# Steam Glance

> Adds a preview icon next to Steam links. Click the icon or right-click highlighted text to see a draggable panel with game details, videos, and price.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/steam-glance](https://chrome-stats.com/d/steam-glance)

## Overview

- **ID:** `steam-glance`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** GGJacob
- **Category:** search-tools,shopping,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Version:** 0.3.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-07
- **First published:** 2025-10-13
- **Size:** 136 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/steam-glance/)

## Description

<strong>Steam Glance</strong> enhances web browsing by identifying links to Steam game pages and providing an immediate, interactive preview without needing to open a new tab.

<strong>Two primary ways of being activated:</strong>
<ul><li><strong>Icon Hover:</strong> Automatically detects Steam links, whether they are clickable hyperlinks or just plain text, and places a small icon next to them. Clicking this icon opens the preview panel.</li><li><strong>Context Menu Search:</strong> You can highlight any text on a webpage, right-click, and select "Search Steam for..." to find the game and open the preview panel for the top search result.</li></ul>
<strong>Key Features</strong>

The preview panel itself is the core of the extension and contains several distinct features:
<ul><li><strong>Draggable Interface:</strong> The entire preview panel can be moved around the screen by clicking and dragging its header.</li><li><strong>Media Carousel:</strong> The panel displays the game's header image, video trailers, and screenshots in a navigable carousel with left and right arrows.</li><li><strong>Essential Game Info:</strong> Clearly presents the game's title, a short description, release date, and top genre tags.</li><li><strong>Review Summary:</strong> Pulls the Steam review summary (e.g., "Very Positive") and displays it with color-coding.</li><li><strong>Steam Pricing:</strong> Shows the current price on Steam, including any active discounts with the percentage off and the original price struck through.</li><li><strong>Third-Party Price Comparison:</strong> The panel includes a small arrow that, when clicked, opens a side-panel listing cheaper prices for the game on other official stores like Fanatical and Green Man Gaming, powered by the IsThereAnyDeal (ITAD) API.</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #54,483 — Overall
- #132 — steam

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

### Host permissions

- `https://store.steampowered.com/*`
- `https://api.isthereanydeal.com/*`
- `https://*.steamstatic.com/*`
- `https://*.akamai.steamstatic.com/*`
- `https://video.akamai.steamstatic.com/*`
- `https://video.steamstatic.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/steam-glance)