ishbosamiya / steam_server_disable

Disable or Enable Steam Servers

Steam Server Disable

A GUI tool to block access to Steam (CSGO/Dota) servers region-wise by making use of the system firewall. This is useful when joining servers from some region is not optimal.

Features

• Cross Platform (Linux and Windows)
• GUI and CLI
• Real-time ping + loss check

Note

It requires sudo/administrator access since it modifies firewall rules and pinging is done through ICMP which requires raw sockets.

Steam adds (and/or removes) servers every so often. So click on Download Server List every few days to keep the list up-to date.

This only blocks direct access to the servers that are "disabled". It is still possible to connect to a "disabled" server since steam has internals routes between the servers and leverages this network when direct access is not possible. The benefit to blocking some region is that steam would preferentially choose a server with a direct route thus drastically reducing the chances of connecting to a "disabled" server.

Linux

The rules are added via iptables and thus do not persist between shutdowns. So rerun after restarting. This might be updated in the future by using ufw instead.

Installation

Prepackaged Binaries

Github Releases

Download the appropriate file from Releases.

Build

git clone https://github.com/ishbosamiya/steam_server_disable.git
cd steam_server_disable
cargo run --release

The executable generated is portable.

Screenshot

TODO

• Use ufw instead of iptables for Linux

Disclaimer

Use on your own risk. It is unlikely that steam would ban a user blocking access to some of their servers (ISPs can do this and steam would never know if it is the user who has blocked access or the ISP) but there is always a very very small chance.