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 (Previous threads: 2014-2017, 2012-2014)  Regular maintenance happens about 4pm PST Tuesdays. If Steam goes down around then, that's probably why. Head to Steamstat.us to verify that it's not just you. Want to join the official Something Awful group? Head thataway. Want to post a giveaway? Don't do it in this thread, it'll be lurked by who-knows-what. Instead, head here, where it's permanently sheltered by the paywall. That way, you'll know a goon grabbed your gift. Feel free to organise group buys of multipacks here, though. Want to trade away your games instead? We've got a thread for that too. Note: the rules regarding trading have gotten a lot more restrictive. Details further down this post. IRC. Still kicking. Details here. If you prefer Mumble, we've got that too. Discord? Pick yer poison. Found a piece of trash on Steam and want to mock its existence? The thread for that is over there. There are no longer any daily deals during the big sales, so feel free to go nuts on day 1. No, G2A are not legit, don't buy from them.Welcome to the new Steam thread, where we discuss Steam and the many, many, many games that can be purchased and downloaded from this particular website/client combo. This also doubles as the PC gaming megathread, so feel free to  even if your post doesn't necessarily involve Steam.Website: http://store.steampowered.com/ Game Reviews & Recommendations: There's a tradition in this thread whereby users spend about a month reviewing a bunch of games on a similar theme, one game a day (ish). Here's a list of some of these lists. Note: Credit to Palpek for initially compiling this list for the Summer Sale 2017 thread.
Lists not in the game-a-day format:
Non-goon recommendations: PC Gamer's excellent "Five new Steam games you probably missed this week" feature. Updated weekly, with the previous weeks available on the rest of the article pages. It's been going for nearly a year now, and it's a fine selection of interesting games that's typically worth a look. Useful Websites & Apps
The Trading Changes: So, the changes to trading is as follows:
End result, gifting is a lot more difficult, and it's no longer possible to hoard games when they are cheap for future gifting FAQ I have a problem! General rules of thumb to try first: a) If it’s a specific game that’s having problems, right click the problem game > Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity b) If that doesn’t work, or if it’s a client issue, shut down Steam, go to the Steam folder, and delete/rename ClientRegistry.blob, then start Steam up again. c) Restart your computer. Works surprisingly often.  The Steam client is super slow! Try either of these: a) Go to Settings > Web Browser > Delete Cache. b) Alternatively, launch the Control Panel, go to Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings and uncheck “Automatically detect settings”. Uplay is broken! Since Assassin's Creed 2 in 2009, nearly all Ubisoft games on Steam come bundled with a required launcher called Uplay. The problem is that nobody updated the installers, meaning that 2009-2011 ish Ubisoft games now attempts to install a completely broken launcher that refuses to update. The solution: download the new version of this client first. Trust me, this saves a lot of headaches. Thankfully, there are far fewer reports of Uplay eating cloud saves these days, but it's probably still worth noting.  How do I uninstall/reinstall Steam without losing all my games, saves and settings? If for whatever reason you need to reinstall Steam (for example, because deleting ClientRegistry.blob doesn't do poo poo for you, or because a Steam Client update has gone horribly, horribly wrong for some reason), or want to uninstall it but save your game files for a future installation of Steam, this is how you do it: Logout & Exit out of Steam. Make sure its process isn't running anymore by checking with the Task Manager. Go to where you've installed Steam, the default directories are usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam, C:\Program Files\Steam or C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam. Move the folders named depotcache, SteamApps and userdata out of the Steam folder. The first folder keeps your pre-load files and information about what you have installed (thanks for the info, gibbed!), the second folder contains all of your downloaded game & source modifications files, the third folder keeps your local copies of Steamworks' Cloud-enabled games' savegames and screenshots, plus stuff like external shortcuts for non-Steam games you've added manually. You might want to also move the skins folder if you want to keep any custom skins, though if you haven't done any modifications to them you can just reinstall them later. Also, if you want to save any custom files in your Steam folder like custom Grid Icons or any external apps, be sure to move those somewhere else as well. After that, you have two options. Either you use Steam's uninstaller: • Click the Windows Start button and select Control Panel • Open the Add or Remove Programs dialog • Select Steam from the list and click the Change/Remove button • Select the Automatic option and click Next • Click Finish to uninstall Steam Or, you can manually remove Steam: • Manually delete all of the remaining contents of your Steam directory. BE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT DELETING ANYTHING YOU'RE GONNA BE MAD ABOUT LOSING LATER! • If you need to clean out your Windows Registry (YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING), go to Start > Run and type in regedit. • For 32-bit operating systems: - In the left-hand column of your registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Valve\. - Right-click on Valve and select Delete. • For 64-bit operating systems: - In the left-hand column of your registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Valve\. - Right-click on Valve and select Delete. • In the left-hand column of your registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Steam. • Right-click on Valve select Delete. • Close your Registry Editor. After that, you can just reinstall Steam and move the "evacuated" folders back to where they belong. My client/Steam website has changed to a foreign language. How do I fix it? Sometimes Steam decides to change the selected language on its own. Nobody has any idea why. The easiest way to fix this, go to the Steam website and select English in the drop down box, as shown by this picture by Heran Bago:  If you have Enhanced Steam installed, there's an option to flag up when you're browsing a non-English version. You'll see the red bar in the picture, which automatically fixes this problem when you click on it. Another reason why Enhanced Steam is a pro-download. This game/DLC sucks/just went on sale after I bought it/is busted/. Can I get my money back? With some exceptions (that tell you prior to purchasing the thing), yes you can, so long as you've bought it within the last two weeks and haven't played it for more than two hours. If you're within these rules, full refunds are available, automatic and are (largely) quibble-free. Should I buy this movie on Steam? No, because you won't get a download, it's strictly steaming. Considering most of Steam's movie catalogue are the sort of zero-budget indie fare that's also available on Vimeo, VHX and GOG, you should go there since you'll (usually) get a download copy for your money. Is G2A/Kinguin/G2Play dodgy? Yes, very dodgy. These sites resell keys. They don't give a crap if said keys are stolen or fraudulent. You are strongly advised to avoid G2A, G2Play and Kinguin. 
