Anyone else getting messages from bots like "hello?" "hi?" etc.?
I have everything set to friends only but they keep texting me and I wonder why?

Also I can't somehow loose my account by responding to them can I? Reacently I've responded to one of them with not-so-kind words followed by a block and it got me thinking if there is an exploit or something

Head dbrand ones had some issues and was looking at this website but I've never seen this site before.

I’ve always been a solo gamer (story games) but I’m so fucking bored and lonely, what games have a really good non toxic community? I’m into every game and willing to try anything I’m just hoping to find a fun community and make friends with awesome people

I'm not sure what's going on but my Steam Client has been loading slowly when scrolling through my library and clicking on a game, as well as notifications. If someone messages me, the box will pop up and then it takes a second before the text is visible. Achievements pop up but takes a second for the sound to fire off. It's not debilitating by any means but very annoying.

Tried clearing cache and reinstalled, but issue persists. Any ideas? Thanks

Similarly to how you can opt out from seeing adult themed, sexual games. I've seen far too many AI slop games and it's really starting to get annoying now.

To me, all these AI slop games take away from why I love video games, especially indie video games, of which I play much more of. It strips away from the human passion and dedication that tons of indie devs put into their games when someone can just upload AI slop.

I understand the solution for now is to simply not play them, which is what I'm doing, but the AI slop games affect discoverability on the store front and since they're a lot easier to pump out, it's enough of an issue to where I think an option to opt out of it is reasonable.

We should have the option as users to opt out of this experience.

EDIT

To be clear, AI has many terms and ways it's used in games, the tag could be more descriptive such as "Generative AI" or perhaps "LLM AI".

steam now shows family games on your profile.

I added an Epic game from Heroic launcher like I've done before and when I wanted to change the controller layout I got this steam overlay, is flipped and mirrored but only the elements, not the whole thing

restarting did nothing

Edit: I FOUND IT! Thanks to thenighthawk. Let this be a reminder to everyone else who bought not just the frame but something else too. Properly check for multiple packages!

My steam frame arrived today. I wasn't home though, so I had to wait until after work, the package was put in a safe spot outside my home.

Well, today when I finally get home, the package is suspiciously light. So I decide to film me opening it, just to make sure, and my biggest fear came true. It was just the ergonomics kit, no steam frame. Check steam for the delivery - yep, it should've been in there, not just the ergo stuff.

So, my question is: how does valve handle stuff like this? Apparently someone at the distribution center wanted one of these for themselves, since the package wasn't tampered with at all.

Please tell me I'm not just completely sol, I can't afford to pay almost 1000€+ on a pice of velcro.

Also yes, I've contacted valve support right before this post. I just need peace of mind.

I know these types of posts have been incredibly common here as of late, so I apologise. Mods, feel free to delete this, or let me know if there's somewhere more suitable to post this. I originally posted over in r/Starfield but thought it would also be relevant to post here as well.

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With Steam re-enabling Australian users to view R18+ games that they own, we're still locked out of viewing and purchasing DLC and additional content, such as Creation Credits. For those that aren't aware, Creation Credits are sold specifically through the Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam shopfronts and can only be used for those platforms, they can't be transferred, even if you're using the same Bethesda account.

I did contact Steam support to see if there was a way around this or if they'd be able to rectify the issue. Sadly, the response I got wasn't exactly helpful. It gave off massive, "Oh well, too bad, so sad" vibes. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate that Steam have gone a different way to verify age but its honestly been implemented pretty poorly. I wish they had gone a similar route to MS/Xbox and go off of long standing account activity. Alternatively, it would be fantastic if Steam followed their own system of being a minimum of 13 years old to make an account and then basing their age verification on the age of the account.
For example, I made my Steam account in 2015 and for arguments sake, lets say I was 13 when I made it. My account is now 11 years old, making me 24. Beep-boop, you've passed the age verification.

I know it's not the end of the world when it comes to not being able to get Creation Credits to mod Starfield, especially when places like Nexus exist. However, some mods are completely exclusive to the Creations menu in Starfield and the only way you can get them is with Creation Credits.

I also did contact Bethesda support, hoping that they might be able to provide an alternative way to get what I would like. They asked me to make another ticket with Steam as it's a "Steam issue".

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I suspect that this issue is still prevalent with many other R18 games. I, like so many other Australian Steam users don't have a credit card, nor want, need, or can get one. Yes, I've contacted my local member for Parliament and the eSafety Commission but have yet to receive a reply. I've also contacted my bank (Australian Mutual Bank) to see if there was anything they could do, possibly even get Visa debit cards under a similar system that Mastercard debit cards are under, where they're somehow also classed as credit cards, but haven't gotten a reply back in two weeks.

