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Nodakear Apr 11, 2021 @ 7:50am

My friends play games called blocked, is this something new in steam?

Lately when i look at my friendslist i see friends playing games and with some friends, instead of showing which game they play, it says, blocked. As if they are actively blocking me from seeing what they play, but if i choose the drop down menu on them, it still shows which game they are playing.... What's going on here? Is this something new from steam? Is there something in my settings that might have changed with an update from steam? Can i turn this off at my end so i can see which games they play again?

Any information on this weird new behaviour from steam would be appreciated.

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Judgmental Amaterasu Apr 11, 2021 @ 7:55am

You can fiddle with things to change the name of what you're playing to say something like "coffee and farming" or something. You're not actually blocked from seeing it.

Nodakear Apr 11, 2021 @ 7:59am

I already found it out... Somehow my friends got blocked... i have no idea how this happened, i feel like i got hacked but i don't know how since i also have steamguard to protect myself with.... This is weird since i also found games in my hidden section a few weeks back that i didn't place there.... i might have to change my password just in case although i have no idea how they got past the steamguard protection....

Nodakear Apr 11, 2021 @ 8:27am

Yep, i just found out i got hacked. A friend of mine send me a message asking me if i would vote for his team on csgo tournament, called eanix.... i tried to and logged in there... it looked legit, steam login needed for it... he was my friend... but he was hacked... and then i got hacked.... if any1 reads this, do not fall for this hack.... didn't even matter i had steamguard.... he took control after i logged into the website... that's something i'll never trust again, even if it's a friend...

Halo Apr 11, 2021 @ 7:47pm

You could just read all the threads that tell you this already.

Or not.

Can you vote for my csgo team even though I don't play csgo?

Last edited by Halo; Apr 11, 2021 @ 7:47pm

Nodakear Apr 12, 2021 @ 6:41am

Doesn't hurt to give out more warnings so hopefully more ppl read this.... i don't read everything, i play games, can't read everything out there anyways, no1 could remember everything...

Garraway Apr 27, 2023 @ 7:05pm

I've been wondering about this as well, for quite some time now. It seems random, and they do fall under the category of games with all the others playing the same. It's jus that their in-game info says "Blocked" instead.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Apr 27, 2023 @ 7:07pm

Originally posted by Garraway:
I've been wondering about this as well, for quite some time now. It seems random, and they do fall under the category of games with all the others playing the same. It's jus that their in-game info says "Blocked" instead.

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