Limit how long on steam

My son, spends large amounts of time playing steam games. However, he uses his account for work as well.

How do I limit the amount that Steam.exe is allowed to run for?

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Best Answer

You can exclude games you do not want your son to play. You can restrict access to the store. But it seems there is no way to restrict the gaming time.

There is for sure external softwares that answer your needs. As I did not install and test any of them, I cannot say if they are safe or not. GameNanny seems to be one of them. Use it at your own risk and do a bit of googling before trying.

Otherwise, you can uninstall Steam when your son needs to work and reinstall it afterwards. If you disallow your son's account to install software, that should do the trick. It is a very annoying solution for you, even with a fast-installing Steam client.

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Can you limit time on Steam?

Time LimitingThis control lets you choose what hours in the day your child's account can use the computer. Any time outside these times, your child will not be able to use their account on that machine.

How long can you play a game on Steam?

However, there are limits to how long you can have a game before returning it. To return a game, you can't have owned it for more than two weeks, and you can't play it for more than two hours total. If you try to return a game outside of these limits, there's a good chance your request will be rejected.

Can you make Steam stop counting hours?

Switch Steam to "Offline Mode" and it shouldn't track hours if it bothers you that your hours are being tracked.

How long does it take to be idle on Steam?

As far as I've found, Steam automatically sets the following status : Away : Person is logged in but has not been using Steam for 10-15 minutes. Snooze : Person is logged in but has not been using Steam for 2 hours. Online : Person is using the Steam client right now.

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