New Steam Library Should Have a "Sort By Install Drive" Option OR "Install Drive" Collections

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HookJabs Dec 4, 2019 @ 5:21pm

New Steam Library Should Have a "Sort By Install Drive" Option OR "Install Drive" Collections

I'd really like to see what drives my games are installed on in a simple, laid out way.

Right now, you have to go to each games properties individually to see what drive they are installed on. If I want to make room on my SSD, I need to dig through all my games to find which ones are installed on the SSD and not the HDD.

Dynamic collections for install drive, or sort by install drive, would be very welcome! Without any hassle, you would be able to manage which games are installed on which drives.

Last edited by HookJabs; Dec 4, 2019 @ 5:22pm

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Dev Dec 4, 2019 @ 6:02pm

I literally came here to make this same post. I have a lot of games on steam and I split them between multiple hard drives. Every so often I go through and uninstall games I don't play anymore. I would sort them by "size on disk" and go through them paying attention to which drive they were installed on and uninstalling as I go.

This process is insanely tedious now that they forced this update on us. If I sort by "size on disk" there is no way to tell which games are on which disk drive. I have to click on the game, go to it's options and select local files to see where the game is installed then back out through multiple windows and do it again for the next game. 10+ years on steam does not leave one with a small library of games. This is insane. I literally can't organize my games because of this. I even tried in control panel but it does not show disk usage for games installed through steam. This is moronic.

Last edited by Dev; Dec 4, 2019 @ 6:02pm

KnightArch Dec 5, 2019 @ 12:24am

I made a post about this for a couple months and until now, nothing!

I have 8 HDDs/SSDs and to figure out where the games are, it's a pain...

You can see it here: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta/discussions/3/1694969361095069072/

Silicon Vampire

Dec 5, 2019 @ 3:22pm

I've been saying similar things since this abomination was released.

We need the information all in the UI to manage the Libraries we have installed with it...

I don't understand why this hasn't been recognized and addressed.

Cybershadow 2030 Dec 20, 2019 @ 6:23pm

I agree

Golimych Dec 20, 2019 @ 6:26pm

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Sleazus Dec 20, 2019 @ 10:39pm

You can just right click and go to properties.
It's about 3 clicks

Sleazus Dec 20, 2019 @ 10:40pm

And there's a new update
Library
Add Windows drive letter to the "Size on Disk" label shown on installed game portraits.

HookJabs Dec 20, 2019 @ 10:42pm

Originally posted by Sleazus:
You can just right click and go to properties.
It's about 3 clicks

Yes, but I've got a TB of SSD space and a TB of spinning drive space, there are about 50 games installed on each drive, which means I have to do those same 3 clicks about a hundred times.

Dev Dec 20, 2019 @ 10:46pm

Originally posted by Sleazus:
You can just right click and go to properties.
It's about 3 clicks

If someone owns 200 games and has to click 3 times to see which HDD each game is on that's 600+ clicks and a metric ♥♥♥♥ ton of wasted time compared to the option being enabled in the old library menu.

Dev Dec 20, 2019 @ 10:51pm

Originally posted by Sleazus:
And there's a new update
Library
Add Windows drive letter to the "Size on Disk" label shown on installed game portraits.

What are you talking about? I don't see any such option.

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HookJabs Dec 20, 2019 @ 10:57pm

Originally posted by Sleazus:
And there's a new update
Library
Add Windows drive letter to the "Size on Disk" label shown on installed game portraits.

YES! It's here! It's in beta for now, so if you opt into steam beta through Steam > Settings > Account > Beta participation. Library shelves marked to "Sort by Size on Disk" display the drive letter on each game!

Last edited by HookJabs; Dec 20, 2019 @ 10:58pm

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Dev Dec 20, 2019 @ 11:04pm

Originally posted by PseudoSpork:
Originally posted by Sleazus:
And there's a new update
Library
Add Windows drive letter to the "Size on Disk" label shown on installed game portraits.

YES! It's here! It's in beta for now, so if you opt into steam beta through Steam > Settings > Account > Beta participation. Library shelves marked to "Sort by Size on Disk" display the drive letter on each game!

Awesome... Thanks for the heads up.

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HookJabs Dec 20, 2019 @ 11:15pm

Originally posted by PseudoSpork:
Originally posted by Sleazus:
And there's a new update
Library
Add Windows drive letter to the "Size on Disk" label shown on installed game portraits.

YES! It's here! It's in beta for now, so if you opt into steam beta through Steam > Settings > Account > Beta participation. Library shelves marked to "Sort by Size on Disk" display the drive letter on each game!

I won't mark this as solved yet though.

This is certainly close, we can easily see what drive each game is installed on (which is so much better than before!), but that's just sorted by size.

I want to manage my drives. I specifically want to sort by drive, or make collections by drive.
Right now I have a handful of 1gb games installed, most on S, some on C, I just want to see the ones installed on C, I don't want to have to pick them out from the whole list.

Again - at least now I don't have to click a few hundred times to figure out what letter a game is on. I know I'm being nitpicky, but I really don't feel like it's too much to ask.

Last edited by HookJabs; Dec 20, 2019 @ 11:16pm

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