Download Steam Game to Library

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I want to download a steam game since they're on sale, but my computer is good enough to run it, so i want to download it to my steam library, but not have it on my computer. Anyone know how to do this?

If you can't do that, then does anyone know how to download a game, then delete it from my computer without deleting it from my library?



Best Answer

By purchasing the game it will automatically be in your library. That allows you to install it on any computer you access with your steam account. So if you want to pick up a game on sale or even not on sale it will be in your library for use automatically. To play it on a different computer you will simply have to install it on that computer when you want to play.




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Can you add downloaded games to Steam library?

Although you can add almost any game to Steam, you won't have access to social features or achievements. Instead, Steam allows you to connect apps so you can see and launch them from your library page \u2014 though it doesn't go through the effort of fetching box art of anything of the sort.

How do I copy a game to my Steam library?

To copy Steam game files from another computer to save you having to download the full game, simply do the following;
  • Cancel the download on your machine and delete local files for the game.
  • Close Steam on your computer.
  • Copy the whole folder Borderlands 2 from your brother's PC into Steam\\SteamApps\\common.


  • How do I add a Steam game to my Steam library without downloading?

    just add the game, and when the download popup comes, press cancel or press the escape button\u2026 the game will be in your library but it'll never started downloading it.



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