About ByteVault

ByteVault started in 2003 as a side project between three people who met on a demoscene BBS in the late '90s and never quite left. We were tired of driving to the shop for a game, waiting for a patch CD to arrive by post, or losing a disc and losing the game with it. So we built the store we wanted: everything downloadable, everything re-downloadable, forever.

We're not trying to replace the shelf of jewel cases in your closet. We just think the next ten years of PC gaming should not depend on a piece of plastic surviving that long.

• A game you buy is yours to reinstall, on any machine you own, for as long as we exist.
• Patches should be small, frequent, and never silent.
• A storefront should get out of the way of the games it sells.

• Sep 2001 — Founders meet running a regional BBS mirror.
• Jun 2003 — ByteVault registered, first internal build of the client.
• Nov 2003 — Public beta opens to 500 invited testers.
• Jan 2004 — Storefront opens with four launch titles.
• Mar 2004 — Eleven thousand registered members.

• M. Okonkwo-Reyes — Founder, Store Client
• S. Ferraris — Founder, Community & Support
• D. Volkov — Founder, Storefront & Design