what do you guys prefer

[76561199234474679]

do you guys prefer double clicking a game to launch it or going to steam and launching the game
for me its the first one

[Haruspex]

Going into Steam. I like to keep my desktop free of icons.
Sometimes if I'm feeling saucy I'll launch a game from the Steam icon in the taskbar.

[Kargor]

I don't generally put a lot of icons on my desktop; however, since Steam autostarts anyway, I just use the Steam menu in the notification area to launch my game.

[IFIYGD]

I keep my desktop as free of icons as possible.
I prefer to launch from within the Client, or when possible to launch from local files, especially if a game I own is DRM-free and can be launched without Steam client running at all.

[TJ_4874]

I'd say that all are viable options but all options are viable and easy. because with all three no matter what, you have to wait for steams startup cycle.

I personally use desktop icons because my rubbish laptop that cant even run 4 GB ram games even with 5 GB free. At the highest I can have about 7 at the least 1.

all ways to start steam games are fine

[[N]ebsun]

right clicking the steam icon in the task tray, pretty much all games ever I play are in it..
if it's a new game or something not in that list, I would do it from the library

[Zac Starfire]

I prefer grouping my game icons on my desktop by genre since I have much of my library installed at once.

[TJ_4874]

Originally posted by 𓅂 Zac Starfire 𓅂:

I prefer grouping my game icons on my desktop by genre since I have much of my library installed at once.

I respect the organisation

[Tsubame ⭐]

Directly from Steam due to a large library of installed games.

[Crazy Tiger]

I use the client to launch my games.

[crunchyfrog]

I just do it through Steam or Playnite. Mostly because I like to have things pretty simple and being disabled and sat in bed with a load of platforms by the side of me, streamlining things is easiest for me.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Nebsun:

right clicking the steam icon in the task tray, pretty much all games ever I play are in it..
if it's a new game or something not in that list, I would do it from the library

This a large majority of the time.
On the rare occasion, launching from the library.

[ReBoot]

Depends. Mostly, I start games by pressing Win then typing the few first letters of the game. Sometimes, I do it from the taskbar jump list, sometimes from the Steam library.

[ElvisDeadly]

Originally posted by Mr. Gentlebot:

Originally posted by Nebsun:

right clicking the steam icon in the task tray, pretty much all games ever I play are in it..
if it's a new game or something not in that list, I would do it from the library

This a large majority of the time.
On the rare occasion, launching from the library.

Ditto.

Right clicking the icon lets me load any of the last five games I recently launched. The majority of the time that is enough.

I don't really use desktop shortcuts much. I always thought they were mainly for people who don't understand PC's and can never find a file or program ever again if it isn't an icon the desktop

[Cathulhu]

Do you want it in the near future, or are you willing to wait months?
Keep in mind that even those people that reserved a SteamDeck back in June 2021 are still waiting for their opportunity to even buy one and some even get Q3 2022 as their expected quarter to actually order one.

[captainwiseass]

I double-click an icon like God intended.