How to show playing non-steam game in steam.

[Talon-Thorn]

Some games start another executable, meaning Steam will briefly show the game then it will close and show as if you are not playing anything. To get around this, make a bat file like the following:

File: "game.bat"
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"C:\path-to-game\game.exe"
set /p name= Press enter to close.
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This will launch the game and then wait for input. The only drawback is that it will continue to show you are playing the game until you press an enter/return key. You can customize the non-steam game by right-clicking it in Steam and selecting properties.

If you don't already know, you can add the bat file (or non-steam .exe) to Steam by selecting "Games" from Steam menu (Steam/View/Friends/Games/Help) and selecting the last entry, "Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library...".

Enjoy!

[Kira505]

Thank you
This works!

[rymes]

Works thanks, you can also use RBTray to minimise the CMD window to system tray to get it out of the way.

[JViz]

Thanks for these instructions!

[Mike]

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