A collection of notes, configurations and other files for my Steam games.

hidden_steam_games.txt

A list of free games that won't be listed in the Steam shop but can still be downloaded using their Steam URLs.

Linux

libsteam_api.so

In rare cases a game might be missing libsteam_api.so. Note that the correct soname of libsteam_api64.so is libsteam_api.so. libCSteamworks binaries can be downloaded at https://github.com/rlabrecque/CSteamworks/releases

Steam or one of the games won't start

Some of libraries from the Steam Runtime can cause imcompatibility issues, resulting in a game or even the Steam client not starting. Run the following command to find and delete those libraries:

find ~/.steam/ \( -name "libgcc_s.so*" -o -name "libstdc++.so*" -o -name "libxcb.so*" -o -name "libgpg-error.so*" \) -print -delete

Useful environment variables

# disable steam-runtime
export STEAM_RUNTIME=0

# Workaround for dbus fatal termination related coredumps (SIGABRT)
# https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4464
export DBUS_FATAL_WARNINGS=0

# force minimizing on close; temporary workaround for trayicon issues
# https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4812
export STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=0

Windows

remove-uninstall-links.bat

Removes uninstall entries of Steam games from Programs and Features.