How do I move a game from One steam library to another?

[Spoopy]

My first steam library is filled up and I want to move some games around, how do i do this?

[Hextravert]

You cannot.

Originally posted by Skin Man:

My first steam library is filled up and I want to move some games around, how do i do this?

[Spoopy]

Originally posted by Hextravert:

You cannot.

Originally posted by Skin Man:

My first steam library is filled up and I want to move some games around, how do i do this?

You can, I moved Dark Souls 2 before and it still works, I just forgot how to.

[Satoru]

You effectively have to move the directory, 'delte' the game', then reinstall it to the otehr library and it'll scan and use the existing files

[TirithRR]

You could probably do it via the Backup and Restore function.

[裏切り者]

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[Viper649111]

put in new folder then add empty folder to libary copy paste to empty folder

[Spoopy]

Originally posted by viper649:

put in new folder then add empty folder to libary copy paste to empty folder

I've tried that before, as TirithRR can tell you it's not safe. It just re-installs it to the origional library.

[TirithRR]

If you go to the Steam menu and "Backup and Restore games..." you can choose to backup the game you want. It will create a temporary file with the game.

Then uninstall the game from the current location (right click, delete local content)

Then Restore the game from the backup you made prior.

There may be an easier way, but I'm not familiar with this as I have never had to move my installed games.

[slovenian89]

- Add Steam Library Folder to your new location, if it doesn't exist already.
- Copy the game folder from the original SteamApps to the new one
- Uninstall the game
- Install the game and select the new Steam Library Folder

Note that some games can only be installed in the Primary Steam App Folder and can't be moved.

[Spoopy]

IS there any way to do it that won't take 6 hours (The game I want to move takes 6 hours to install)

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by slovenian89:

- Add Steam Library Folder to your new location, if it doesn't exist already.
- Copy the game folder from the original SteamApps to the new one
- Uninstall the game
- Install the game and select the new Steam Library Folder

Note that some games can only be installed in the Primary Steam App Folder and can't be moved.

^This

I've done it myself many time (like having games on a secondary HDD that I wanted to then switch to my SSD's Library) If u do it like said here, it does work.

After u copy the game to the correct location, then uninstall (to properly remove it from your 1st Steam Library location, as well as the Registry keys for that) be sure to then restart Steam. Click Install Game and then pick that new secondary Library location; with the entire game already there now (due to you copying it there) Steam should only take a brief moment to verify the game contents. Very little of anything should require re-downloading again. But the verify process make take some time, depending on the speed of your system and drives.