Backup Steam Games

1. Restore Steam Games Without Downloading
2. How To Restore Steam Games

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Steam, the most popular multiplayer cross-OS gaming platform lets you lets you download, connect and play games with your friends more conveniently. Most of all popular games can be found is Steam store. If you are going to play a game that is within Steam, you have to download it first using Steam's downloader and then it installs the game to its default folder. You can also change the installation folder. However you might need to backup these game installations so that they can be installed later without internet connection.

The common wisdom for PC backups is you need three copies of your files: the active copy on your hard drive, a local backup, and a remote backup. When it comes to games, the rules are no different. Other older tools for moving/backing up games. Download Steam Mover- Before Valve's client could handle it, this was the go-to utility for moving Steam games to a new drive. It offers an easy. I back up game saves but not games. Even with Steam Cloud, game saves can be corrupted by bugs. If you've put 30 hours into (game x), find where the saves folder is and copy it to a different hard.

There are strong reasons for backing up game files:

• You can transfer your Steam games to your friends.
• Your internet connection is too slow to download a same game again and again.
• You need to format your hard drive or reinstall your OS.
• Your game files get infected frequently by malware programs.

Though Steam has easier options to backup and restore games, many gamers still wonder how to do it or it even possible. So I have provided a step by step visual guide to do it and reinstall games easily. I also have shown another guide on setting your status offline on Steam.

Before you proceed, you need to know that, you can also backup the Steam installation. All games installed in Steam are located at C:Program FilesSteamSteamApps. Note that, you cannot make proper backup of some games if they are not installed in the SteamApps directory.

Guide to Backup Game Files on Steam

1. From Steam menu, click Backup and Restore Games.
   
2. Choose Backup currently installed programs. Then click Next.
   
3. Select the game(s) you want to backup. Click Next.
   
4. Click on Browse to select the location you want to put backup. After selection, go Next.
   
5. If necessary, you can choose either of CD or DVD format which affects number of files. Click Next.
   
6. The backup process will be started shortly.
   
7. That's it!

You can backup your games files on external hard drive and share them with your friends.

Guide to Install/Restore Game Backups on Steam

1. As before, from Steam menu, go to Steam > Backup and Restore Games.
2. Choose Restore a previous backup. Click Next.
   
3. Click on Browser to select the game folder of backup. Here, I'm restoring 'Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms'. Hit Next.
   
4. Review the location to install and hit Next.
   
5. Review additional options. Go next and the game will start to install.

Having a backup of a game lets you install it offline. However if the game is updated since the last backup, you might necessarily need to update the game before playing it. Though I have illustrated these process on Windows, it should mostly be same on Mac and Linux version of Steam client. If you have additional questions or problems, you can checkout official knowledgebase page.

If you do PC Gaming then you are already using Steam Gaming Software. Steam is one most popular gaming store, which digitally distribute video games online. It provides gaming software in which you can download and play free and paid games from steam store.

Some times we download a game which size is approx 20GB-50GB and think about if your Windows gets corrupted and will need to fresh install then you will have to again download and install full game.

Restore Steam Games Without Downloading

Some games come with huge size such as GTA 5 – 65GB+, Destiny 2: Shadowkeep – 165GB+, Red Dead Redemption 2 – 150GB+, Final Fantasy XV – 148GB+, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – 144GB+, and Middle Earth: Shadow of War – 95GB+, so it is not easy to delete and download again the same game to everyone. Therefore, Steam offers a simple backup and restore option in gaming software.

How to Backup Games In Steam

So here I'm sharing quick and easy steps to backup any game that is installed in Steam. To start backing up full game use following step by step guide:

• First Open Steam in your PC and click on the 'Steam' Menu. After that click on the 'Backup and Restore Games' option.

• In the next step, Select the radio button: Backup currently installed programs and click Next > button.

• In the Next screen tick the check box of the game which you want to backup and click on the Next > button to continue.

You can also select multiple games at once but sometimes it may cause problem and backup doesn't success. So if you face the similar issue when backing up multiple games and it doesn't complete, than try to backup single game only.

• In the next step, you will have to select backup destination. I will recommend choose another drive than steam installed because by defaults steam backups data in C drive and if you are planning to re-install Windows or software then all the data will be wiped and backup will be lost. So select different drive for backup and click on the Next > button.

• Next, you can change the backup file name and select File Size CD 640MB/part or DVD 4.7GB/part. Select whatever you like and click Next > to continue.

• Now Game Backup is started and wait until it doesn't finish. When Backup completes click on the Finish button.

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How To Restore Steam Games

How to Restore Games In Steam Software?

After taking backup on any game, you can restore it any time. For this follow these steps:

• Open Steam software and click on the Steam Menu. After that click on the 'Backup and Restore Games' option.
• Now select the radio button: Restore a previous backup option and click Next > button.

• Now, you will have to select game backup folder location, select the location and click on the Next > button to continue.

• After this again click on the Next > button. And game restoration process will be started, it will take some time and once it completes click on the FINISH button to continue.