Tutorial: How to enable Steam Overlay with Overwatch

[EmmaPixels]

Chatting with others in Overwatch is quite simple and easy, but there are those like me who rather use Steam as the preffered platform for communication. Check out this guide on how to enable Steam Overlay with Overwatch. It's a bit tricky, so follow the instructions carefully. After successfully enabling it, you'll have access to all of Steam's wonderful features like chat, the internet browser, and even screenshots. And for those who enjoy streaming, this will also allow you to stream via Steam.

This is currently my method of choice for enabling Steam Overlay. If anyone has easier ways of enabling Steam Overlay with Overwatch, please post them here.

[Suguri (Temporarly)]

The simple and (IMO) ugly way of doing it ( Video )

Open Battle.net
Go To general settings
Set "When I launch a game" to "Exit Battle.net Completely"
Check "Show a brief countdown instead of closing immediately"
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and right click the Battle.net process, click "Open file Location"
Note down the location of this EXE file
Close Battle.net completely (Must not be running in the background)
Open steam and add Battle.net as a non-steam game
Right click the added game and click Properties
Change Target to the exe you found earlier then, after the quotes put a space and battlenet://Pro (example: "C:\Program Files (x86)/Battle.net/Battle.net.7208/Battle.net.exe" battlenet://Pro)
Click Play and the launcher should open and automatically start the game with the overlay appearing on both the launcher and the game. The launcher will then close after a few seconds.

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