How to transfer your steam games anywhere without doing backup?

COPY YOUR STEAM GAMES WITHOUT BACKUP



Steam is a very big platform for online games and mostly everyone nowadays plays in steam, but the issue comes when the c drive runs out of storage and backing up your updated or installed games takes a lot time i.e approx 20-30 min, and some people gets frustrated while doing this. So for moving the steam games anywhere you want as it is, I found a new alternative for this which will save your time, rather than 30 min it will be done in few minutes.So here are steps below.


STEP 1

go to program files x86>steam>steamapps>common

common folder

* In "common folder" there will be your installed games.


So you just have to copy the "common folder" and save it somewhere safe.




STEP 2

now go to program files x86>steam>steamapps

coy both common and manifest file

* In "steamapps folder" you will find your games manifest file, this manifest file is different for every games. So you have to copy it and save somewhere else.

steam store appmanifest file code

* If you want to check "which manifest file for which games" you just have to go steam store and search for that particular game. There in that games "url" yo will find a code, so that code will be there in front of manifest file. So you have to just match it.

STEP 3

now uninstall steam and install it where you want to install, then copy the "common folder" as it is in program files x86>steam>steamapps.

same thing for manifest file, copy this file to program files x86>steam>steamapps.

STEP 4

If you don't want your steam to update again 200mb approx, you just have to copy the "packages folder" form program files x86>steam>packages

copy package folder

play button will appear instead of install

copy and paste this to same location where you have newly installed steam. Now the steam will not update 200mb, it will directly extract your package.

That's all. you have done it in just 4 steps, now when you will open steam you will see your games as it is. And you will see  Play button there instead of install button.

Thanks, hope you guys have loved it. Stay tuned till next post, see you later...