Can everyone see your Steam games?

Your Steam games are visible, both to you and other users. If you want to hide them, here's how. Steam is the largest digital distribution platform for PC games, with a community of over 100 million users using the platform.

How do I make my Steam account private?

How to see someone's games on Steam?

Requesting access from owner: Be sure to enable Steam Guard on your Steam Account. From your Library you'll be able to see games owned by other Steam accounts that use the same computer. Select a game and click "Play" to request access to that respective Library.

Can people see my Steam searches?

If your profile is set to public, everyone can see your Steam searches. You can change your profile to Friends only or private separately to block people from seeing your Steam searches.

Can my friends see my hidden games on Steam?

After hiding games from Steam chat, your friends won't be able to see what you are playing now, but this information is visible on your Steam profile.

How to hide what you are playing on Steam from your friends and family.

Can others see your hidden games?

After hiding games from Steam chat, your friends won't be able to see what you are playing now, but this information is visible on your Steam profile.

Can my friends see my private Steam profile?

How do I view a private Steam profile? You can't. The private option is there so that others cannot look at your profile.

How do I stop friends from seeing my games on Steam?

What can someone see on my Steam profile?

If an account is private, you can't see their friends, the games they own, anything. The only exception to this rule I have seen, is that your friends can still see the game you are playing. Also, you will be in the friend's list of anyone who has a public account and is your steam friend.

Can Steam friends see when you buy a game?

Can they see your purchases as they happen? Can they see the purchases in my Steam inventory? Yes, but only if your profile is set to public. Also, you can set your inventory to be viewed by friends only or even completely private separately, even if your profile was public.

Why can't I see someone's games on Steam?

If you are getting the “Steam Library Sharing Not Working” issue, the first thing you should do is to re-authorise your shared library. To do this, open your Steam app and click on the “Steam” tab in the top left corner. Click on the “Settings”. Now, click again on “Downloads”.

What happens when you watch someone's game on Steam?

And no, it does not interfere with gameplay. And yes, they can see if you are watching. You get a small message popup " xxx is watching your broadcast" and in the upper right corner will be a small overlay with a number showing how many people are currently watching.

Why do people have private Steam accounts?

A private profile only means the person has no desire to share meaningless information with the world.

What does a private Steam account mean?

If you make your profile private, Steam is supposed to prevent anyone, including publishers, from seeing anything on your profile page, including your achievements, friends list, and so on.

Can my girlfriend use my Steam account?

Steam does not support multiple players using one Steam account simultaneously - games associated with a Steam account are licensed for the sole use of the account holder.

Does Steam share personal information?

Valve does not sell Personal Data. However, we may share or provide access to each of the categories of Personal Data we collect as necessary for the following business purposes.

What's the difference between offline and invisible on Steam?

Q: What's the difference between offline and invisible on Steam? Steam's offline status logs you out of the chat, and you won't get notifications for new messages. On the other hand, using invisible status on Steam lets you chat with your gaming buddies while appearing offline.

Why can I see my friend on Steam?

If you still can't find your friend on Steam, make sure they have set up their Steam profile. Generate and send a Steam friend invite link if you still can't find or add them.

Can my friends see my Steam mods?

Mods are almost entirely client-side, only you can see your mods. There really is no way to change this, if you want your friends to see your mods, they have to download them themselves.

How to play games secretly?

Make sure you close and lock the door of the room where you're playing. If you leave the door open, you're basically asking to get caught. Close and lock the door while you play. If someone knocks, tell them you were just changing, then close the game and quickly put on a different shirt.

Can friends see alt Steam account?

They won't see this account unless you show them.

How do you know if someone is following you on Steam?

If you've allowed people to follow you, you can see a list of your followers by going to your profile, clicking Friends below your cover photo and then clicking Followers. If you don't have any followers, you won't see this option.

Does Steam track your activity?

Your Steam activity will show as a list of recently played games, alongside how long you have been playing them. This list normally encompasses the games you have played in the last two weeks. To hide your gameplay activity, you have three options: Set your total playtime to private.