Subj : Re: Steam
To   : Arelor
From : Al
Date : Sun May 18 2025 16:04:54

> I did a quick online search and so far it seems that Steam provide a way to
> pseudo-backup your games using their UI. By the look of it, the intent of
> such is that if your PC crashes you can re-import your game library into a
> new PC rather than redownload all your things.

I did use those backups to reinstall the games after installing a new OS or upgrade. It did save time and bandwidth downloading those games back then.

> It still leaves me cold as an alternative because your copies of the games
> are still linked to Steam and so far this pseudo-backup functionality is
> clearly less complete

No, it is a complete backup.

> than just copying the game files over to archival media alonside a Steam DRM
> mocker.

This is what I do today. Whatever I want backed up is simply archived in a tar.xz (or similar) archive. It's simple and easy.

I never did care for the way steam games are locked into their UI. That's probably why I haven't used it in so long.

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