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Oh, and if anyone is doing a list of reviews/set up a curator page and wants me to add it to the Recommendations list, feel free to PM me. (this post is also reserved, just in case of OP overflow) 
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Pocky In My Pocket posted:Whats going on? Fresh thread to improve loading times and to hopefully attract people who were scared off at the previous thread being 4000+ pages long.
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StrixNebulosa posted:I said I'd do it and I'm finally home and able to talk at length about my favorite genre! Roguelikes: The Effortpost. Good stuff, I've thrown a link to this post into the OP.
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Wamdoodle posted:I think the forums continue to solely be fueled by this. tbh, it's probably more Lowtax's Patreon these days.
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VALIS666 posted:Is there a way to not see VR-required games in the store, or was that a daydream I had in the past that ended up getting confused for reality? I could remove them by excluding the "VR" tag, but that's inelegant as I'll lose some games that are VR optional. Basically, if the store page says "Notice: Requires a virtual reality headset," I don't want to see it. Need some way to cut down on all this store clutter. Load up the Steam client, and click on your username on the top right of the client (assuming you're using the standard skin), then click Preferences. Finally, uncheck "show VR content" and then scroll down and click Save.
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The Kins posted:It was an updated version of the battered old Telltale Tool engine they've been using since Bone, with new graphical features. With the recent layoffs, it sounds like Telltale will transition to something else, so hopefully their next set of games are built on a foundation more stable than paper maché. Apparently, the Telltale CEO is a particularly large cheddar at Unity, so the speculation has mostly been pointing towards that as the replacement engine.
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admataY posted:How does one go about car idling nowdays ? idle_master software seems to never work anymore , and I want to shake the old cent-tree a bit before the summer sale . I even updated that part of the OP a couple of days ago since there's been a bunch of people in this thread complaining about IdleMaster breaking for them. Shows how many people read the OP
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Xaris posted:The most surprising thing is that it has taken 4 years for a port. Usually dev/publishers are desperate for every nickle and dime and usually exclusivity is like maybe 2 years once they've sold all the consoles they think they're gunna sell just for a game. Blatant  time: maybe Insomniac was waiting for some clause in their Microsoft publishing deal to run out so that they can put it on Steam only instead of being forced to make a UWP version?
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FirstAidKite posted:Sunset Overdrive? Considering that Marvelous is seemingly porting everything that's not nailed down to PC in recent years, the odds of that happening are decidedly non-zero.
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Orv posted:Yeah. It was more like Battlerite/Bloodline Champions than a proper MOBA. Everyone selected characters with various skill sets, customized their loadouts and then 5v5 deathmatched. It was cool, it had basically all the fun of a MOBA teamfight every 45 seconds or so without any of the extraneous parts, had some cool skills and classes and was generally pretty rad until they ruined it with P2W loot boxes in a last ditch attempt to save it. Shortly before it shut down I went back to give it one last go, and we went up against a team of people who all had max level and rarity equipment that we had no chance of beating even if we were playing at their level. Ultimately no one will remember it other than "Yeah that happened" in a few more years, but it'll always stick in my mind as a bummer. It's probably also worth noting that Nosgoth was Psyonix's latest game, and released a year after Rocket League (presumably because it was developed alongside Rocket League, and I assume it was Psyonix's plan B).
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Perpetual Hiatus posted:There is also a 'Backup and Restore Games...' option under the steam menu. No idea how it works in terms of save files and other bits but it will create a reinstallable program from your downloaded game. Not saying its necessarily the right option (or necessary from all the comments like this) but Ill mention it anyway. Backup & Restore Games basically gives you a game installer that's only really good for burning onto a disc for longer-term storage (which you'll inevitably forget about and re-download the game). Copying and pasting the steamapps folder will do basically the same thing more efficiently.
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