I didn't answer that as succinctly as I should have. Steam technology is really cool. Just like copper is a gate to more advanced tools, steam will only get added as a gate to the most advance endgame content and as a replacement for windmills. When I hear people advocate for steam technology it is usually for automation purposes and automation isn't a focus for Vintage Story as much as it is a solution used by Vintage Story for grindy tasks for which a mechanical means of processing makes sense.