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Posted on 11-05-2021 by admin

It’s always a good idea to install Steam games to a drive which has more space than the default C drive – but if you didn’t realize then, you better do it now. C drive is probably the least reliable place to have anything that’s important.And moreover, games usually occupy a lot of space.

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Move Steam Games to another Drive

You may run into “no sound” -problem in Steam games, and it can be easily fixed. Its possible that you haven’t had any problems with any other game, but there is that one or two games that doesn’t have sound at all. One game that have had this issue is Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

Steam now allows you to move individual games to new library or drive, but if you want to move multiple games from one place to another, you can use the SLM tool or the inbuilt Backup/Restore function. Let us see how to move Steam games to another drive without redownloading.

Move Steam Games using inbuilt function

Steam games are stored under C:Program FilesSteamsteamappscommon. Everything is stored in one folder which makes things little easier. That said, Steam Also allows you to have multiple download folders which means you can store the games wherever you want.

Open Steam, and go to Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders and click “Add Library Folder”.
Navigate to a different drive, and create a new folder. Name it as SteamGames or whatever you feel like.

Open your Games library, and right click on the game you want to move, and then select Properties.
Switch to the Local Files Tab.
Look for a button which says Move Install Folder.

Here you will get a clear information about the current location of the folder, an option to select one of the new destinations you had included in the 2nd step. Click on Move Folder, and it will initiate the process. Completion time will depend on the size of the game.

Steam creates similar folder structure i.e. Steamsteamappscommon in the new drive or in any folder you had set your destination.

Use Steam Library Manager to Move Games in Batch

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Steam Library Manager is a tool created to help you with managing Steam libraries. SLM lets you easily copy, move or backup your games between Steam and SLM (backup) libraries. It offers a simple interface which lists down all the Libraries on your PC, and games available in each of these libraries.

You can drag and drop the games from one library to another.
Displays free storage space for each of the drive where you have created a Library.
It can bulk move using a Task Manager section.
Real-time progress report on the movement.
Integrates with Steam Menu like Game Hub.
Launch Games in Steam from SLM.

As the games are moved, you will see a log getting generated. This will give you a clear understanding in case of a problem. After every move, you may want to clear all the logs, and completed tasks. You will also have to restart your Steam App to reflect the changes.

The only reason I had selected this tool is that it was updated recently. Most of the other tools haven’t been updated for almost a year or more.

Use Backup/Restore to Batch Move Multiple Games to different drive or partitions

In case you do not want to use any third party tools, then follow this. If you have tons of games installed, and you want to move them all together, there is no direct way in Steam. The only option I could think of is using Backup & Restore function. While it is not very straightforward, this is the best shot.

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Figure out where you want to move all your games. Make sure you have enough space because if you are moving tons of games, you need to 100% sure you don’t run out of the process.
Since we will first backup, and then restore, we will need equal space for backups as well. So do the maths.
Add that destination as an additional library by going to Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders and click “Add Library Folder”.
Close Steam.
The next step is to move your entire library by copying the ‘~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common‘ directory over to the Library Folder. The default place is ‘C:Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappscommon‘.
Open Steam, and Select the games in your list, and remove or uninstall it.
Now when you install games again, it will check in that new Library, and since the games are there, it will not reinstall, but only download necessary files.