Play unlisted Steam games!

[2ugly]

It would appear many games are available for free that are not listed on Steam. Linus Tech Tips explains why, how to get them, and links to lists of games available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzkULjGtIdk

[Azure Fang]

This is nothing new. Linus is just grasping for relevant topics.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Very old news.

[2ugly]

LOL... Just found out my self. Never saw it mentioned prior, but neither did I search diligently for the topic.

[Thordred]

Any of them worth playing?

A lot of them seem to be unplayable now, online games with shutdown servers.

[2ugly]

Might be a few good SP games there. Think I saw Crysis. Which I probably put more time in messing around with Cryengine2 than playing the game when it came out. I was looking for another game that wasn't listed. Had wondered about the possibilities of finding unlisted or removed games a while back but never bothered investigating. Then saw the video from LTT the other day and figured I'd post it if nothing came up the first try on a search of the forums. As mentioned above it's old news for those aware of it. But the list probably continues to grow.

[Thordred]

Originally posted by 2ugly:

Might be a few good SP games there. Think I saw Crysis. Which I probably put more time in messing around with Cryengine2 than playing the game when it came out. I was looking for another game that wasn't listed. Had wondered about the possibilities of finding unlisted or removed games a while back but never bothered investigating. Then saw the video from LTT the other day and figured I'd post it if nothing came up the first try on a search of the forums. As mentioned above it's old news for those aware of it. But the list probably continues to grow.

A lot of games are delisted from the store. Crysis was delisted shortly after the remastered version was released.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1715130/Crysis_Remastered/

But the method LTT is mentioning in his video only works for a very limited selection of f2p games, doesn't work for games that were sold, certainly not for Crysis.

You can use SteamDB to find every game in Steams database:
https://steamdb.info/

[2ugly]

Crysis was listed on the PCgamingWiki link in LTTs comment. Though only as a delisted game. Not sure if that list is applicable even though linked. Suppose one could try using the method by applying the name of the game and number in the URL from the Steam Store page. Not sure why LTT would supply the other list.... unless I missed something. Ahh the ol' bait and switch. Missed the header right above the lists, "Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group."

[feytharn]

Originally posted by 2ugly:

Crysis was listed on the PCgamingWiki link in LTTs comment. Though only as a delisted game. Not sure if that list is applicable even though linked. Suppose one could try using the method by applying the name of the game and number in the URL from the Steam Store page. Not sure why LTT would supply the other list.... unless I missed something. Ahh the ol' bait and switch. Missed the header right above the lists, "Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group."

Even if it did work, it wouldn't be legal and certainly would get the user into trouble, as Crysis is not free nor 'abandonware' by any definition.

[ReBoot]

Actually, the video ain't bad. Those not terribly versed into the ins and outs of Steam, will very much benefit from that.

Seen the Steam Deck Subreddit? Even those with another PC and Steam on it aren't aware of a ton of stuff you can discover by simply going through the options menu. Around these places, this one's way closer to the source and the people participating are more enthusiastic (for the better or for the worse), but there's still threads making me wonder "have you actually noticed the top menu bar at all" every now and then.

Helping out those that can't help themselves is a valid pursuit.