I was cleaning out my steam library today and noticed something weird.    Dozens of games of the format, SteamAppXXXX, which don't seem to do anything. Given their... questionable nature, I haven't tried to install or run them.  What's going on here?
123425
I just browsed through my steam games library and saw 'Steam App 210890' as something I could install. When I tried to install it,  to see what it was, steam told me that it would be downloading now, yet nothing happened.  Now I'm just wondering, what is that?
89954
I recently switched from Windows to Mac. Steam says I have fewer Mac specific games than total games and it should be an equal amount unless you can only download, install, and play once from your account. I thought I bought it so that it would work across all operating systems. If this is true, is there a work around or a discount for re-purchasing for the other OSes?
74410
Ok, I was kind of surprised that this hadn't been asked here before, but maybe it's too technical for this site. You guys decide.  I've heard lots of different stories about setting up Wine on Ubuntu, WineTricks, PlayOnLinux etc., but never a 'This is the best way to do it for Steam and Steam games' thread.  So has anyone had any real success getting their Steam games to run on Ubuntu through Wine or something similar? If so, could we get some specific steps?
5116
I use (and have it much bigger) drive D: to store all my user data and games, but I have installed the Steam client on drive C:. When I was installing a first game (Warhammer 40000), I've chosen to place my library folder on drive D: and the game went there.  But now as I've got installed the second game (Portal), I can see that it was put on drive C: despite to the choice I've done previously. When I open Steam - Settings - Downloads + Cloud - Steam library folders, I can see both installation places in the list. Can I merge them into one?  I would even agree to use the default drive C: library (as I've replaced it with a symlink already). When I press to remove one library it says it can only remove empty ones.
112867
I need help with my steam accounts. I got two steam accounts, and installed games on both. I want to move my games from one account to the other one. The games were bought in a regular store, so I have the CD-codes.  How can I move the games to the other account?
102914
I recently bought Dark Souls on Steam. I already have the two hefty 1.5Gb files that make for the bulk of the game and I really don't want to download them at 100kb/s.  I found the folder where Steam was saving the game to, replaced the files, but Steam didn't update the download progress bar when I started it back up - understandable.  Now, is there a way to have Steam re-check the file 'completion' so to speak so I don't have to download it?
69187
I have a bunch of games ready to be played but my internet connection is too slow to download steam.   I tried getting a updated installation file, which i did, but it still requires internet to complete the installation. Any help??
72523
I'm using latest Ubuntu GNOME. When I download the steam-installer though software it works, after that nothing happens no update and it won't launch.  Here is the error message I get when I try to launch steam in a terminal:  $ steam Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically  grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc grep: symbol lookup error: grep: undefined symbol: pcre_jit_stack_alloc Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1461972496) libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
91967
I recently went to open an audio file, and wanted to open it in an editor instead of a player. I right-clicked it, hovered over 'Open With...' and was met with a very unsightly list.    I have seen a problem in the past where apps will have previous versions stuck in the /Applications folder with their version number appended, but that is not the case here. Despite the duplicity in this list, no app is duplicated in /Applications nor anywhere else I can find on my system.  What causes this list to become filled with duplicates, and how can I remove them and ensure only the latest (and functional) version is list?
123603
If you remove a single player game installation with the Delete Local Content option from the Steam Libary, in general will save files be deleted or retained?
27620
Which games (except Torchlight) store the current state of the game to the Steam cloud?   What is the Steam Cloud?  Steam is Valve's online game purchasing and digital delivery service/platform. Steam Cloud is a fairly new addition to the Steam platform that saves the state for various games to Steam's servers in the "cloud". Depending on the game it can save things like your savegames, character setup, keyboard mappings, options, etc so that any PC that you go to will download all those settings for you and keep them in sync as soon as you log into Steam.
5657
Hello fellow dwellers of askubuntu, as the title says I'm having difficulties with getting Steam to run properly. I think I have the solution but I am pretty incompetent with Ubuntu (just started using it the other day) so a step by step process would be unbelievably appreciated! Here are the links to what I think possible solutions are:  [1]   [2]   I've tried googling how to preform the solutions such as changing the alias/script for steam (no idea what that is) to -no-dwrite or launching with wine Steam.exe -no-dwrite. The dwrite seems to be the issue in all this but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do anything about it.  Any useful input is what I'm hoping for but for the brave soul who feels like typing a bit more, perhaps a step-by-step list of instructions starting from downloading Steam off the official website, would be my saving grace.  If there is any more info you guys need let me know and I'll of course be happy to oblige!
17212
I have successfully transferred "Killing Floor" from my brother's laptop to my own via external hard drive. The problem, now that I have all the files, is that I don't know how to launch the game through Steam. All I did was copy files from his Laptop to the hard drive, then from the hard drive to my laptop, then I put the files in the "Steamapps" folder under "Steam" in my laptops hard drive. So the question is, how do I start up the game through Steam?
18571
I have never used Ubuntu or any other Linux OS before last Friday. For all I know, I might have installed Ubuntu wrong and be missing a component. I would prefer if you use simplest terminology possible, but I'm OK with doing a bit of googling if need be. I just installed Steam for Ubuntu 16.04 but it won't open when I click on it in the launcher. The icon flashes for a few seconds, stops and then nothing happens. I looked in the system monitor and steam shows up there but ending the process and trying again does nothing. I heard trying to open apps that aren't working through the terminal tells you what the error is so I tried that and I got this:  Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0) libGL error: unable to load driver: radeonsi_dri.so libGL error: driver pointer missing libGL error: failed to load driver: radeonsi libGL error: unable to load driver: swrast_dri.so libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast   Please help I just want to play CS:GO again.
119574
I have used Lubuntu on an older system of mine and I didn’t have any difficulties installing steam (only running it).  But this time around I can’t seem to install steam at all, when I try from "Software" or from the steam website, it starts installing, gets to 20-40% and then stops as if I haven't even clicked install.  When trying to install in the terminal, I get this:  lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install steam Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done Package steam is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source  E: Package 'steam' has no installation candidate   I've been looking about with no luck, most people just suggesting to do it through the terminal, I also tried sudo apt-get install steam -f which was suggested but gave the same result as above.  Any help on installing this, please?
26855
I have just bought a new computer and I have everything migrated over except for my Steam games.  I looked in Program Files/Steam/ and I found a folder full of the games I have downloaded, but I do not know if it is safe to just copy these folders from one computer to another (seeing as a lot of other applications will not work if you do this), or is there another recommended way?  I don't really feel like re-downloading all my games. I don't have the time nor bandwidth to download 20GB over a 1.5mbps connection.  Is it possible to contact Valve and get a disk with the games on it?
121055
I downloaded some 3D games, unzipped them and got .jar files. How can I use these in Android?  I have a Galaxy S running 2.1.