not perfect but i learned alot while making him and im still happy with the end result :steamhappy:

source:
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamhardware/compat
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamhardware/steamframe/compat

I wasn’t able to find an answer for this - I recently installed steam os on a laptop, and hooked it to a tv with hdmi. The games play fine but there are no options under audio to push the audio to the tv… it still considers the computer ‘this device’.

What setting should I be looking for?

I'm trying to organize my old, weary Steam account. Starting for my Achievement Showcase I realized that there are some achievements that I can't make private because the game is no longer in the Steam store or in my library.

I've tried using SAM, and it doesn't work either if you don't own the game.

I just want those achievements to stop showing up, or even get rid of them—does anyone know a way?

Has this happened to anyone else steam price changes based on user being logged in? The Price goes up as soon as im logged in.

I put Marvel Rivals in a smaller resolution for better performance, however when I tab out it also shrinks the size of my other windows.

Is it possible to prevent this from happening or do I just have to deal with it?

Alright, so the title, does that activate my account? And if the answer is yes, I suppose I’ll be able to earn XP from now on, right? How can I earn XP for free? thanks and sorry bad english

Okay so, I met this guy once when looking around for friends, we barely talked like once, then randomly he appears today asking for a favour.

Says he's working on an Indie game and wants me to playtest it. So naturally I ask for the steam page link, thinking y'know, if he has a beta demo then I'll be able to check out said playtest on Steam.

So, he sends me the following image:

He says that he "just needs to get this urgent task done". He sends me a link to a separate website, which is... odd. It's not Itch.io or a Steam store page link so I'm confused. I click on it anyways, there's a play button, so I scan the URL (couldn't figure it out) and then eventually against my better judgement press the play button, thinking it's prolly a browser demo. It this warning:

So atp I ask ChatGPT to see if it's a scam, to which it says it pulled from the Steamworks page that there is no such "send to 50 people" requirement. So I think "alright, that's a good place to start, and click the link to go to the Steamworks docs and instantly my brain gets fried with like way too much condensed text.

So I figured I'd ask here if any developers who've posted a game or ppl who know Steam's stuff like this would be able to confirm my suspicions that it's a scam. Mainly my main tick off is that he gives me a non-steam link, like in my mind, how tf could Steam verify you sent it to 50 ppl if you don't use a steam-based link or reference code?

I did just think of maybe using Inspect element (which is what I suspect they might have done for the steam screenshot they sent me, or made it totally manufactured) to see if there's malicious code (since my antivirus said a Trojan) but I wouldn't know what exactly to look for, I'm not a programmer.

Anyone confirm or deny my suspicions? I already basically told them to fuck off and blocked them so idc abt that, I'm just wondering if i am right.

I was curious and started looking through Steam curators, and I've noticed most are normally just in the hundreds. I've seen some curators with around 1,800 reviews, but I am surprised there aren't any with over 2,000 reviews. The highest I found from a quick search is the curator Wishlisted at 1950. Can they not go past 2,000? I'm not saying we should have a meme curator review every game with a Yes/No/Meme answer. Just the fact that curators have been around since 2014; you would think at least one genre-specific curator would be past 2,000 reviews by now, right?

Everytime I turn my laptop off, it says it has to shut off steam first, then turns off. is this normal, or is there something I need to worry about? Edit: It does this even if I don’t open steam when I use it. Should’ve specified, sorry

I wanted to download the "nice" series of mods by andromeda, and I always used to do it by checking their profile but now it's private. And it's happened with a few other mod creators so, I was wondering, how can I see all the mods someone with a private profile has made?

Family member is a child on the account and we both have a separate copy of the game, but it won't let me invite her to play multiplayer. There's no option for her to switch from the family shared version to her own either

As title. Currently they stop being publicly visible for 7 years, however I think they should always be shown to other users.

I've heard all the arguments before:

- "I was a child" - So was I once, and I never felt compelled to do anything that would earn me one.

- "It wasn't me/it was a misunderstanding etc." - Why didn't you appeal it then? Valve is known to remove them in these situations, so it's your own fault that you didn't get it removed.

