Questions tagged [steam]
An online gaming, digital distribution, social and DRM platform by developer Valve. This tag should be used for questions about Steam-specific issues with games or any of Steam's features, including but not limited to the digital distribution of games, the desktop PC client, in-game overlay, social features and account management and settings.
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How do I track progress for individual achievements on Steam?
I've seen it on a TF2 video that I can't find anymore, but I found another occasion of someone doing this here:
At the bottom right, it shows "Achievement ...
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Can you upgrade the walls in existing buildings?
I'm using a farm house as my home base and am trying to upgrade the exterior doors and walls. I was able to upgrade the exterior doors. When I point the upgrade tool (nail gun in this case) at a wall, ...
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Slim down steam overlay
I would like to remove most of the stuff that comes "out of the box" with the steam overlay. Specifically the Friends, Achievements, Guides, Screenshots, Community Hub and Discussions boxes.
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What happens if a shared DLC with Steam Family Sharing isn't available anymore, and the sharing stops?
A member of my family shared his game library with me with the steam family shraing. He has the Stranger Things DLC for the game Dead By Daylight, so i now can play the characters on that dlc. I ...
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My dedicated TF2 server will not connect to Steam servers. (Error = 8)
I am trying to set up a dedicated TF2 server on one of my computers and I cannot figure out what the issue is.
I am using Linux (Debian 11) and the computer is wired to my router.
Upon starting the ...
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What are good fire end delay values?
Sometimes you can press a controller button in a bad way and that triggers double input because the contact under the button entered the activation range of the electric circuit which is under the ...
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Downloading windows version of steam games on a mac to copy over to a pc
I am sharing an internet connection with a few roommates and have a data cap. I would love to be able to use my MacBook to download games onto it, create Steam backups and install them on Windows.
I ...
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Steam App ID of a non-Steam game added to Steam in SteamOS on Steam Deck
Similar to this question, I need to find a non-Steam game ID so I could locate its Proton prefix inside /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/ in SteamOS on Steam Deck.
I can find the ID ...
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Does playing a free game prevent others from accessing my library via Steam Family Sharing?
My brother and I recently enabled Steam Family Sharing, so that we can play each other's games.
However, I regularly play a game that's entirely free; no paid DLC, no microtransactions, no ...
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How can I open the Steam console from the flatpak version of Steam?
In Linux (Fedora Silverblue) I have attempted to open the Steam console using a terminal with the command "steam -console", which this steam community thread suggests, but that did not work. ...
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What is happening when Steam downloads a little but modifies a lot?
When updating a game on Steam, there's 2 metrics per game that the client is keeping track of: how much was downloaded and how much was written to disk. I know compression exists and there are some ...
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How does Steam Input measure time?
How are units of time measured in the Steam Input menus? For example, if I set an action's Fire Start Delay to to 100, how long will the delay be?
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Is there a way to tag already uploaded artwork on Steam with the game title?
I have uploaded some artworks to my Steam profile.
During the uploading process, there are multiple options one can choose from, starting with having to choose a game, or opting for it being non-game-...
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Stuck on "Connecting Steam Account" after switching to Offline Mode
After enabling Offline Mode in Steam (while offline) it restarts and idles at a dialog box "Connecting Steam Account: ..." Relaunching and rebooting the machine does not work. Neither does ...
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How to upload saves to Steam Cloud without having the game installed locally?
I need to upload a save file to Steam Cloud for use on Geforce Now (that reads saves from Steam Cloud). The game won't install locally on my Mac, so I need to do it without installing the game. Is ...
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What happens if you have played a game installed through itch.io and use a Steam key? [closed]
I got a game through Itch.io and have played it on my computer. Later I realized I could get it on Steam so I was going to use the Steam key that was provided with my purchase of the game, but when I ...
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Cross region steam gifting?
My friends live in different regions. Almost none of us are in the same region.
Is there anyway we can gift games to each other?
Humble-bundle and G2A seem like options, but lack the games I want to ...
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Can I hide the "Currently In game" from Steam?
I don't want to hide my online status.
I want to hide the currently in-game which appears on a game on my profile page.
Any way to do that?
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How to use Steam's old Login UI in 2023?
Steam updated their login UI a little while back and made it worse with more annoyances, but there was still a way to use the old login UI. All one would have to do was add "-noreactlogin" ...
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How can I get Steam to work on my MacBook Air via PlayOnMac?
I can't run Steam on PlayOnMac on my 2020 MacBook Air M1 8GB RAM. I want to be able to use my MacBook for playing Half-Life when I don't have access to my gaming PC. When I run Steam, it just gives me ...
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Among Us runs without any GUI and only has audio, how to fix?
Somehow my Among Us got broken.
When I open the video game Among Us it runs without any GUI window and only has audio, how do I fix the video game?
The only thing I see when it opens is:
a new item ...
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Discord doesn't show Rich Presence of game run with Flatpak Steam
So I got a problem:
When I launch a game on Steam, Discord is always able to pick up the game (like Papers, Please or Dude, Stop!), but not any other detail (like the actual/proper name of the game, ...
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What is the difference between these values on Steam?
Downloading Warhammer: Vermintide II, I noticed how the percentages as displayed in 3 different places have 3 different values:
Download bar on the Downloads tab of the Steam client (click for ...
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"Cannot find a compatible graphics card" Error when launching Dirt 5
I am trying to play "Dirt 5" through steam but I get an error which reads:
"Cannot find a compatible graphics card"
I am using an AMD Radeon R9 200 Series graphics card.
I am ...
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The Stanley Parable (the original game) hang up randomly after few minutes of playing
So I just purchased The Stanley Parable so I can try the game out for myself without having to... go on some sketchy website and download it.
