Lost copy of the game

[Eleskar]

"Turbo Dismount" simply wasn't opening so i tried to reinstall it and mistook the "Delete local game files" with the "Delete local files" and therefore, lost the game. Is there anyway to get it back or is it lost forever?

[soursalt]

Search it in the steam store.

[☢ GoldFish (SVK) ☢]

Originally posted by Eleskar:

"Turbo Dismount" simply wasn't opening so i tried to reinstall it and mistook the "Delete local game files" with the "Delete local files" and therefore, lost the game. Is there anyway to get it back or is it lost forever?

Judging from the lack of mouse icon near your name, the game doesn't seem to be bound to your Steam account. Judging from the lack of any gameplay time on your profile it never even was (even if it crashes on launch it will add to your playtime that 0.0001 second the game "ran")

Removal of a game from your game library isn't as simple as clicking somewhere else as intended. You'd have to:

1. Go to Steam support page
2. Select "Games, Software etc."
3. Select the said game
4. Select "I want to permanently remove this game from my account"
5. Select "Ok, remove the listed games from my account permanently"

Uninstalling a game (Deleting local files) will not remove the game from your library.

Let's suppose you're not lying. There are basically two options:
1. There was a "free weekend" for this game at some point of time (or something) - you had a specific time window to try out the game; if it runs out you won't own the game anymore. Then again, this would register as a playtime so I don't know about this.
2. All the stars did align, Mars was covering Venus, the buttered side of bread fell on the dry side, the cat landed on its back, North Korea accepted democracy, a song that didn't suck made it to the radio, you got a royal flush two times in a row, Uwe Boll made a decent movie, you logged on to a public server and got scrambled into a good team, you learned to regularly earn money by winning jackpots, lightning hit the same spot thrice, Steam glitched in a very bad time and you somehow, somehow, SOMEHOW, got rid of your game with all your stats (playtime etc). In this unlikely case, only Steam support will help you I'm afraid. They take their time with responding, so patience is the key.

[Eleskar]

Sorry for the confusion, i meant that i pressed the "delete local game content" in the local files tab of the game's properties, thinking that it would only uninstall the game and leave it in the library, but it didn't. It completely erased it

[Eleskar]

Originally posted by Festive Sydney~:

Search it in the steam store.

And i did search it and it said i didn't buy the game

[soursalt]

Oh.

[Eleskar]

Thanks anyway for trying to help :D

[plasmajam]

Did you buy the game?

[MangAnimE]

Originally posted by Eleskar:

Sorry for the confusion, i meant that i pressed the "delete local game content" in the local files tab of the game's properties, thinking that it would only uninstall the game and leave it in the library, but it didn't. It completely erased it

As stated before, if you legitmately own the game "delete local game content" only uninstalls the game it does not remove it from your Steam library. If you believe this is an error you'll probably have to contact Steam support.