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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Why would a game/app added as a non-Steam game open in its own window instead of within Steam with overlay?
Why would a game/app added as a non-Steam game open in its own window instead of within Steam with overlay?
I want to play my Xbox 360 games on my TV using Steam Remote Play, so I installed Steam, ...
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Is it possible to reorder collections in Steam?
I've created multiple collections in Steam. I want to organise them so that certain things (eg collections about completion status) are next to each other, but I can't find a way to reorganise them. ...
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How are games ranked when sorted with Steam Review?
One of the shelves you can make allows you to sort by Steam Review.
How exactly are the games sorted? Is it by the percentage of how many choose to recommend it versus not recommend it? Is it in ...
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Steam Discussions - "There was an error creating a new topic: undefined"
When I try to post a discussion on a game within Steam, then I get an error that says:
There was an error creating a new topic: undefined
And this is how it looks:
What's causing this? Why can't I ...
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How do I consistently lose map progress in an exploitable way?
Every once in a while, I seem to lose map progress while keeping the rewards of the lost map areas, and I want to keep doing so.
But I don't know how to trigger it consistently.
It might have ...
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What do these person icons that appear on Steam games on-hover mean?
I was looking at Steam today, and when hovering over some games, I noticed some weird icons.
What do these images mean? I assume it has something to do with whether a game is single- or multi-player, ...
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Is there a way to view old game discount/etc notifications?
If you go to the Notification bell icon on Steam
and click it, there's a button that says View All. If you click it, you'll see notifications for DMs, Steam trading cards, friend requests, etc.
It ...
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Is there a way to get notifications when games I've wishlisted are included in big sales (such as the Steam Autumn Sale)?
Recently, the Steam Autumn Sale started, which is great. Many of the games I've wishlisted are included. Unfortunately, I didn't get any notifications for them being part of the sale, and I've already ...
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How does Steam Cloud work for refunded games?
Suppose I purchase a game on Steam that supports Steam Cloud saves, play it briefly (without exceeding the 2-hour refund threshold), and then close it— at which point my save data is synced to Steam’s ...
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Is there a way to stop games I've wishlisted from showing up in the More Recommendations tab?
I have some games I've wishlisted that Steam keeps showing in the More Recommendations tab. I already know those games exist, and I want Steam to show me things I don't already have in my wishlist.
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What happens if I ignore a game on Steam?
Steam allows you to ignore games.
What happens if I ignore a game? I presume it doesn't show up anymore in the store, but will it do anything else, like affecting the games Steam shows me?
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How to fix A Plague Tale: Requiem crashes to desktop after "Press any key" /"Press A"?
I could start a game before, yet after a reboot, I cannot continue the game.
The game starts, it gets to the "Press any key" / "Press A" part, yet once I do, it crashes to desktop, ...
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Game time desynchronization in library and profile on Steam [duplicate]
Good day. Recently, something unpleasant happened with one game. During the game, Steam suddenly lost the internet connection. As a result, when I closed the game, Steam showed that I played it for 0 ...
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Can I delete a game on Steam to rebuy it again?
In 2020 I bought a key for Borderlands 3 on a grey-market website, and I've regretted it in the past years. And now seeing that Borderlands 3 is 3€ on the Steam Summer Sale, I'd like to rebuy it ...
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How can I fix Steam staying minimised?
I tried to launch Steam, but for some reason it stays minimised in the taskbar. Nothing I do will make it fullscreen. It worked completely fine two days ago.
It gets through the Logging In and Loading ...
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