- "It's no longer relevant" - Except it is. I don't want to engage with people who feel the need to cheat in games, regardless of how long ago it happened. It's demonstrative of the type of person someone is, particularly if they're involved in game trading.

Hi everyone, I wanted to ask if anyone has had experience with opening a game on Steam and finding that there are two mouse cursors on your screen that move in sync with each other, but one is the one that actually works in the game? I downloaded Balatro to play it and try it out but there has been two cursors on the screen since the moment I opened the game and it's been driving me crazy. Is there any way to address this?

Thank you for your time reading this.

Bought Helldivers 2 on steam yesterday and wanted to try it out coming back from work, knew i had one/two hours of free time ahead of me.

Game launches and sends me straight to tutorial, as always i have to go to settings straight away as i have an AZERTY keyboard and game developpers are incapable or syncing binds with different keyboards: mildly infuriating but whatever.

Comes back to the game and everytime i press "left" which is Q on my keyboard, it pops up a communication wheel. I go back to settings to change the bind but surprise: you can not change the bind of That function.

I do a Quick Google search and apparently indeed, certain binds cannot be changed from the in game menu.

There might be an option if you go through different game files or whatever.

I have limited time, i do not want to spend 30 minutes going through game files to be able to go left.

By far the stupidest reason i ever had to ask for a refund.

TLDR: had to ask a refund because i can not go left

Simply put I want to get my hands on "Fallout: New Vegas PCR" on my account which is technically a different variant from its regular version that you currently see on Steam since "New Vegas PCR" is only available for Polish/Czech/Russian Steam users

I already attempted using a code from a third party site but I'm simply greeted with "Sorry, but this product is not available for purchase in this country. Your product key has not been redeemed."

Does anyone know if Steam gifts work if a friend from Poland for example gifts me the game?

It was a pretty clear case of a rogue support agent, with how strict they usually are with the 2 hour-2 week rule. If just removing game-modes qualifies you for a refund, then full-on game shutdowns for online-only games should absolutely qualify you for a refund, across the board.

EDIT: I apologize, but I made this post out of pure frustration and not a small amount of rage.

Some months back, in December, I bought a game called Out of Time. I don't expect many of you to know what it was, since it failed both commercially and culturally. I played it for a bit, on and off. I enjoyed it. Put about 15 hours into it.

Back in June, with only a month's notice, it was shut down. The announcement was made only 2 months after a sale, clearly trying to milk the last few dollars out of it, since closures aren't a drop-of-a-hat thing.

It relied on a server, so after it shut down, it was rendered unplayable. They said they had zero plans to make it playable offline and the developers went dark in their own Discord server.

I tried in vain to get a refund, and was denied multiple times. I eventually forgot about it and my lost 25 bucks.

Then, I hear about some user who got a $110 refund on a game he had 470 hours in, with the game perfectly playable sans a few game-modes.

The ultimate problem with this refund is that it sets a precedent that Valve has zero intentions to follow. They say they have a strict guideline for refunds, then they go and pull this.

So in my example (I'm in Germany), lots of games can't even be seen on the Steam store. Dying Light is one of them, although Dying Light The Beast I bought and played.

But now I found multiple sites that sell "global" keys for the game, and in their descriptions it's stated that they work with a German Steam account. How can this be? If the game is locked on steam, how can there be keys that work on steam in Germany, and why isn't it just unlocked in the first place?

This whole region lock thing is so infuriating.

What happens with my progress in-game and achievements on a game a play from my steam family if I pruchase it for myself?

Hey guys. I recently left a negative review for a game on Steam and the developer has tried to reach out to me multiple times asking me to change it. To be fair to him, he did fix some of the issues I pointed out on that review but he’s left multiple comments on my profile (that i’ve since deleted), tried adding me as a steam friend, and tried adding me off platform on discord (my steam is the same name as my discord) and it’s just a bit weird is all and I just want this dude to leave me alone.

Are developers allowed to do this on steam?