself?
Open store.steampowered.com, then click any text with the Font Inspector extension, or right-click, choose Inspect and look at Rendered Fonts in the Computed tab. Sites change their typography, so checking the live page is the only way to be sure.
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