How to Add Non-Steam Games to Steam

Steam is far more than an online video game retailer. It is a service offered by Valve that can manage and automatically update any and all games purchased from the service. Steam isn't limited to games purchased from its service. Through a quick and easy process, you can list every single game on your computer; whether they're on Steam or not.

Instructions

1. Launch Steam. Allow the program a minute to fully initialize.

2. Click on the "My Games" tab to bring up a list of the games you currently have on Steam.

3. Click the "Add non-Steam game..." button located on the bottom left of the window, just above Steam's options menu.

4. Give Steam a couple of minutes for the program to scan your computer for all of your software.

5. Select the games you want to add to your Steam games menu and click "Add Selected Programs." The programs will now be available on the Steam launcher.

Tips & Warnings

• You can add non-game programs to Steam as well, as Steam scans for all launchable programs on your computer.

• Not all games that Steam detects can be launched from Steam. A select few games will give error messages and automatically close. If this happens to you, don't be alarmed.

References

• Steam Support