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immagikman Oct 15, 2018 @ 11:37am
Archive purchassed games
Is there a way to archive the games to a storage drive without installing them in Windows? The concern is not having access to downloads during network outages or if Steam should go bust. (Yea remote possibility but hey I have OCD and I like to have everything in one place)
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Oct 15, 2018 @ 11:38am 
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-yphv-2033

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immagikman Oct 15, 2018 @ 2:27pm 
Thanks for the input but its the right answer for the wrong question. I want to back up all content to a storage drive but not install it and then if/when a network issue crops up, to be able to install and run from my massive storage array.
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immagikman Oct 15, 2018 @ 2:28pm 
oops should have put install and play from my NAS.
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immagikman Oct 15, 2018 @ 2:31pm 
Hmm Ill try the one little blurb in the middle to see if that works for me.
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immagikman Oct 15, 2018 @ 2:33pm 
Nope didnt work, you have to install the game before you get the option to back up game files'
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Ogami Oct 15, 2018 @ 2:34pm 
Yes and no. You can make backups of your installations ,which compresses the files back to a preinstall state and then save those on an external HDD or so.
If you later want to reinstall the game you can do that from those archives.
BUT, you still need an internet connection when you restore the archive since Steam needs to verify ownership of the game in the archive.
Without internet it wont let you reinstall the files.

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immagikman Oct 15, 2018 @ 2:42pm 
Originally posted by Ogami:
Yes and no. You can make backups of your installations ,which compresses the files back to a preinstall state and then save those on an external HDD or so.
If you later want to reinstall the game you can do that from those archives.
BUT, you still need an internet connection when you restore the archive since Steam needs to verify ownership of the game in the archive.
Without internet it wont let you reinstall the files.

So basically if anything happens to Steam or my network connection all 455 games are so much wasted 1's and 0's :( bummer.
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immagikman Oct 15, 2018 @ 2:43pm 
Well alot of the games are linked to GoG so perhaps Ill just have to put my money there.
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