How to Mark Games as Private in your Steam Library - Think NSFW Games!
If you have some games in your Steam Library that you are a little embarrassed about, some pesky NSFW titles. This article will show you how to hide those games in your Library or how to Private them. A new feature in Steam that gives users the ability to hide all those weird sex games they have accumulated over the years.
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A lot of people probably aren't aware that Steam has an absolutely massive library of sex games and other NSFW content because it is hidden behind the default safety settings. However, if you don't mind changing those and unleashing the full scale of Steam's NSFW content library you'll probably be shocked by the amount of content. If however, you are 100% aware of this kind of content and have quite the collection you probably don't want everyone to know about it. Which is why Steam has finally added the ability to private games so that only you can see them.
While Steam has had the Hide Game option for a while it's not quite the same as Privating the game as outside users from your friends list and still see what you're up to. This is why most gamers will set themselves as offline while playing certain titles. The private feature isn't just for when purchasing though. You can also, once updated, set individual games as private so they will disappear for everyone else. That includes hiding your ownership, in-game status, playtime, and activity in that game. At last, you can finally enjoy all your naughty games in total peace.
How to Set Steam Games as Private - Hide NSFW Games in your Steam Library.
Depending on when you are reading this there may be an extra step you need to do. Enabling Steam Beta Downloads to get early access to features. So if you aren't already in the Steam Beta program you'll need to get access so do the following.
- Open Steam then go to Settings.
- Next change to the Interface tab and set Client Beta Participation to Steam Beta Update.
- Steam will restart and update, then you'll be able to use the Steam Private Game Feature.
Now that Steam is up to date you can finally hide your game on Steam.
- All you have to do is right-click on the game you want to hide in your Library then go to Manage > Mark as Private.
As soon as you make the change Steam will show a little mess detailing what this process is going to do. That specific game will now be hidden behind privacy settings and the game details will be hidden from everyone else. It will still appear in your gaming library as usual but Valve has finally made sure that if you are a gamer in this niche you don't have to be worried about your habits leaking to everyone on your friends list. You can also do this on Steam deck if you need to. However, once you change Steam will hide these games from your friends and everyone else.
If you change your mind at any stage and would like people to see everything you are doing in a game you made private just repeat the exact same process in reverse.
- All you have to do is right-click on the game you want to hide in your Library then go to Manage > Unmark as Private.
Now everyone will be able to see what you are up to.