No Audio on Steam games

[Zick Boy]

Hi,
The wierdest thing is happening. None of my Steam games have audio, NONE. Everything else on my computer has audio: internet browser, spotify, other games not from Steam, even videos from the Steam store. I started noticing this after the Windows 10 April 2018 update. I reinstalled the audio drivers but it didn't work. I reinstalled the Steam client and that didn't work. What I haven't done is restore my PC to the timeline before the April update but I wanted to check here first since it's only happening with Steam games.

My Rig:

• Intel Core i5 7500
  
• 16 GB RAM
  
• GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
  
• ASUS ROG STrix Z270H motherboard
  
• Realtek integrated HD audio

Thanks.

[BetterJester]

Run Steam as administrator
1. If you have Steam -icon on your desktop right-click it. You can click straight away Run as Administrator or go to Properties and make Steam always run as administrator.


2. Click Compatibility, check Run this program as an administrator and click Ok.


If you didn’t have Steam icon on your desktop you can open your startup menu, and write steam, right click Steam icon and select Run as administrator. Other option is to select Open file location and do steps described above to make Steam always start as administrator.

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Run problematic game as administrator
1. Open up Steam Library in front of you and find your problematic game on the list. When you have found it, right click it, and select Properties.

2. Click Local Files -tab and from there Browse local files.


3. Find game executable and right click it and select Properties.


4. Open Compatibility -tab, select Run as administrator, and click O

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This worked for me and I hope it does for you, an easier fix than most, keep in mind this doesn't work for EVERYONE but it does work for the majority.

I did the steam program itself and didn't even have to worry about the individual games.

If you have any questions post below.

[Array]

Hi guys, if anyone's still checking this thread - I uninstalled Sonic Studio and Radar 3 so I could get Soulcal's sound back, and it worked great. However, now my microphone has this weird issue where it keeps cutting out mid speech, after uninstalling those programs - anyone else run into this? It's been affecting me for the past month and it's driving me insane, nothing I can do has fixed this. ASUS ROG laptop issue. Default windows 10 audio drivers work, but realtek keeps getting installed over it automatically and reintroduces the issue.

[PAX AU TELEMANUS]

Origineel geplaatst door mat-idzi:

I have laptop MSI. I deleted similar program for this producent - Nahimic and it resolved problem. I have sound now. Probably problem is with sound managers.

@[H3xaMinE] thx for suggestion.

I have a MSI GT62VR 6RD Dominator and uninstalling Nahimic 2 worked for me. Make sure you restart any apps/games after uninstalling to test the sound.

Thanks everyone!

[Slovak Shadow]

I also have the problem, however i have these problems only with Slime Rancher and RAFT. Sound is not running most times but sometimes the sounds on Raft DO PLAY.

[⚡Tekⱥshi⚡]

Wat heló my

[MAJ Schmuck]

Thank you! I want to confirm that deleting Sonic Studio 3 and Sonic Radar 3 worked for me as well. I have a new ASUS Zephyrus that I bought at the end of 2018. A handful of games I own on GOG and some on Steam had no audio. I knew it wasn't the either of those, since I had a couple of duplicate games on each and the audio did not work. I've been struggling with this for months, until I happened across this thread.

Delete Sonic Studio 3 and Sonic Radar 3. You can't uninstall through Win, they don't appear on that list. I just deleted them and voila: Audio in each of the games I was having issues with.

Thanks!

[ꕤ ᴷ ᴵ ᴷ ᴼ ꕤ]

Origineel geplaatst door Mangoo:

I have the same issue too. If u guys are using asus brand software, just close or turn Sonic Studio 3 off. It works for me for all the games

how do u turn it off?

[MAJ Schmuck]

You can search your pc for Sonic Studio 3 and Radar 3, then delete them. I did that. I do not think it completely removes them, though. If I still go to my taskbar and click to see what programs are running in the background, Sonic Studio 3 is sometimes still there. I just close it. Regardless, after "deleting" the two files, my game audio issues disappeared.

[Empty ♡]

dont problem

[Gsrsesgs]

after several days of searching, i finally found the solution that worked for me. i had to change my sound driver from realtek hd audio to the generic windows audio. wanted to share it here so that others coud see it...BEFORE spending three days and 22 pages of google.

[Serendipity]

Just popping in to say thanks, killing sonic studio restored sound for me!

[Motocneai]

Origineel geplaatst door mat-idzi:

I have laptop MSI. I deleted similar program for this producent - Nahimic and it resolved problem. I have sound now. Probably problem is with sound managers.

@[H3xaMinE] thx for suggestion.

This has worked for shadow tactics but not for NinoKuni 2, certainly something else

[UnfairOrb]

So, I was having the same problem and tried just about everything in this particular thread. I’m posting this here in the hopes that someone else might find this useful.

Setting Steam and its games to “run as administrator” was only partially successful for me - it allowed only my child’s profile (and not mine) to have sound and also added the hassle of me having to enter my admin credentials every time he wanted to play. Also, it would throw me a warning/error about running Steam in compatibility mode...

In the end, I got everything working as it should by reversing my previous “run as” settings and adjusting audio settings within the game (i.e. choosing headphones or 2 speakers as opposed to any surround option).

[MyKaleHerd]

So I was having the same problem. AS USUAL its something dumb as ♥♥♥♥. If anyone has this same issue and has an Alienware product, try exiting out or deleting Alienware Sound Center. Problem solved.

[winters666]

Thank you to who suggested uninstalling sonic and radar 3. I've been trying to figure out my audio for 2 weeks now.