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Run Steam As Game & Tracking Gaming Hours [Retired but still old-skool]
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An easy and short step-by-step guide to run Steam as game and to track gaming hours! Additional you can find a very nice guide with a link at the end of my guide where you can set Steam into your favorite game showcase!
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Configure Steam as game step by step
  • Choose a game (for this guide "Super Hexagon")


  • Open the game folder


  • Open the steam_appid.txt file (Or create it, if there isn't one)




  • Change the existing APPID to your new one, that was listed in the guide


  • Save the file

  • Restart Steam

  • IMPORTANT: Create a shortcut on the desktop

  • Start the game {just the shortcut one / NOT via your Steam library} now as Steam
Further details
  • To your friends it will appear as if you were really playing this game, similar to IdleMaster. Therefore people will not notice, if you're online or afk.

  • If you start a second, or even more games at the same time, your friends will see the first one. Some exceptions are games like CS:GO, that will show up as soon as you join a server.

  • You can view in someone's profile the tracked gaming hours under games or in the last played games history below the Showcases.
How to do it for Steam
This method used to work for Steam as well. However Valve patched it some time ago so you have to use a workoround. You can use HourBoostr instead:
https://github.com/Ezzpify/HourBoostr
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Bradly105 2024년 11월 27일 오전 9시 44분 
Just add a random exe file like Wordpad as a non-Steam app, then head to where that exe is and create the steam_appid.txt, put in 753, save the changes, launch Wordpad or whatever exe you added via your Steam library.
AKcharlie 2024년 9월 24일 오전 9시 57분 
Can someone help me to get this up and running to run Steam (AppID=753)?. I've been using ASF, but I want to be able to idle while also playing and using my account. Ideas?
1caruxx 2024년 9월 18일 오후 3시 53분 
Im not really sure if we can still tracking hours for games that can not be installed with this method, so i'll leave this alternative: https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3333531083
CØMMΛNDΞR STΞFFΛ X-MΛS™ 2024년 7월 16일 오후 7시 09분 
:DonaldToad:
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Luko 2024년 3월 1일 오전 6시 20분 
Sry, but what is the sense of this ? :D
kami 2024년 2월 21일 오전 1시 23분 
Still work in 2024. Reed me in DM
󠀡󠀡      󠀡 2023년 6월 19일 오전 9시 37분 
It still doesn't work for me, after many tries. Did they fixed it or is there any other way to run Steam as a game? Thanks for all answers. :brflash:
Psi❌opat 2022년 10월 24일 오전 4시 26분 
xzymo 2022년 7월 30일 오전 5시 37분 
NOT WORKING
TasoFPS 2022년 2월 16일 오후 1시 17분 
No it doesnt work anymore. most people use SteamTimeIdler to idle hours for steam. I perosnally use it as well and it's very safe to use !