Game Sessions Hours (help)

[Galileo_Galigay_777]

Since i´ve started gaming on steam, i´ve noticed that almost always there is a gap between the hours into the game (running it on the background, idling, etc) and the hours played. I personally think that it is due to steam limiting the hours per game session. For example, i´ve been playing Dark Souls for almost 11 hours straight and the in game thing (Shift+Tab) marked as i had 35 hours in total. However, when i closed it, it only registered a few, marking as if i had 29h.
So, LSS is there a limit on game sessions? and if it is, which is it?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

There is no limit to game sessions.

If you lose connection to the online services, you can lose the hours it wasn't connected.

[N4K]

Opening a game in the background does not bring you the expected hours in the game. The hours become active when you actually play. Opening 10 games in the background and playing a single game, only in that game the hours played are recorded.

[Callahan420]

Originally posted by N4K:

Opening a game in the background does not bring you the expected hours in the game. The hours become active when you actually play. Opening 10 games in the background and playing a single game, only in that game the hours played are recorded.

This is incorrect. Any game open and running counts as game time. I idle some games that are short and play something else while waiting for card drops.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by N4K:

Opening a game in the background does not bring you the expected hours in the game. The hours become active when you actually play. Opening 10 games in the background and playing a single game, only in that game the hours played are recorded.

Wait until you see a profile with over 2k hours played the last 2 weeks.