How can I find my steam ID?

Question

How can I find my steam ID?

I haven't bought any games; I am playing a free one.
Is the ID only created if I buy a game?

Answer 1

You can easily get your ID with service like Steam ID Finder, just copy and paste your profile address.

To get your profile address:

1. Launch Steam

2. Click your email address in the upper right to get to a drop-down menu

3. From the drop-down menu select "View Profile"

4. Once the profile loads, right click the profile page anywhere and select "Copy Page URL". It will be in the form http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/1234567890/

If anyone knows a simpler way to get your profile page URL from Steam, feel free to edit this.

Answer 2

If you have registered an account with Steam, you have a steam ID. This ID number, however, is not the same as your account name, nor is it any nickname you may choose to set.

The Steam Support site has a pretty thorough step by step instruction.

How can I find my SteamID?

SteamID refers to your Steam account's unique numeric identifier. The instructions below will help you find your SteamID - for assistance with the Steam Community, please see the Steam Community topic.

• Launch any Valve multiplayer game.
• Click Options.
• Select the Keyboard tab.
• Click the Advanced button.
• Check the box labeled Enable Developer Console.
• Click Apply and then click OK.
• Join or create a server.
• From the menu screen, press the tilde ~ key - typically in the upper left hand corner of the keyboard to load the Console.
• Type status into the console text field and press the Enter key. Your SteamID will be displayed next to your nickname in the console window. SteamID example: STEAM_0:1:1234567