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How To Backup Steam Games?

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cesarmatute

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Hi, from time to time I like to format my PC, mostly when it seems like it getting slow, and everytime I do that, I lose all the game data from my steam games, and I have to download them again, which takes a lot of time as my internet connection is very slow.

I'd like to know if there's a way to backup my steam games before formatting my PC so that it would be faster to recover the games and I don't have to download them again.

Have that ever happened to you?

Thanks in advance.
 

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Hi, from time to time I like to format my PC, mostly when it seems like it getting slow, and everytime I do that, I lose all the game data from my steam games, and I have to download them again, which takes a lot of time as my internet connection is very slow.

I'd like to know if there's a way to backup my steam games before formatting my PC so that it would be faster to recover the games and I don't have to download them again.

Have that ever happened to you?

Thanks in advance.
I have never heard of a way because steam is a back in itself. Perhaps there is indeed a way but be careful when messing around with steam files. A friend of mine got permanently banned because of that. Whatever you do, know your stuff first.
 

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You can enable steam cloud on your account for certain games which means those saves will always be on that account even if you uninstall the game.

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You can enable steam cloud on your account for certain games which means those saves will always be on that account even if you uninstall the game.

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I'm looking for a way to not to download all the game again. Will this help me?
[doublepost=1503085468,1503085183][/doublepost]I found a way that partially works. I used a tool called Easus Easy Transfer. It let me make a backup of all the steam program, including the downloaded games, but I had some issues with the sound later. I had to manually install some apps, like DirectX and vcredist to fix this. Perhaps it was a specific case for one game.

If you try this tool let me know how did it work for you.
 
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