Minecraft Meets Steam!

[nHarlow_]

Did anyone know that you can launch Minecraft though steam? This also allows access to the Steam Community through Minecraft!

[imelman]

No,Mojang first must do it.

[nHarlow_]

Really? Then how have I been opening Minecraft Through Steam this whole time?

[Shotgun Eddie]

You can do this with any game/application installed on your PC.
Even Microsoft Word can be launced through Steam.

[nHarlow_]

Just click on "ADD A GAME" in the bottom-left orner of the Steam window, click "Add a non-Steam game...", and finally click the game you wish to add.

[shifty]

aw :(

[nHarlow_]

What do you mean "aw"?

[かんぐ式根]

Yes, adding it as a non-Steam product does allow you to access the overlay and play it through steam, but officially? No, Mojang does have to ask Valve if they can put their game on steam, or go through the community greenlight. Plus there is no official, as far as I know, community for Minecraft, only an unofficial group. So by technicality You are just launching minecraft, so calm down Minecraft has not met Steam yet, your just launching the game using a 3rd party program (steam).

[g.dridge]

k

[wuddih]

Originally posted by X Zombie X Dominator X:

Just click on "ADD A GAME" in the bottom-left orner of the Steam window, click "Add a non-Steam game...", and finally click the game you wish to add.

that doesn't make it a steam game.

[Shadow of the SPQR]

You know what games I can launch through steam?

Uninstall applications, Adobe Reader, WordPad, Product Registration, HP Setup Guide, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Special Offer from AT&T, Roxio, TabTip, "Change IP Address", Video Test, Infrarecorder, Openoffice, "Runtime", and all sorts of other things in a list longer than the world's countries.

[JØRGENSEN]

yeah, it doesnt need to be a steam game to launch it

[FortisRufus]

Thats cool. I though only steam games could access steam community

[nHarlow_]

Originally posted by wuddih:

Originally posted by X Zombie X Dominator X:

Just click on "ADD A GAME" in the bottom-left orner of the Steam window, click "Add a non-Steam game...", and finally click the game you wish to add.

that doesn't make it a steam game.

PEOPLE!!! I NEVER SAID THAT IT MAKES IT A STEAM GAME!!! I SAID IT COULD BE LAUNCHED THROUGH STEAM!!! READ IT AS IT IS, NOT THE WAY YOU WANT TO READ IT!!!

[RalphRoberts]

I can open minesweeper through steam, does that make me special?

[かんぐ式根]

Originally posted by X Zombie X Dominator X:

Originally posted by wuddih:

that doesn't make it a steam game.

PEOPLE!!! I NEVER SAID THAT IT MAKES IT A STEAM GAME!!! I SAID IT COULD BE LAUNCHED THROUGH STEAM!!! READ IT AS IT IS, NOT THE WAY YOU WANT TO READ IT!!!

Note you said "This also allows access to the Steam Community through Minecraft!" assuming you are talking based around minecraft, you state that there is an official community for it. Also, 90% of people on Steam already know how to launch applications using steam, so please don't state the obvious just to waste others' time, thanks