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Can you see hours for non Steam games?

No, Steam does not track total playtime of non-Steam applications. That being said, Steam will still show you how long you've been playing an application for that session.
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How do I track hours on a non Steam game?

Launch and play any non steam game you added to your Steam Deck library. After your play session is over, press the menu button (•••) on the Steam Deck and scroll down and select the MetaDeck plugin in the Decky Loader. You will see your play time and have the option to reset it aswell.
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Can Steam see non Steam games?

First, open Steam and click Games > Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library. You can also click Add a Game in the bottom-left corner and select Add a Non-Steam Game. A pop-up will appear with all the software installed in your programs folder. If your game isn't listed (and it likely won't be), hit Browse.
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Can you see other peoples hours on Steam?

Can you see other peoples hours on Steam? Sorry, but your friends won't see how many hours you played the games. They can see, your games, achievements, your friends.
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How do I see playtime on all games on Steam?

How to View Game Time on Steam
  1. Open the “Steam” desktop app.
  2. Hover the mouse pointer over “LIBRARY” and select “HOME.”
  3. Click on the desired “Steam game” to load the game profile details on the right.
  4. The hours you played the Steam game appear under “PLAY TIME.”
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How do I see hours played on Windows 10?

You can open the Task Manager by right-clicking your computer clock and selecting "Start Task Manager.” When you click the “Performance” tab, you'll see a list of values in the window's System section. The “Up Time” value tells you how many days, hours, minutes and seconds the computer has been running.
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Does Steam count hours in offline mode?

When you play a game in offline mode Steam will still count the hours played but you won't see any changes on your profile. As long as you stay in offline mode steam won't show the "current" number of hours played since the last time you have been online on steam.
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Are Steam game hours accurate?

that is purely reported playtime (process runtime). it is accurate for what it represents. if your Steam client pushes playtime to the Steam server, that is always accurate. you can have less playtime due to failures in sending those reports, but you can not have more.
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How do you know if someone is watching you on Steam?

How can I see who is watching my game? You'll receive a notification when a friend either requests to watch or starts watching your game. At any time you can see a list of viewers from the Steam overlay broadcast box, or if you're watching your own broadcast, from the top of the chat.
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Are non Steam games visible to friends?

Unfortunately, it does not. I'm not sure if it's an issue with Epic Games being played on Steam but i've confirmed with my friends that they do not see me on Chivalry 2 when i'm playing it. This might be it. OP, as someone who's not friended with you I can't see your games list on your profile.
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What happens if you add a non Steam game to Steam?

This will only add a shortcut to your game in the Steam client. This will not allow you to download updates for your game through Steam, nor allow you to use this game as proof of ownership for your Steam account.
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Can I be hidden on Steam?

Steam's Invisible Mode and Beyond

The simplest way to hide what you're playing is to set your Steam account's online status to Invisible. This setting is accessible from the Friends and Chat menu, and it hides your status from everyone while active.
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Does Steam log idle hours?

Steam does set you to AFK if you do not use it for a period of time. It only monitors it's own activitiy, so if you are playing a game that does not use Steam or it's overlay, then Steam will have no way of knowing if you are doing anything.
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Is playing games 10 hours good?

10–12–15 hours per day isn't too much.

No numerical value of video games is too much. You can play as many video games as you like, so long as it doesn't interfere with your life and responsibilities at large. Just FYI, this is the same for any hobby, be it TV, reading, or crochet.
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How many hours of gaming is ideal?

Put clear limits on your child's gaming.

The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests time allotted should be under 30 to 60 minutes per day on school days and 2 hours or less on non- school days.
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Does Steam count offline hours to refund?

What can I request a refund for? Valve will, upon request via help.steampowered.com, issue a refund for any title that is requested within 14 days of purchase and has been played for less than 2 hours (this includes online, offline and shared library playtime).
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What happens if I play Steam games offline?

Offline Mode allows you to play games through Steam without reconnecting to the Steam Network every time you wish to play - this is particularly useful if you do not plan on playing over the internet and would prefer not to download new updates for your single-player games.
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How do people have millions of hours on Steam?

How do people have millions of hours on Steam? the more games you have + the powerful your pc is, the more games you can "launch" so you could launch 3000 games for 1 hour that would be 3000 hours. do that for 24 hours and then 7 days and you should hit around half a million hours.
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How do I track hours on my computer?

How to Track Computer Usage?
  1. You can use system power troubleshooter, local files, or similar applications for checking event sources and user activity logs on a computer.
  2. Dedicated employee monitoring apps—these allow you to capture screenshots, monitor network within your company, log keystrokes and mouse movements.
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How do I check active hours on my computer?

Select Start > Settings > Windows Update > Advanced options > Active hours.
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