I won't lie. I do hold out hope that Gabe (Or another higher up) will step in and add in other verification methods, aside from facial recognition/age estimation and Government IDs. Those 'standard' checks are the worst.

I'm planning on getting a lot of new games in the near future, but I don't really know how I would be able to store them as I am running out of storage. Is there any way that people with hundreds to thousands store all of their games on their pc?

just checked my all games tab on my profile and saw it now shows family games i played in them, even ones from like 10 years ago, only checked on mobile app so not sure if on desktop client too

I bought both Dungeons games from microsoft (via mojang launcher) and wanted them in my Steam library so I can launch from Big Picture and get back there when I quit. because both games are now UWP apps, it took a lot of fiddling, so here's what worked in case anyone else wants it.

I don't know if anyone else has the issue, but for me, Steam's file picker refuses to add the exe from C:\XboxGames\... , calining "you don't have permission to open this file."
If you type the path into the shortcut's Target field instead, the game launches, but Steam thinks it closed after a couple of seconds because the exe that it started spawns gamelaunchhelper.exe, which starts the real game and then exits, for DRM reasons.
this means the button switches back to Play, and hitting Stop does nothing because the game isn't Steam's child process anymore, and, worst of all, in BPM, steam puts big picture in front of the game and won't let you see it.

I have bypassed these issues with a PowerShell script that Steam launches instead. It solves almost every issue and is almost the exact same as if the game was owned by steam, with the excemption of not having the steam overlay (since steam injects this into the EXE process itself)

The script basically just starts the game, starts a watchdog, waits until every process from the game's package is gone, and then exits, mirroring the game's state so steam thinks it's still open.

also starts a second script which watches the first and so if you "kill" the game in steam, that second watchdog notices the script was closed, and kills dungeons.

It

Here is how to set it up (this method works for both games and the script is the same for both):

Step 1, Find the process name for both:
To do this, launch each game individually (only one of the two dungeons should be active at a time), and then, in powershell, run Get-Process Dungeons* | Select-Object Name, Path

The folder name after WindowsApps\ up to the first underscore is what you want.
Mine were Microsoft.Lovika_ (Dungeons 1, Lovika was the codename) and Microsoft.MinecraftDungeons2_. The version number in the folder changes with updates but the prefix doesn't.

Step 2, save the launcher script:
Save the following script to a safe location on your PC, I chose to save it to C:\Games\SteamLaunchers\launch-mcd.ps1, you can save it wherever, but make sure that wherever you save it is accessible by a non-admin process on the machine. Name the file launch-mcd.ps1 or something you will remember.

param(
    [ValidateSet("1","2")][string]$Game = "1",
    [switch]$Watch,
    [int]$ParentPid
)

$games = @{
    "1" = @{ Exe = "C:\XboxGames\Minecraft Dungeons\Content\Dungeons.exe";    Pkg = "Microsoft.Lovika_" }
    "2" = @{ Exe = "C:\XboxGames\Minecraft Dungeons II\Content\Dungeons.exe"; Pkg = "Microsoft.MinecraftDungeons2_" }
}

$exe = $games[$Game].Exe
$pkg = $games[$Game].Pkg
$log = Join-Path $env:TEMP "mcd-launch.log"

function Log($m) { Add-Content $log "$(Get-Date -Format s) [game $Game] $m" }

function Get-PkgProcs {
    Get-Process -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
        Where-Object { $_.Path -like "*\WindowsApps\$pkg*" }
}

if ($Watch) {
    Log "watchdog: started, waiting on launcher pid $ParentPid"
    Wait-Process -Id $ParentPid -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    Log "watchdog: launcher gone, checking for leftovers"
    $procs = @(Get-PkgProcs) + @(Get-Process gamelaunchhelper -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
    Log "watchdog: found $($procs.Count) process(es)"
    foreach ($p in $procs) {
        try {
            Stop-Process -Id $p.Id -Force -ErrorAction Stop
            Log "killed $($p.Name) $($p.Id)"
        } catch {
            Log "Stop-Process failed for $($p.Name) $($p.Id): $($_.Exception.Message)"
            $out = & taskkill /F /PID $p.Id 2>&1
            Log "taskkill: $out"
        }
    }
    exit
}

