Summary
A ton of all-time classicEAgames are now available for purchase on PC via Steam, after spending years off the online storefront. TheEAgames added include legendary strategy titles likeCommand and Conquer, city-builder games, and an open-world game that’s absent from current-generation consoles.
The Steam platform is widely seen as the dominant storefront for games on PC, but for years competitors have launched their own digital distribution platforms to take a larger slice of the PC gaming pie. EA made its own attempt in the form of EA Origin in 2011, making the PC editions of EA-published and developed titles likeMass Effect AndromedaandStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderexclusive to the app for a time.EA rebranded Origin as the EA App and relaunched in 2022after years of criticism from players who preferred Steam or other launchers.
Now the EA Origin exclusivity era is over for a number of classic EA-owned titles. On July 03, 2025, EA released a series of older games for purchase on Steam, includingDungeon Keeper, Populous,andalmost everyCommand and Conquerseries gameever developed. The company also published a brief trailer promoting the move on its YouTube channel.
Strictly speaking, prior to this launch, a fewCommand and Conquertitles were available on Steam, such asthe still-engagingCommand and Conquer 3: Tiberium WarsandRed Alert 3. However, the previously Origin-exclusiveCommand and Conquer: The Ultimate Collectionbundle is now on Steam, collecting seventeenCommand and Conquerseries games and expansions into a single purchase. The bundle even includesCommand and Conquer: Renegade, a hybrid first- and third-person shooter-strategy title that allows players to build bases and engage in combat from the perspective of one of the game’s elite GDI Commando units.
Outside ofCommand and Conquer, EA also addedPopulous, Dungeon Keeper, SimCity,andSid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, which were created under the aegis of legendary studios like Bullfrog Productions, Maxis, and Firaxis. The presence of the originalDungeon Keeperin the release wave may help some players feel better about the series, as the last time it showed up was asan ill-receivedDungeon Keepermobile spin-offin 2014. Finally, the wave of Steam PC releases from EA includes 2009’sThe Saboteur.The Saboteurwas an open world action game set in World War 2, placing players in the shoes of Irish resistance fighter Sean Devlin as he fought back against Nazi forces in occupied Paris.
EA Classic Titles Now Available on Steam
It’s encouraging to see EA break somewhat with its policy of trying to keep its titles exclusive to the divisive Origin/EA App storefront. While the publisher is within its rights to withold titles it thinks will get players interested in using its services, the move didn’t endear it to the gaming population. It also likely kept some more stubborn PC users from experiencing some true genre classics that they might’ve been interested in had they been available on the platform of their choice.
