Thanks so much for this! For years I have used Steam Backups for extra large games and the backup process usually takes 35-40 minutes - your method only takes 5 mins - so good!
I'm about to buy a game, is it possible for me to transfer the game I buy to another guy's pc, he also buys the same, but doesn't have WiFi to download it. .....plz help
@@sashimj2918 yes this is possible, you have to have either an external hard drive or a usb to transfer it to your pc. I recommend you to look up how to transfer steam games (if that's what you are getting it from)
DUDE thank you so much, I have horrible internet at home, so while I was out at a hotel I downl0oaded warzone onto a laptop and I've finally gotten it onto my Desktop. THANK YOU for this video.
Thanks, my man. I tried this on a game on my hard drive that hasn't been updated for a very long time, and it worked perfectly. I did this because I don't want to update my game on an HDD because it will take too long. So this method is a great way to transfer games without the need to update them.
This still works in almost 2021. The trick was the .acf file. I went through several written instructions on how to copy this and Steam kept deleting the game and starting over. Copying the proper .acf file from the SteamApps folder as well as copying the game from the Common folder works! Thank you so much!
I believe I"m having this problem with the ACF file name. I cant copy without the file changing to a TXT file. doing so the file no longer works as an ACF file. Anybody have an idea what I may be doing wrong? to me it should be just copy paste. it always pastes as a TXT file though.
This will come in very handy when I build my new system. I have all my steam games on a separate m.2 from my boot m.2, so this method will be easy to do.
great info, so if I wanted to move a entire library from one drive to another same process just move all the game folders and manifest files to the new drive
Ty very much! You've explained everything very briefly and perfectly. To make things better, even your voice is amazing haha. Keep up the good work and thanks again!
can you please help me, i have moved black myth wukong from D to C drive I already have 152 free disk space on C but when I open the steam it said I cant download the game because it's need 128 pr-allocating space so I don't have that space and I cant redownload whole game again my internet so bad please help me how to re install it again without pr-allocating space??
Thanks so much! My WiFi at home sucks and my friend had the game I bought but didn't download so I just copied it and did what you did which helped alott
Thank you!!! Finally. My PC wasn't working for weeks (Start Manu critical error) so the only way was to delete the old user and make a new one. You helped a lot!
Steam backup tool is really useless, I got an older backup and trying to restore it, end up downloading 25%, OK it´s updates, but after that I got corrupted files messages and it want to download 100% again. Now I´m copying as you said and it´s workin, easier, faster and more reliable way. Thanks
I use this method to play in an internet cafe and even though the internet cafe has decent computer specs but the internet cafe only has a maximum internet speed to download 1.5 mb plus the game I want to download has a size of 50 gb and I used this method and it worked
I did this with the steam deck. I brought my games from my pc to my steam deck via external drive. The only difference is that after you do all that you did, you have to find the games main exe and add it to steam, than run it, it will than begin authentication.
So... what happens if I had all my steam games installed in another drive, and when I reinstalled windows, now I have a drive with all the games but the steam library can't identify them???
sorry but this does not work... I'am on legion go whit the same account from my pc, I had 150gb of data of Assassin's creed Valhalla but even I copied from pc to hd and then from hd to legiongo and followed all your indications, I see in my library always install button of the game, my dowload list is empy, i copied the "appmanifest_2208920" file in the correct folder but nothing change. I did not have play button but always install... I can not download again 150gb of data... It require more then 1 day with my adsl... Could you please give me help? Steam and the game are also updated at today
was downloading apex which is 70gb after following all the steps and after validatin, the download continous and it says 16 out of 70 gbs has been downloaded and proceeds to download the rest via internet how do i fix it ?
So does the second computer's Steam automatically configures its paths with the moved game? Another question: Does Steam download and install games all on his own? and doesn't it leave any iso or other format for manual installing? I'd like to get an answer as I don't think I might get them elsewhere, please
Quick Question: Will all the game data and stuff also transfer? Like will high scores, gear, etc. transfer, or will it feel like a fresh new copy of the game?
if you copy it and log in to the same account then your progress will be saved but if you login on a different account then your progress will not be saved and will be different
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Pls tell me what should i do if copy 100g game file but not acf one ? And now its all gone can i do it with just game file ?
Thanks so much for this! For years I have used Steam Backups for extra large games and the backup process usually takes 35-40 minutes - your method only takes 5 mins - so good!
Still works in 2023
Feeling beyond stupid for not being able to figure this out by myself...
Subscribed in compensation...
