Where are the Prima guides?

[SgtRedRock]

I purchased 21 Prima guides over the years. I can;t find any of them before or after installtion. Any know what's up? I sent a msg to Steam support about where the Dragon Age Origins Prima guide is and they sent back...check the prima guides website. I did that. Made an account. The site has CSS issues and very un-user friendly. Could not tell what to do to access the prima guides I paid for on Steam. Something very fishy.

[Wolf Knight]

why would you buy prima guides when you can get all the information those guides contain for free on the internet?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Use Steamdb if you can... https://steamdb.info/app/22875/

Just search the game + prima guide and a list should generate where you can click on the correct appid to get to the page for download.

[SgtRedRock]

Thanks Hotsauce. Good find but no dice. Clicking on the INSTALL button displays a Steam error "Steam failed to install Dragon Age: Origins -Prima Official Strategy Guide (Invalid App Configuration)". I tried this for all 21 of my purchased Prima Guides and got the same error. I think part of the problem is Prima no longer sells these guides as they are older and Steam has moved them so the App Id is not longer pointing to the Guide if the Guide still exists on their servers. Thanks for trying!

[Joke]

Do they show up in your purchase history?
https://store.steampowered.com/account/history/

If you can find them there, click and try to navigate to an option "Game is not in my library".

(Or maybe the guides are available from their respective game library page? There's a section to the right on some games where you can find game manuals. Maybe the guides are available from there too?)

[SgtRedRock]

Hi Joke,

They are all in my purchase history. But nothing I tried offered the chance to download the guide. I've tried what you suggested and they don't show up anywhere.

Manuals are still available usually downloaded when you install the game.

I did receive a final answer from Steam Support regarding the Prima Eguides.

"Hi there,

Steam no longer offers Prima guides, and has no further troubleshooting to offer regarding them.

Since there's not much more that I can say or do to be of help with this particular issue, I am going to close this help request.

If you have questions on an unrelated issue, please create a new help request and we will be happy to help you.

Steam Support
Mitch"

I bought most of the guides at around $2.50 so maybe averaged out a loss of between $50 and $60. I will see if I can ask for a refund on the ones I bought separately. The one in a bundle with the game...I doubt I can get a refund.

I did find some of the guides at archive.org after doing a duckduckgo search. They may all be there, I just haven't had time to research that.

Thanks for your help.