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Why do i have spacewar in my steam library?
I was in a program that lets me see all the games in my library and i saw "Spacewar". I looked inside and saw achievements and it appeared in my library because it was looking for achievements and it ran the game (kinda ish, idk) can i fix this? And yes i dont have malware and i checked have i been pwned.
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its an app used by programs / unofficial games to interface with steam

any sailor would know
i havent cracked any games.

Originally posted by LMS:
its an app used by programs / unofficial games to interface with steam

any sailor would know
did someone else have access to your pc and steam account? did anyone bring over a game copy on a thumb drive for you to 'check out'?
https://steamdb.info/app/480/info/ (Dont mind the "telltale" publisher name, its completely irrelevant)

Spacewar is an example application used to help developers understand the usage of the Steamworks API. Pirates use this appid because it has most features enabled.
Originally posted by Xenophobe:
did someone else have access to your pc and steam account? did anyone bring over a game copy on a thumb drive for you to 'check out'?
no.

Originally posted by joridiculous:
https://steamdb.info/app/480/info/ (Dont mind the "telltale" publisher name, its completely irrelevant)

Spacewar is an example application used to help developers understand the usage of the Steamworks API. Pirates use this appid because it has most features enabled.
i havent pirated anything. also that popularity is crazy
its owned by every account by default as its used to test steam api, and any mod / application that works with steam uses it if they themselves dont have a steam id
Originally posted by Kris Dreemurr:
Originally posted by Xenophobe:
did someone else have access to your pc and steam account? did anyone bring over a game copy on a thumb drive for you to 'check out'?
no.

Originally posted by joridiculous:
https://steamdb.info/app/480/info/ (Dont mind the "telltale" publisher name, its completely irrelevant)

Spacewar is an example application used to help developers understand the usage of the Steamworks API. Pirates use this appid because it has most features enabled.
i havent pirated anything. also that popularity is crazy
thats not even what it say.
ID 480 is used for a lot of things. Testing steamworks for your game, getting a game on steam
without paying the fee (some indie devs can do this), FREE online functionality as you can add multiplayer to your game without having to pay for expensive servers.

And it is added to every steam account by default, just 'hidden' and you can play it with steam://run/480
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