Thank you sir
Life saver, even after 4 years this still works. Thx a lot i can play games on my new pc without downloading anything
I don't have good internet, so this will help when I go stay somewhere with better internet.
same
thats why we love this guy for his guided video
I'm about to buy a game, is it possible for me to transfer the game I buy to another guy's pc, he also buys the same, but doesn't have WiFi to download it. .....plz help
@@sashimj2918 yes this is possible, you have to have either an external hard drive or a usb to transfer it to your pc. I recommend you to look up how to transfer steam games (if that's what you are getting it from)
@@xen_is_on thanks, yeah I'm gonna buy on steam, it's a paid version that's why I had a doubt
Thank you so much! perfect tutorials for newbs like me :)
simple & easy tutorial.
me & my neighbor are really glad to see you video.
still works in 2024. God bless u brother.
DUDE thank you so much, I have horrible internet at home, so while I was out at a hotel I downl0oaded warzone onto a laptop and I've finally gotten it onto my Desktop. THANK YOU for this video.
You have a very relaxing voice, and explained it very well, thanks.
Thx so much man, This will help me as I wanna have my Among Us, FNAF World and Undertale Data when I get a Gaming PC For Christmas!
among us is a huge file. Good thing you found this video
this is literally 400mb
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Your voice is like asmr. Gj btw
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his voice IS asmr
that's a werid thing to say
Your voice is so calming Dude. Consider doing asmr ... just an idea. Great Video
Wtf
Your glazing
Thanks, my man. I tried this on a game on my hard drive that hasn't been updated for a very long time, and it worked perfectly.
I did this because I don't want to update my game on an HDD because it will take too long. So this method is a great way to transfer games without the need to update them.
Your scenario is exactly the scenario I am in since I had to reset my pc lol
Me too man
This still works in almost 2021. The trick was the .acf file. I went through several written instructions on how to copy this and Steam kept deleting the game and starting over. Copying the proper .acf file from the SteamApps folder as well as copying the game from the Common folder works! Thank you so much!
I believe I"m having this problem with the ACF file name. I cant copy without the file changing to a TXT file. doing so the file no longer works as an ACF file. Anybody have an idea what I may be doing wrong? to me it should be just copy paste. it always pastes as a TXT file though.
Thank you My friend My brother totally having bad dreams thinking how to import games on steam
You help me a lot
Subscribed!
thanks man the only guy that didn't do the smae thing as the other 20000 youtubers.
I wont forget thsi video
thank you, i dont want to wait a many days to redownload all of my games with my slow internet on my new pc and this method will help me a lot
This will come in very handy when I build my new system. I have all my steam games on a separate m.2 from my boot m.2, so this method will be easy to do.
great info, so if I wanted to move a entire library from one drive to another same process just move all the game folders and manifest files to the new drive
Thank you! It works well. I appreciate this video so much! Much love from the Philippines
Ty very much!
You've explained everything very briefly and perfectly.
To make things better, even your voice is amazing haha.
Keep up the good work and thanks again!
This works great. Glad I didn't formatted the partition where my games were saved. Thanks a lot!
Thanks, this worked great. I was able to get back into cyber punk without re down loading it again, using a fresh install of windows 10.
can you please help me, i have moved black myth wukong from D to C drive I already have 152 free disk space on C but when I open the steam it said I cant download the game because it's need 128 pr-allocating space so I don't have that space and I cant redownload whole game again my internet so bad please help me how to re install it again without pr-allocating space??
Very helpful. Deserves to be recommended.
This tutorial was EASY and a serious time saver. Thank you Sir. You're a gentlemen and a scholar.
The acf files saved me so much time. A couple kbs worth of data can save me a couple days worth of steam verification.
Works for PUBG free to transfer to another PC.
Thanks for this, saved hours of download.
Thanks so much! My WiFi at home sucks and my friend had the game I bought but didn't download so I just copied it and did what you did which helped alott
Great !! Life saver. Also worked for Steam workshop stuff (copying the .ACF file + files from the Workshop folder, the same method) Thanks! 💯
Thank you so much from France mate ! it is the only way which worked for me. Thanks to you, hours of gaming retrieved. Best.
and now its the 3rd video i've watched from you tonight.
best method , thanks bro looking for this long time, easiest and works
Still works...... Thank you
ty, i spent 2 hours searching for a solution and yours worked. you earned yourself a like and a sub.
this method is for same account or different one sir ?
Excellent method to reinstall games. You help me a lot man thanks.
Thank you, I have been trying to figure this out for ages!!
Most oversimplified explanation that i've seen
Great job! It's easy to understand too
Thankyou my brother saved my game ❤
Thank goodness a video that speeds through the file structure picking. Thumbs up!
Worked like a charm , give this guy a cookie
Thanks man! It worked for me pretty well!
I love you so much!!! had to move gtav from a flash dirve and couldnt find any good tutorials. great video man! underrated.
this changed my life
Thank you you save my life. I just dodged a potential long redownload!
acf worked, i cant believe it. Thanks!
took 3 days to find the solution. thank you so much
Good video but maybe you could zoom in just a bit so that those of us who don't see all that well can actually see what you're doing ?
worked perfectly, thanks man.
does it work for paid games in steam
Very helpful you saved me a ton of time my man thank u
Or you could just copy your previous "steamapps" folder and replace the existing one on the other device or after re installing steam??
