Hiding games does nothing?

[Noxtar]

Am I the only one who thought hiding games in your library stopped people on your friends list form being notified that you are playing it? I cant find any documentation on this. Can anyone find anything on the steam website about what hiding actually does? Was there ever any information on this?

[999999999]

Hiding it only stops it from displaying it to you in your library.

Marking it Private in the beta branch hides it from everyone else. But it is a bit buggy right now and may or may not work until they put out a patch soon.

[Noxtar]

I read somewhere that it hides it from being seen everywhere... I feel really let down by steam. I'm going through all the stages of grief now. I'm mourning the self respect I though I had when my friends family and coworkers couldn't see when and for how long I have been jerking off to porn games for the last few years. Most of all I'm mourning my friendship with steam. Thought they had my back on this one but looks like it was the opposite. Should have known better in this information age privacy is an afterthought. Iv learned my lesson.

[Satoru]

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1150-C06F-4D62-4966


The game will no longer appear on your Steam Community profile games list, or in the recently played games section.

Your status on the Friends List of other users or in chats will not change to "In Game".

Your activity in the game (like achievement unlocks or "Played for the first time") will not appear in the Activity feed of people on your Steam Friends List.

When a Steam Friend is browsing the Steam Store, your profile will not appear in the "Friends who own this game" section.

If a Steam Friend attempts to buy a game as a gift that you have marked private, you will not show as already owning the game.

Showcases on your Steam Community Profile will not show the game or achievements for the game (such as the "Rarest Achievements" showcase).

You will not receive Steam Trading Cards for the game while it is marked as Private.

If you have changed the "Game File Transfer over Local Network" setting to allow other users on the same network to download games, they will not be able to transfer games that have been marked as Private.

[Noxtar]

Originally posted by Satoru:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1150-C06F-4D62-4966


The game will no longer appear on your Steam Community profile games list, or in the recently played games section.

Your status on the Friends List of other users or in chats will not change to "In Game".

Your activity in the game.....

Reading that this has only come out in the last few days is what made my heart sink. Could have used it when steam started pushing erotic games in my news feed. I understand, Steam would have been too busy counting the cash. Must have been difficult.

[terebigeemu]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Showcases on your Steam Community Profile will not show the game or achievements for the game (such as the "Rarest Achievements" showcase).

Wow, this may fix my problem with this showcase and game "creature clicker". I made it private, I hope that achievements disappear soon as possible.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Noxstar:

Originally posted by Satoru:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1150-C06F-4D62-4966


The game will no longer appear on your Steam Community profile games list, or in the recently played games section.

Your status on the Friends List of other users or in chats will not change to "In Game".

Your activity in the game.....

Reading that this has only come out in the last few days is what made my heart sink. Could have used it when steam started pushing erotic games in my news feed. I understand, Steam would have been too busy counting the cash. Must have been difficult.

You could have kept your entire library private this entire time and hid all of your games from everyone you didn't want to see them. That option has been available to you the whole time that Valve's been counting their cash. It's only just recently, through the beta so far, that could privatize individual games as opposed to the whole library.

[Ç!ｲ!乙3η-ﾒ]

You need to opt into the steam beta for this function to work for now...

Steam> Settings> Interface> Client Beta Participation

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Noxstar:

Originally posted by Satoru:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1150-C06F-4D62-4966


The game will no longer appear on your Steam Community profile games list, or in the recently played games section.

Your status on the Friends List of other users or in chats will not change to "In Game".

Your activity in the game.....

Reading that this has only come out in the last few days is what made my heart sink. Could have used it when steam started pushing erotic games in my news feed. I understand, Steam would have been too busy counting the cash. Must have been difficult.

No need to be THAT ashamed of you hobbies.