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Does Steam still count hours in sleep mode?

Steam as a service continues to run until you shut Steam down. Your PC going to sleep with Steam open and a game running means Steam will continue to track playtime as you putting Windows to sleep does not affect Steam at all.
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Does Steam still 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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Does Steam count hours when minimized?

It doesn't matter if it's minimized or not, the game is still running. Originally posted by 山廾丨丂尸巳尺: It doesn't matter if it's minimized or not, the game is still running.
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How do I stop Steam from showing hours played?

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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How do you manipulate Steam hours?

Boost your Steam hours played
  1. No downloads (Even the games you idle)
  2. Use Steam as you usually would while idling.
  3. VAC Safe (Steam allows idling)
  4. Idle on up to 32 games simultaneously.
  5. We support EVERY Steam game.
  6. Quick and easy support (Even through Steam!)
  7. We've been around for over 8 years!
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Does Steam show total hours played?

Open the “Steam” desktop app. Hover the mouse pointer over “LIBRARY” and select “HOME.” Click on the desired “Steam game” to load the game profile details on the right. The hours you played the Steam game appear under “PLAY TIME.”
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How accurate is Steam hours?

it is accurate for what it represents. if your Steam client pushes playtime to the Steam server, that is always accurate.
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How long is the Steam too many purchases cooldown?

How long is this cooldown? One hour usually. dont do multiple purchases.
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Can you reset Steam hours on a game?

There is currently no way to reset in-game hours on Steam, unfortunately. If you don't want others seeing that you have 2000+ hours in Garry's Mod, there's an option to make your playtime statistics private in your profile settings.
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How do people have 1 million hours on Steam?

Simple. There are ways of spoofing pretty much anything 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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Is Steam offline mode actually 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 I get my Steam game back after 2 hours?

Navigate to Steam Help (help.steampowered.com) and log in with your Steam account. Find the purchase you would like to refund and click on it. If your purchase is not listed, it falls too far outside of our refund window and is ineligible for a refund. Select the problem you are having with the product.
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How many Steam games can you idle at once?

30 games, steam ignores any more than that. Idle Master extended will idle 30 together automatically under fast mode.
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How long is Steam cooldown?

First cooldown (level 1) - lasts 30 minutes. Second cooldown (level 2) - lasts 2 hours. Third cooldown (level 3) - lasts 24 hours.
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How many refunds is too much Steam?

Is there a limit to how many purchases I can request a refund for? You can submit any number of refund requests for eligible purchases.
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Does Steam refund games with more than 2 hours?

Steam will offer refund for in-game purchases within any Valve-developed games within forty-eight hours of purchase, so long as the in-game item has not been consumed, modified or transferred.
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Is Steam ban permanent?

Many games on Steam utilize the Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC) or third party anti-cheat technology that can result in cheaters being banned from secure servers for multi-player games. VAC bans are permanent and cannot be removed from an account.
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Why is Steam not updating hours played?

The hours on steam is only logged if you are playing while connected to the steam network. If you are playing while steam is offline or steam somehow loses connection, no hours will be logged. If your game is modded in some way and launched via a third party exe, it will not be counted.
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When did Steam start tracking hours?

Valve did not implement the playtime tracking feature until March 2009. Games played before that time will therefore not have all playtime recorded, which means that for these games, the playtime totals will be smaller than they actually are.
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How accurate is steam spy?

The margin of error is calculated based on 98% confidence (if you know your math). What it means is that around 2% games have wrong stats on Steam Spy that are outside of the stated margin of error. Additionally, stats for games with smaller samples are very unreliable.
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How do I find out how many hours I have on my computer for games?

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.
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Does Steam let you keep refunded games?

You can refund a game purchased on Steam if you request the refund within two weeks of purchase, and have played the game for less than two hours total. When your game is refunded, it will be removed from your Steam library, and you'll receive the full value of your purchase back.
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What happens if you buy a Steam game twice?

If you buy a game that you have already own on Steam, the store will attempt to cancel your purchase by notifying you that you already have a copy of the game and if you wish, you can send it to one of your steam friends.
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Can you run a Steam game twice?

No, steam will tell you that you're already playing that game so you can't run it twice. You only can (on the same pc and steam account, run multiple games, but not one twice at the same time. How do I move a game to another monitor?
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