diff --git a/dev-python/steam/Manifest b/dev-python/steam/Manifest
index 35bdfd271a..17ecc7601b 100644
--- a/dev-python/steam/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/steam/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST steam-1.4.4.tar.gz 878478 BLAKE2B 755b37f0cae19f0f3eb7609931f79c15421a6c37f2ef178d809251394227b777f8626c8535d13b72257eaa9255eded27150a1018a4bff1d24cf29217224e7cab SHA512 86ddbdc9b4d9bb2b1717f81b003a6884bbe44b55e632ea0d03ddc1866215210d4d3394f35773f0cba95623d7d94f6b270e3133eab80663947c07018094af5b45
+DIST steam-1.6.1.gh.tar.gz 888055 BLAKE2B b02fcfbab0a3fba49eedc66720f50c3c191b01a0361500c5c8bb24c685bc6a463f25185bbb128483d8bd65a63474ed40689dd3174205610438295dd7e9e0b324 SHA512 4dcc2777232f0ddd946512edad495385d0132658eeb10e9510e56e472ae5ce193fe1de0e7e36b552aedef792ca2cf4d1a1429ecee535c948c512c5f5055a6632
diff --git a/dev-python/steam/metadata.xml b/dev-python/steam/metadata.xml
index 79d8d284e4..b0f214e3ec 100644
--- a/dev-python/steam/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/steam/metadata.xml
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@
 	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">ValvePython/steam</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">solsticegamestudios/steam</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">steam</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/steam/steam-1.6.1.ebuild b/dev-python/steam/steam-1.6.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a583590a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/steam/steam-1.6.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..12} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python package for interacting with Steam"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/solsticegamestudios/steam/
+	https://pypi.org/project/steam/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/solsticegamestudios/steam/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/cachetools-3.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pycryptodome-3.7.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/requests-2.9.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/six-1.10.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/vdf-4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+
+	dev-python/certifi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/protobuf[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/wsproto[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if [[ ! ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]]; then
+		ewarn "If you intend to use this library for anything else than"
+		ewarn "ProtonUp-Qt you most likely need additional ebuilds for"
+		ewarn "gevent and gevent-eventemitter. These are currently not"
+		ewarn "part of the GURU repository."
+		ewarn
+		ewarn "Project references:"
+		ewarn " - http://www.gevent.org/"
+		ewarn " - https://github.com/rossengeorgiev/gevent-eventemitter"
+	fi
+}