diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/steam-hardware.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/steam-hardware.nix
index aed008b588e8..bd1e6ae8f708 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/steam-hardware.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/steam-hardware.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ in
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
     services.udev.packages = [
-      pkgs.steamPackages.steam
+      pkgs.steam-unwrapped
     ];
 
     # The uinput module needs to be loaded in order to trigger the udev rules
diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/steam.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/steam-unwrapped/package.nix
similarity index 71%
rename from pkgs/games/steam/steam.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/st/steam-unwrapped/package.nix
index bbdb946a6b06..aff83ec2ef55 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/steam.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/steam-unwrapped/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, runtimeShell, traceDeps ? false, bash }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, bash }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "steam-original";
+  pname = "steam-unwrapped";
   version = "1.0.0.81";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -12,20 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" "PREFIX=" ];
 
-  postInstall =
-  let
-   traceLog = "/tmp/steam-trace-dependencies.log";
-  in ''
+  postInstall = ''
     rm $out/bin/steamdeps
-    ${lib.optionalString traceDeps ''
-      cat > $out/bin/steamdeps <<EOF
-      #!${runtimeShell}
-      echo \$1 >> ${traceLog}
-      cat \$1 >> ${traceLog}
-      echo >> ${traceLog}
-      EOF
-      chmod +x $out/bin/steamdeps
-    ''}
 
     # install udev rules
     mkdir -p $out/etc/udev/rules.d/
@@ -38,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     sed -e 's,/usr/bin/steam,steam,g' steam.desktop > $out/share/applications/steam.desktop
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = ./update-bootstrap.py;
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.py;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Digital distribution platform";
@@ -49,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     '';
     homepage = "https://store.steampowered.com/";
     license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jagajaga ];
+    maintainers = lib.teams.steam.members ++ [ lib.maintainers.jagajaga ];
     mainProgram = "steam";
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/update-bootstrap.py b/pkgs/by-name/st/steam-unwrapped/update.py
similarity index 97%
rename from pkgs/games/steam/update-bootstrap.py
rename to pkgs/by-name/st/steam-unwrapped/update.py
index 7720a08f4fce..e49014fee899 100755
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/update-bootstrap.py
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/steam-unwrapped/update.py
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ if len(found_versions) == 0:
     sys.exit(1)
 
 found_versions.sort()
-subprocess.run(["nix-update", "--version", found_versions[-1], "steamPackages.steam"])
+subprocess.run(["nix-update", "--version", found_versions[-1], "steam-unwrapped"])
 found_versions[0]
diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/steam/package.nix
similarity index 94%
rename from pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/st/steam/package.nix
index 1eb6dffd3a39..bc727e0ebfc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/steam/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
-  steam,
+  steam-unwrapped,
   buildFHSEnv,
   writeShellScript,
   extraPkgs ? pkgs: [ ], # extra packages to add to targetPkgs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let
 
     # https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steam-runtime-tools/-/blob/main/docs/distro-assumptions.md#command-line-tools
     targetPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [
-      steam
+      steam-unwrapped
 
       bash
       coreutils
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ let
       libcap  # not documented, required by srt-bwrap
     ] ++ extraLibraries pkgs;
 
-    extraInstallCommands = lib.optionalString (steam != null) ''
-      ln -s ${steam}/share $out/share
+    extraInstallCommands = lib.optionalString (steam-unwrapped != null) ''
+      ln -s ${steam-unwrapped}/share $out/share
     '';
 
     profile = ''
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ in steamEnv {
       exec "$@"
     '';
 
-    meta = (steam.meta or {}) // {
+    meta = (steam-unwrapped.meta or {}) // {
       description = "Run commands in the same FHS environment that is used for Steam";
       mainProgram = "steam-run";
       name = "steam-run";
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ in steamEnv {
     };
   };
 
