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Can friends see achievements from hidden games Steam?

By setting the Game Details option to private, only you will see your achievements. You can set it to friends only or public at any point but only if your My Profile setting allows it.
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Does hiding a game on Steam hide it from friends?

In the Game details menu, set your game privacy to Private. Your friends will no longer be able to see the games in your Steam account or elsewhere. The game you're currently playing will remain hidden from view, as will your game achievements, saved wish-list games, and more.
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Why can't I see my friends achievements on Steam?

Check any game. Scroll down until you find a bit until you see a blank space. You won't be able to see your friends' recent achievements, only their name, "achieved", and a blank space. To be fixed, so that you can see your friends' recent achievements.
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How do you see other peoples achievements on Steam?

You can compare your achievements to a friend's:
  1. Go to your friends profile and click games on the right to bring up the list of games they own.
  2. Next to the game you want to compare there should be a view statistics button, click that and select "<Friend name>'s Achievements"
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Does Steam track achievements?

Steam keeps a local cache of the stats and achievement data so that the APIs can be used as normal in offline mode. Any stats unable to be committed are saved for the next time the user is online.
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Steam: How to hide recent game activity & game hours

How do I show hidden games on Steam?

In the Steam window, head over to “View” on the top-left. This will bring up a drop-down menu, where you will want to select “Hidden Games”.
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How to stop Steam from notifying friends when you re online or get achievements?

In the Friends & Chat menu, press the Settings button (top-right). In the Friends list settings menu, select Notifications. Disable the checkboxes for all of the relevant notifications (such as When a friend joins a game) in both the Show a notification column and Play a sound column.
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How do I see hidden games on Steam deck?

Open the Steam app and click on 'View' in the top-left corner; Click on 'Hidden Games' to open your hidden collection; Right-click on the game you want to unhide; Hover over 'Manage' and select 'Remove from Hidden'.
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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.
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Can people see me playing hidden games on Steam?

Steam's Invisible Mode and Beyond

Our guide goes beyond that, by hiding your gaming activities via Steam's profile. In doing so, you can still remain visible online, but no one can see what you're playing.
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Can you remove Steam achievements from your account?

There's no simple switch for resetting Steam achievements. Some games offer the option to reset player progress, and this may include Steam achievements as well. You'll want to make sure this simpler, in-game method isn't available first.
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Does turning off Steam overlay disable achievements?

Unfortunately there is still no way to stop your achievement progress from popping up during gameplay unless you disable “Steam Overlay" for whatever particular game you are playing at the time.
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Do you have to be online to get Steam achievements?

Providing you have launched the game at least once (so the Steam Client has the achievement schema on your machine) you SHOULD be able to earn Steam Achievements while in offline mode.
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Is cheating Steam achievements bannable?

Does steam care about cheating achievements? Yes you can get banned for achievement cheating but you have to do it on a VAC server. The game devs can game ban you if they find out as this has happened at times so you can always send reports to both steam and the game's support.
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What happens if you get 100 achievements on Steam?

Ptetty much nothing. If you have an achievement showcase on your profile then it'll show how many games you've managed to perfect... but there isn't any way to show off which games you've managed to 100% which makes it kind of a half measure.
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Will Steam ban you for using Steam achievement manager?

While Valve doesn't care about people cheating achievements, some developers do and will ban you from their game(s) if you get caught so it is a 'use at your own risk' situation.
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Do I keep achievements if I refund game Steam?

If I refund a game, will my playtime and achievements be removed from my Steam Community Profile? No, playtime and achievements will not be removed from your Steam Community Profile.
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Does modding a Steam game disable achievements?

Once a game has a mod enabled, you will not be able to unlock achievements or trophies. If you wish to unlock achievements and trophies in your game, you will need to disable all mods and revert to a save game prior to the mods being enabled.
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Can you hide playtime for a game on Steam?

You can hide your game play time, however. All you have to do is to go into your profile settings, privacy settings, then at the “Game Details” section, you can select “private.”
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What is EMU deck?

So what is EmuDeck? EmuDeck is a tool (more precisely, a script) that you can download/install which greatly simplifies the installation of 160 emulators and supporting utilities to your Steam Deck.
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How do I put Steam Deck in desktop mode?

Under the power options, select the “Switch to Desktop” option. This will turn off SteamOS and switch the Steam Deck to Desktop Mode.
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How do you know if someone is faking offline on Steam?

If your friend is on your friends list and the status is “online” for them they'll show up in your friends list. It will also tell you their status and what game they are playing. If their status is set to “offline” or “invisible” there isn't much you can do to see if the player is online or not.
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