Can you install steam games onto a USB stick

[brimck87]

Hello

can you install steam games onto a USB stick-i have been trying to put games onto my USB stick
but it stops downloading the games after a few minutes, but I can copy the files of the game onto my
USB stick and they play fine-but you don't have the steam library/interface- just a bland text file.

some people say steam doesn't allow this-but some people say they do

thanks

brian

[✨Saint✨]

Yes you can, chances are that it will not work for all games in my experience.

[Silicon Vampire]

USB sticks really are meant for storage and probably won’t put up with running any game from it for very long. They really aren’t built for it, generally.

[brimck87]

Publicado originalmente por ✨Saint✨:

Yes you can, chances are that it will not work for all games in my experience.

:saint:

is this to do with piracy

[✨Saint✨]

Publicado originalmente por brimck87:

Publicado originalmente por ✨Saint✨:

Yes you can, chances are that it will not work for all games in my experience.

is this to do with piracy

No, it has nothing to do with piracy, a USB stick has less "power" than a HDD. You see, modern games need a fast read & storage medium, something a USB stick is not capable of.
Old games, like DOS games, will not have any problems with it.

[brimck87]

ok thanks for your help

[kitt]

Publicado originalmente por ✨Saint✨:

Publicado originalmente por brimck87:

is this to do with piracy

No, it has nothing to do with piracy, a USB stick has less "power" than a HDD. You see, modern games need a fast read & storage medium, something a USB stick is not capable of.
Old games, like DOS games, will not have any problems with it.

:saint:

what? there are USB Sticks with 400-500mb/s write/read, same or higher than HDDs.

for example: Samsung FIT Plus

more than enough read speed to play games

[✨Saint✨]

Publicado originalmente por kitt:

Publicado originalmente por ✨Saint✨:

No, it has nothing to do with piracy, a USB stick has less "power" than a HDD. You see, modern games need a fast read & storage medium, something a USB stick is not capable of.
Old games, like DOS games, will not have any problems with it.

what? there are USB Sticks with 400-500mb/s write/read, same or higher than HDD or some SSDs..

True, but as Silicon Vampire said, they are not really built for it, generally.

[IFIYGD]

Publicado originalmente por kitt:

what? there are USB Sticks with 400-500mb/s write/read, same or higher than HDDs.

for example: Samsung FIT Plus

more than enough read speed to play games

That stick is a USB 3.0 or newer stick.
If your computer has a USB 3.0 port, it will run at those speeds.
But if your computer only has USB 2.0 ports, they operate and transfer data at much slower speeds, and the 3.0 stick will only run at 2.0 speeds if it is placed in a 2.0 port.

Not everyone has the newest and latest computers with the newest tech. My laptop has a 3.0 port. My desktop, that is only 6 months older than my laptop, has only 2.0 ports. A 3.0 stick runs at full speed on my laptop. but it runs much slower on my desktop, because the technology on my desktop is not as advanced, even though my desktop has much better overall specs than my laptop does.

[MancSoulja]

Publicado originalmente por IFIYGD:

Publicado originalmente por kitt:

what? there are USB Sticks with 400-500mb/s write/read, same or higher than HDDs.

for example: Samsung FIT Plus

more than enough read speed to play games

That stick is a USB 3.0 or newer stick.
If your computer has a USB 3.0 port, it will run at those speeds.
But if your computer only has USB 2.0 ports, they operate and transfer data at much slower speeds, and the 3.0 stick will only run at 2.0 speeds if it is placed in a 2.0 port.

Not everyone has the newest and latest computers with the newest tech. My laptop has a 3.0 port. My desktop, that is only 6 months older than my laptop, has only 2.0 ports. A 3.0 stick runs at full speed on my laptop. but it runs much slower on my desktop, because the technology on my desktop is not as advanced, even though my desktop has much better overall specs than my laptop does.

USB 3.0 is a 15 year old technology.

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I have the sandisk extreme pro 256 gb usb 3.2 SSFD and i run doom eternal off it and no slow downs or stutters.

https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/usb-flash-drives/sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-3-2#SDCZ880-256G-A46