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 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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Help! can't run steam through PlayOnMac (2020 MacBook Air M1 8GB RAM)
I can't run Steam on PlayOnMac on my M1 MacBook. 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 a blank steam ...
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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 steam icons?
Recently I opened up Steam and it suddenly became microscopic:
I tried restarting and stuff. Where is the setting to fix that? (I'm on mac os, 15 inch monitor, the screenshot takes up full screen)
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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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How do I hide family shared games in SteamOS?
I have friends that share their Steam games with me using Steam Family Sharing. In the desktop version of Steam I can hide the shared games using "Group by Library", but I can't find this ...
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path help with Proton and EA Origin on Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 22.04 and Steam with Proton. I added the EA Origin installer to Steam using Proton Experimental and I am able to play Origin games through it with no issues. However, each time I start ...
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Skyrim character progress and Steam Family Sharing
I've allowed someone to try Skyrim through Family Sharing but I have one concern, when my friend plays Skyrim for the first time, will them creating a character wipe all my progress? Thanks for any ...
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CS:GO How to calculate float values
I am aware that there are several external sites to calculate the float of an item. But how do those sites calculate the float using the inspect link? What API returns this information or if there is ...
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What compression does Steam use for games?
To save bandwidth when downloading Steam games the files are sent compressed then uncompressed on the end user's PC. What compression algorithm is Steam using to do this?
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Why does the "Unable to Sync" pop-up window appear even though I have Steam Cloud Synchronization disabled?
Just a few days ago I started noticing this pop-up while playing Resident Evil 4 on Steam:
I am not sure why this started happening only recently, as I have not made any changes in my settings, and ...
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Why does Hades on Linux fail to launch both before and after hardware changes?
My wife has an eight year old computer we're building a replacement for. Recently, Hades started to a black screen with a cursor; and Cat Quest 2 claimed no graphics card was installed.
I replaced the ...
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How to install MetaHookSv in Counter-Strike 1.6 Using a Non-Steam Scheme (Linux/Wine and MS Windows)?
How do I install MetaHookSv in Counter-Strike 1.6 Using a Non-Steam Scheme (Linux/Wine and MS Windows)
I can't find any place where we have this information or even this consolidated and complete ...
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Friend shares his games with multiple people on family sharing but I get ejected
My friend shares his library with multiple people, including me. As he is the host of the library, if the playes a game then I get ejected. I understand that well. What I don't understand is this - if ...
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Is it possible to move Steamwork Common Redistributables to external library?
I have 2 computers that both of have Steam installed.
I am using an external HDD for a game library to make it easier.
Can I move Steamwork Common Redistributables like other games, so I don't need to ...
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Where do I find custom maps in Trackmania when playing on Linux
I am playing Trackmania: Nations Forever on steam, but my system is Arch Linux. And I cant find anywhere to put my custom maps. Where are they stored?
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