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?
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Sign up to join this communityHow 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?
Get your SteamID 64-bit
Method 1
Login to Steam using a web broswer.
Once logged click on your profile and add ?xml=1
to browser url address
http://steamcommunity.com/id/<yourname>/?xml=1
or
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/<yourprofilenumber>/?xml=1
(if you have not set a public username yet)
Method 2
Open this file <Steam Installation Path>\config\loginusers.vdf
in notepad.
You'll receive a long XML file but you can look at tag at the beggining. It contains your 64-bit SteamID.
<profile>
<steamID64>7234567890123456</steamID64>
Get your SteamID 32-bit
Using a simple formula you can also build your Steam 32-bit ID similar to STEAM_X:Y:Z
(e.g. STEAM_1:0:12345678
) starting from Steam 64-bit ID
Z = (SteamID64 - 76561197960265728) / 2
Y = SteamID64 % 2
X = 1 if profile is public / 0 if profile is private
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
Here's an alternative Steam ID Finder. It can do more things than just finding a Steam ID. It can also estimate the age of private accounts and keeps track of how many people have searched for each Steam profile.
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the easiest way to find steam id - is to open Steam Id Finder. Input anything you know (even profile url or dotabuff url) - it will show you all public details about that account.