The Steam application is deceptively simplistic on the surface. However, released in 2003, there’s plenty of hidden features that have been left in over the years for us to use. In this list, we’ll take you through five of the most useful ones. 1. Game manuals If you’ve ever gamed on a console or bought […]
Author: Matt Lui
How to Mute Steam Voice Call Ringing
You know the sound. It makes it nearly impossible to focus on the game while your playing, and now you’re just trying to get rid of it. Valve, despite the effect’s ear-damaging volume, has yet to implement a toggle to disable it. The sound we’re referring to of course, is the infamous Steam voice chat […]
Fix Steam Games not Downloading Properly (8 Solutions)
If you suffer from Steam games downloading at 0 bytes, being given a connection timeout error whenever you try to launch or you’re seeing the ‘corrupt update files’ error, we’ve got you covered. The issue can come from a multitude of different places, but we’ll run you through the most common solutions. If you game […]
Fix Steam Family Sharing Games that Disappeared
On occasion, Steam will encounter an issue where the games shared to your computer are removed and the authorisation settings you made are reset. In order to reverse this, we simply need to re-authorise the computer. Re-authorise your computer Have the person who shared the games with you log into their account on your computer […]
How to let Multiple People use a Steam Account at Once
The Steam family sharing system allows other computers to access your libraries, but comes with one major problem. If someone is using their library, the library owner can’t use any of their games, even if they’re free to play, without forcing the other user off the game they’re playing after five minutes. Fixing this will […]
How to Activate Multiple Steam Keys at Once
The wait is finally over. For those looking to activate a Steam game key on their phone or web browser, it can now be achieved on the Steam key activation page. Further, users can now activate more than one key. You can find the page here. Activating multiple keys From it, users can either activate […]
Unread Messages on Steam, but no Messages Show
The unread messages notification was a great addition to Steam, and allows you to see everything people sent you whilst you were offline. But it’s not always that simple, because sometimes the button won’t work and you’ll be stuck with a seemingly permanent notification. Opening the message might come up with nothing or tell you […]
How to Appear Offline to Friends on Steam
Sometimes, you just don’t want people to bug you whilst you play. You’ll still be able to play online games, just will appear offline to everyone else using Steam. Changing your Steam state Open up your friends list by pressing the ‘View friends list’ link in the bottom-right. Tap the drop-down arrow next to your […]
Remove all Steam Friends in One Go
Want to clear out your Steam friends list once and for all? Here’s the hidden button you’re looking for. Video Guide Deleting your friends list First, head to your profile (hit your name in the tab at the top of Steam) and press the ‘Friends’ link on the right side. Next, press the ‘Manage friends […]
How To Choose a New Steam Group Owner
Swapping the owner of a Steam group isn’t built into the system, but there’s a simple work around for us. Video Guide A short warning The user whom you want to transfer ownership needs to be a premium (paid) Steam user so that they can own the group, otherwise this method will not work. If […]