-  meta = (steam.meta or {}) // {
+  meta = (steam-unwrapped.meta or {}) // {
     description = "Steam dependencies (dummy package, do not use)";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/steamcmd.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/steamcmd/package.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/games/steam/steamcmd.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/st/steamcmd/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/steamcmd.sh b/pkgs/by-name/st/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/games/steam/steamcmd.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/st/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/build-wrapped.sh b/pkgs/games/steam/build-wrapped.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ddf974671a03..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/build-wrapped.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-outp=$out/lib/steam-runtime
-
-buildDir() {
-  paths="$1"
-  pkgs="$2"
-
-  for pkg in $pkgs; do
-    echo "adding package $pkg"
-    for path in $paths; do
-      if [ -d $pkg/$path ]; then
-        cd $pkg/$path
-        for file in *; do
-          found=""
-          for i in $paths; do
-            if [ -e "$outp/$i/$file" ]; then
-              found=1
-              break
-            fi
-          done
-          if [ -z "$found" ]; then
-            mkdir -p $outp/$path
-            ln -s "$pkg/$path/$file" $outp/$path
-            sovers=$(echo $file | perl -ne 'print if s/.*?\.so\.(.*)/\1/')
-            if [ ! -z "$sovers" ]; then
-              fname=''${file%.''${sovers}}
-              for ver in ''${sovers//./ }; do
-                found=""
-                for i in $paths; do
-                  if [ -e "$outp/$i/$fname" ]; then
-                    found=1
-                    break
-                  fi
-                done
-                [ -n "$found" ] || ln -s "$pkg/$path/$file" "$outp/$path/$fname"
-                fname="$fname.$ver"
-              done
-            fi
-          fi
-        done
-      fi
-    done
-  done
-}
-
-eval "$installPhase"
diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/default.nix b/pkgs/games/steam/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ee2b72be5400..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ makeScopeWithSplicing', generateSplicesForMkScope
-, stdenv
-}:
-
-let
-  steamPackagesFun = self: let
-    inherit (self) callPackage;
-  in rec {
-    steamArch = if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux" then "amd64"
-                else if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-linux" then "i386"
-                else throw "Unsupported platform: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
-
-    steam = callPackage ./steam.nix { };
-    steam-fhsenv = callPackage ./fhsenv.nix {};
-
-    # This has to exist so Hydra tries to build all of Steam's dependencies.
-    # FIXME: Maybe we should expose it as something more generic?
-    steam-fhsenv-without-steam = steam-fhsenv.override { steam = null; };
-
-    steamcmd = callPackage ./steamcmd.nix { };
-  };
-in makeScopeWithSplicing' {
-  otherSplices = generateSplicesForMkScope "steamPackages";
-  f = steamPackagesFun;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index beb2e4615302..16bc4f059475 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1550,6 +1550,13 @@ mapAliases {
   ssm-agent = amazon-ssm-agent; # Added 2023-10-17
   starboard-octant-plugin = throw "starboard-octant-plugin has been dropped due to needing octant which is archived"; # Added 2023-09-29
   starspace = throw "starspace has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
+  steamPackages = {
+    steamArch = throw "`steamPackages.steamArch` has been removed as it's no longer applicable";
+    steam = lib.warn "`steamPackages.steam` has been moved to top level as `steam-unwrapped`" steam-unwrapped;
+    steam-fhsenv = lib.warn "`steamPackages.steam-fhsenv` has been moved to top level as `steam`" steam;
+    steam-fhsenv-without-steam = lib.warn "`steamPackages.steam-fhsenv-without-steam` has been moved to top level as `steam-fhsenv-without-steam`" steam-fhsenv-without-steam;
+    steamcmd = lib.warn "`steamPackages.steamcmd` has been moved to top level as `steamcmd`" steamcmd;
+  };
   steam-small = steam; # Added 2024-09-12
   steam-run-native = steam-run; # added 2022-02-21
   StormLib = stormlib; # Added 2024-01-21
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 89501790ab91..da091b43dd45 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -35203,18 +35203,15 @@ with pkgs;
 
   stockfish = callPackage ../games/stockfish { };
 
-  steamPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../games/steam { });
-
-  steam = steamPackages.steam-fhsenv;
-
   steam-run = steam.run;
 
-  steam-run-free = steamPackages.steam-fhsenv-without-steam.run;
+  # This exists so Hydra tries to build all of Steam's dependencies.
+  steam-fhsenv-without-steam = steam.override { steam-unwrapped = null; };
+
+  steam-run-free = steam-fhsenv-without-steam.run;
 
   steam-tui = callPackage ../games/steam-tui { };
 
-  steamcmd = steamPackages.steamcmd;
-
   steam-acf = callPackage ../tools/games/steam-acf { };
 
   steamback = python311.pkgs.callPackage ../tools/games/steamback { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix b/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix
index bd88c98df960..51c2b44fc584 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/packages-config.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
       rPackages
       roundcubePlugins
       sourceHanPackages
-      steamPackages
       ut2004Packages
       zabbix50
       zabbix60