Is this a statement or a question lol
Thank you!!! Finally.
My PC wasn't working for weeks (Start Manu critical error) so the only way was to delete the old user and make a new one. You helped a lot!
fast and on point...thank you for the tutorial
i'm doing this but somehow steam wants me to download the game again. what am i doing wrong?
Superb tutorial many thanks
what if i just copy the whole steam folder?
Steam backup tool is really useless, I got an older backup and trying to restore it, end up downloading 25%, OK it´s updates, but after that I got corrupted files messages and it want to download 100% again. Now I´m copying as you said and it´s workin, easier, faster and more reliable way. Thanks
still works, thanks
Thanks. Saved me 57 gb of downloading 😌
thank you, much faster than the backup option.
when i backed up only the game folder inside the common folder rip looks like i have toredownload
Very well explained, thank you very much.
I use this method to play in an internet cafe and even though the internet cafe has decent computer specs but the internet cafe only has a maximum internet speed to download 1.5 mb plus the game I want to download has a size of 50 gb and I used this method and it worked
thanks so much! didnt know the acf file matters! none of the tutorials that i have found included this part!
I did this with the steam deck. I brought my games from my pc to my steam deck via external drive. The only difference is that after you do all that you did, you have to find the games main exe and add it to steam, than run it, it will than begin authentication.
So... what happens if I had all my steam games installed in another drive, and when I reinstalled windows, now I have a drive with all the games but the steam library can't identify them???
i did this. steam recognize with play button but when i click it. it still download
sorry but this does not work... I'am on legion go whit the same account from my pc, I had 150gb of data of Assassin's creed Valhalla but even I copied from pc to hd and then from hd to legiongo and followed all your indications, I see in my library always install button of the game, my dowload list is empy, i copied the "appmanifest_2208920" file in the correct folder but nothing change. I did not have play button but always install... I can not download again 150gb of data... It require more then 1 day with my adsl... Could you please give me help? Steam and the game are also updated at today
I got the borrow option in steam when I was going to start it! how do i get rid of that bc my friend dont want to log in to his steam on my computer
Thanks man, just earned a subscriber
Thanks and straight to the point
your voice hacked my headset !
Would it work, if i just copy the game folder, put it on USB Drive and then extract the game to another pc ? I mean without steam then
Thank you so much, this will save me days or even weeks of downloads :)
Superb & the fastest solution, thanks
Big thanks. this saves me from downloading 100's og GB of games again on my shitty internet
You are big brain, I found this very helpful
Installed, everything works, thanks!
was downloading apex which is 70gb after following all the steps and after validatin, the download continous and it says 16 out of 70 gbs has been downloaded and proceeds to download the rest via internet
how do i fix it ?
So does the second computer's Steam automatically configures its paths with the moved game?
Another question: Does Steam download and install games all on his own? and doesn't it leave any iso or other format for manual installing?
I'd like to get an answer as I don't think I might get them elsewhere, please
Thanks, your video is really helpful btw
Cheers mate greatly appreciated, worked an absolute treat.
Works like a charm, thanks man!
hello bhai jab gta 5 online game copy karte one to another computer tab yo activation key mangta hai
bhai please reply
Good, my dad got re 3 and I really want a copy.
you could always share his library
im not using a virtual machine so how am i able to just copy a game file from my laptop and its gonna apear as paste on my pc?
man thanks a lot you've save so much time for me.
Had to download the acf file, since I didn't had one for that game but thank you so much bro👍
how did you download it?
That was very helpful thanks man 👍
Well, this really helped, this really saved my time, thanks man ❤
If I just want to copy all my games over am I able to just copy all the folders and app manifests instead of finding each individual one?
ofc
Quick Question: Will all the game data and stuff also transfer? Like will high scores, gear, etc. transfer, or will it feel like a fresh new copy of the game?
That's my question too
Steam usually saves your progress doesn't it . The items you purchase and earn should be attached to your steam account not your game itself
if you copy it and log in to the same account then your progress will be saved but if you login on a different account then your progress will not be saved and will be different
Ummmmmm. The whole screen is black... i cant see anything but can hear clicking is it supposed to be black.... PLEASE HELP
Simple and simply awesome.👍
didnt work. tried with slay (21mb game) and i have to start from scratch. nothing got saved.
doesn't work for me, doesn't show up in the library ,
Same
what happened
which game u were trying to transfer
There is no acf file in steam apps
It didn’t work for me I don’t know if it was because I already had the game downloaded and needed to sync the data 🤷♂️
Didn't work for me either. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
@@carsonsugden9807 did u do the acf file part?
if you did try again
Cant i just log in with the same email i had and then i will have all my games or it wont?
This is just if you don't want to re-download them again