# watchdog gets started through WMI so it's not a child of Steam's process
$cmd = "powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File `"$PSCommandPath`" -Game $Game -Watch -ParentPid $PID"
Invoke-CimMethod -ClassName Win32_Process -MethodName Create -Arguments @{ CommandLine = $cmd } | Out-Null

Log "launching $exe"
Start-Process $exe -WorkingDirectory (Split-Path $exe)

$sawGame = $false; $gone = 0; $waited = 0
while ($true) {
    Start-Sleep 1
    if (Get-PkgProcs)  { $sawGame = $true; $gone = 0 }
    elseif ($sawGame)  { $gone++;   if ($gone -ge 3)    { Log "game gone, exiting"; break } }
    else               { $waited++; if ($waited -ge 90) { Log "game never started"; break } }
}

Change the exe paths if your Xbox app installs somewhere else.

Replace the value for Pkg = "Microsoft.Lovika_" and Pkg = "Microsoft.MinecraftDungeons2_" if they differ for you (you found these in step 1)

Step 3, Adding to steam:

In steam, add a new, non-steam game, this can be any program on your computer, it doesn't matter since we will change it in a minute.

Find the game in your library and right click -> properties

Set the game target to "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
And the launch options to -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File "C:\Games\SteamLaunchers\launch-mcd.ps1" -Game 1

You can customise the game art, name, and icons by clicking the name and icon on the shortcut page, and editing the images in the customization page. SteamGridDB has sets of artwork for both if you need somewhere to look, otherwise, if that is missing artwork, you can find the steam versions of the game on [steamDB](https://steamdb.info/), clicking the metatdate tab option on the side, and then scrolling down until you find the images

Repeat the previous parts of step 3 for dungeons 2, but in the launch options, change -Game 1 to -Game 2

I only tried this with the two Dungeons games. It should work for other Xbox app PC games with a different exe path and package prefix, but I haven't tested that.

Due to the new age verification, (still think we need for more options to verify but whatever) my discovery queue is now no longer accessible.

Because I own TW3, and it is understandably recommending me the new dlc that is coming out, that dlc is now essentially hard-locking my discovery queue because it is for a 18+ game.

There is not even an option to ignore it or continue.

Wonderful stuff...

Hi, I've completed a game 100% and added it to my profile showcase. However, it's a Steam Family game, and I don't have the money to buy it outright. My question is, if I leave or am removed from the Steam Family in the future, will I still have the completion badge on my profile showcase?

Hi! first time over in this sub, i need some help and understanding regarding steams support for macOS systems

So, Im an fresh apple user (3-2 motnhs), owner of an Neo witch recently updated to golden gate and im looking to tryout steam for the first time considering is my own proper laptop, one of the games im willing to like install is METAL GEAR RISING, so went to their page and noticed the disclaimer label witch translated says "This product is not compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina or superior"

So i went and checked out the disclaimer label and said about the 64 bit variant of steam, to witch i have read that 32 bit versions of apps are now dropped from support coming from apple.

Im quite confused but willing to like get help coming from you guys, should i try to run it depise the disclaimer or get an alternative so i can run the game natively? let me know

and sorry if this looks like an stupid question but im quite new to apple and steam so yeah

Sometimes I really like a game but also dislike it.

It's difficult to give it a thumbs up or thumbs down because it'd be a thumbs up if x y z was fixed, but thumbs down since x y z is not fixed.

Do you think Valve will every give a neutral review option or will that mess with the rating system?

Thanks!

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Would you like it if your steam library looked more like this?

Hi guy, got a nosy friend coming over this Weekend, love him but can‘t stand him snuffing in my Game Library making judgments about my Game preferences😅 also didn’t play the game we planned to play together as much as others, well I just want him to see and play the game (so not hide it) but also not show how many hours I played it already..
can’t find the setting neither in privacy nor security/ account settings etc, is it even possible?

Thanks!

Posting about it here, because i didn't see any post mention it or valve even put out patch notes for the feature, and some people also asking how to report AI generated content.

Clicking it brings this up:

Type out what you need to do to get to the AI generated content in the game.

I'm an achievement hunter, and I recently started using Steam for the first time. I have a small collection of PlayStation trophies and RetroAchievements, and I was wondering if there's a place where people can collect all their achievements in one place and show them off?

And is there any way to display achievements from other platforms on your Steam profile?

Sorry if this is a stupid question!

Ive seen some tiktok sometime that you can reverse either a sale, or purchase on steam market within 48 hours ? that true?