And after purchasing it, I installed the game, boot the ...
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How to see which game a Steam key is for? [duplicate]
I bought a Steam key for some game, but when I add the key to Steam, I'm told that I already own the game. As I think the seller (not Steam itself) sold me a key for the wrong game, I'd like to get ...
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Grayed out options in the Oblivion launcher on Linux Lubuntu 20.04
Why is the play button disabled/grayed out in the TES IV: Oblivion launcher? I'm using Linux, Lubuntu (20.04), and the game was downloaded from Steam. Using Proton 7.
I've tried running the main .EXE ...
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Steam streaming changes my default communication device
I have a Windows 11 PC with speakers as the default audio device and headphones as the default communication device. I sometimes use Steam stream games to other devices. Whenever I finish streaming my ...
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Streaming web based controller games with Steam
I want to be able to stream web based games from my PC. I created a Chrome shortcut in Steam which loads the site I want in kiosk mode (fullscreen with no address bar or browser menus). I tried ...
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Location of PUBG installed on Mac m1 through Steam on Crossover
Let me breakdown my actions:
I installed Crossover on my Macbook m1 air,
then I installed Steam on Crossover,
then I installed PUBG battleground through steam.
Yes, I can see the PUBG icon on my ...
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Can't turn off read only for Steam folder
I ran updates after shutting down my pc last night. When I went to load a game after restarting I got an error:
An error occurred while updating GAME NAME (missing file privileges): D:\SteamLibrary\...
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Why is Steam asking for verification code when I don't have Steam Guard?
Steam had an update and I had to log in again. I logged in and then a window popped up asking for an email verification code. The header on the window said "Steam Guard." I don't have ...
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STEAM unable to find Steam Games on another SSD
So as of writing this STEAM does now show me the Steam Library on a different SSD. I was playing a game on Steam yesterday today for some bizarre reason all my games show the download + install icon. ...
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How long do I need to wait before I can activate Steam keys again?
I was activating some Steam keys I got from a game bundle when Steam threw an error:
There have been too many recent activation attempts from this account or Internet address. Please wait and try ...
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Is there any way to start Steam in offline mode with code after the new steam client? [duplicate]
I am working on a project that logs you automatically in Steam. I want to add another login method that logs you in with offline mode. Before the new Steam client, I was editing the loginusers.vdf ...
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Steam is unable to find mangohud when included in launch option
So I've installed Steam using Flathub to play game on Linux with mangohud to display FPS with CPU, GPU stat as an overlay.
And in the documentation, to display the overlay on games, all I have to do ...
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Steam microphone configuration file
Where does Steam save which microphone I’m using? The GUI for changing this doesn’t save any other choice than whatever is set as my OS default, so I’d like to try other ways like changing it manually ...
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Launching non-Flatpak Discord from Steam on a Steam Deck
Does anyone know if, and how, you can successfully launch a non-Flatpak version of Discord from Steam on the Steam Deck without putting the deck into developer mode?
I've installed the Flatpak version ...
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What Proton version is being used automatically for each game?
I'm running the-great-ace-attorney-chronicles and forcing it to use Proton-7 because whatever default Proton it's using somehow breaks the video display.
But how do I find what the default is, so ...
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How do I completely remove a game demo from steam? [duplicate]
I have uninstalled the Torchlight II Demo from my steam library, But it still displays on the right-click menu of the steam system tray icon. How to remove it from the right-click menu?
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Where's the save file stored in Linux / Ubuntu?
The PC Gaming Wiki says they're supposed to be in:
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1158850/pfx/\userdata<user-id>\1158850\remote\
Which for me, seems to be:
/home/[name]/.local/...
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Steam Invalid SSL Certificate
For the past few months I have been having an issue with Steam, and I have finally decided to ask about it. I've looked up solutions but none of them work, and nobody else has seemed to have had the ...
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Steam does not allocate CPU on first attempt to start games [closed]
I have an issue with running Steam games that I hope someone can help with. I am running Steam on an older gaming PC that I built with:
Intel Core i7 6700
32 GB of RAM
Windows 7 64 bit
The Steam ...
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How to fix small icons and text on Steam for MacOS?
Recently I opened up Steam and it suddenly became microscopic - text and images are tiny. The text on the left is about 4pt font size:
I tried the standard debugging steps, restarting Steam, ...
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Rocksmith 2014 Remastered crashed for no apparrent reason
Since the release of Rocksmith+ and the update to Rocksmith 2014 Remastered, I am unable to play RS2014R normally as it often opens for a few seconds and then suddenly closes.
I tried to close all ...
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Does Family Share games keep save files on the cloud?
Is saved progress for family shared games kept in the Steam cloud the same way my owned games?
Another thing, say I bought Elden Ring on Account-A but I want to play it in Account-B, will family ...
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Comparing "Animal Shelter" on Steam and "Animal Shelter Simulator" on other platforms
I would like to play "Animal Shelter" on Steam but I do not have an appropriate device for playing it since my personal computer is a Mac. It appears that there is an identical or nearly ...
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How to check if a game is installed more than once, so that I can remove duplicates?
I've moved quite a few hard drives from past PCs & laptops into my current PC. Is there anyway to check if I've installed say... Hades on one of my previous laptops? Even if it's also installed to ...
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How can I use my save files for TBOI after switching to other Steam account?
It's the same PC, so all save files must be the same, but the game doesn't recognize it and treats it as a complete undone game.
What can I do for my new account to "see" those files?
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How do I bind a button combo to an action in Steam input?
I want to configure a control scheme in Steam Input where a combination of 2 buttons triggers an action. More specifically, I want to make it so holding the d-pad left or right then pressing R2 will ...
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