Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link from the iOS App Store

People using iOS devices like iPhone, iPad, and AppleTV will not have access to the Steam Link app that enables you to play games over a stream running on a local PC. Valve Software announced the Steam Link app for iOS and Android on Wednesday, May 9, and it said that it had full approval to launch the app on Apple devices at that time. But Tim Cook’s company has since stripped that approval and denied Steam Link from appearing in the iOS App Store.

Valve characterized the rejection as a surprise, and I can confirm that it provided a sample Apple TV to GamesBeat during the testing phase to show how well the app worked with iOS. Valve says that Apple only pulled the approval after the public announcement of the app.