Steam Games Have No Sound

[morningdew87]

Is anyone else running into the issue today (10/19/2024) where you are not about to hear any game sound come out of games started up on steam? My husband has been troubleshooting all day and has tried all the suggestions we could find in the forum and online (reinstalling Steam, performing sound card checks, etc) Any game played through any other client (Fortnite, LoL) have sound with no issues. Also games that are installed on Steam but go through modded servers to run (FiveM) also play with sound. It is literally only games started in Steam that will not make a sound. I had sound yesterday but for some reason not today. Any suggestions are very much appreciated. None of the paths through the automated support are providing assistance

[Iceira]

First make sure system have it assume windows OS10/11 here.

ps.
Worth to re-check is windows 10/11 sound driver at sound card product onboard sound then go to board support page. ( win10/11 is know for core update that could require win10/11 sound card driver to be re-installed ) i learn this from GPU driver in win10, same GPU driver need a re-insdtall to fix what core just change in a update. ( might help you or not, test this )

If you can't get windows own sounds settings to work then you are in trouble.

Steam only have voice chat that's default,and use windows default sounds settings, unless you change this.

So few games has own launcher that set sound card ingame, rest use windows default sound card settings.

Use windows own test sounds app/tool options, to configurated it and test it work.
i use discord and skype for mic test, most player use that in MP games.

This is not a windows issue,, core update take precedence over app and Drivers.
many know this, but forget the app get caught in it.

[morningdew87]

Every other game that does not run through steam works. It is only games that have to use the steam launcher. All relevant windows and steam troubleshooting steps have been attempted.

[Iceira]

Right click windows volume, then click adjust sound volume, and raise the bar you have mute in at steam as a app, this is seen before, sounds is set steam app to ZERO,

and again we tell you, steam do not have own sounds settings, this is in windows and somehow your system have done this or you did.


the other help might know know what im think on if you do not get the explanation..


ps.
you can mute any app in windows sound on the buttom task volume bar on all app or specific.

[i8themags]

I have the same problem and your solution does not work, there is definitely an issue with Steam, as I was playing this game 2 days ago with sound, and today I ran the game and all I get is a buzzing sound, i have checked my installed sound card and it is working perfectly and I have tried other games I have downloaded from another source and they run no problem

[Iceira]

Feel free to contact steam support, there is no setting in steam with sounds,

there is voice chat with Mic settings that is it. ( should point at default ) this mean it take windows sounds and use it.


Ask each game support they have game support, if needed.

[Iceira]

Steam own guide sections
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5389-9AE7-8969-BD70

As you see there is not much info on it, its a windows issue only.

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and i doubt any have a plugin card , and example Laptop user cant do that and you need to give better in here, if you want other steam user to give advice

OS ?
Soundcard ?

if Brand pc name thrn model so other has a idea who and what driver can cause this.

You dont do it for my sake , you do it so other steam user, that might stuggle with same issue

atm either you have setup issue or windows core update change this and now as you said steam has a issue.

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do note if all steam, users had this then there will be 1000+ steam users with the problem.

Test on spare pc or friends laptop might be a good idea., so you can see its not steam issue imo. steam dont make sounds settings for games, there is voice chat that is all.

[Iceira]

I and other can give you advice in steam flush cmd ( google it ) but most will say to what point there is no sound setting for steam game inside steam own settings.

I can't see any other way with it, and i doubt you have made s6eam cmd on it steam.exe file here.

if you dont have a OS thats support its end here, past windows do not count if sound card driver is a issue now. even they have expire date in windows10/11 or not update from sundcard supoport ask them

if you have old realtek or soundmaster driver then that could be the issue, even i did see old creative driver get win10 issue in the past, to old soundcard

if onbaordf sounds take it up with the board support then.