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by Martin Brinkmann on June 23, 2013 in Games - Last Update: October 07, 2013 - 6 comments
Many Steam users do not know that it is possible to download and play Steam games simultaneously. This comes from the fact that downloads are automatically paused whenever a game is launched using the Steam client, and that there is no option in the Steam preferences to prevent game downloads from not being paused when you start a game.
There is however a way to resume paused Steam game downloads while you are playing games. Let me show you how this is done.
- Okay, re-downloading, meaning the game is being downloaded in a different drive. You can do is roll over to the top-left corner and click Steam > Settings > Down. Steam will automatically detect all the games in that drive, and you don't.
- Does Steam automatically patch games? But I know that Steam does automatically patch your games. Like say I bought GTA3 from the steam store, would it download & install.
Steam will pause or suspend all downloads as soon as you start a game. This is indicated by the suspend state of all downloads in the Steam library.
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You can switch to the downloads page here to display this more clearly in the client. Just click on View > Downloads to see all current downloads that are either completed, starting up or suspended.
Jun 15, 2018 - Also see our article The 50 Best Games on Steam. Once upon a time not. Be aware though that some DLC doesn't download automatically.
If you have started a game on Steam, all should either show up as suspended if they have not been fully downloaded yet to the computer, or as ready to play if they have been downloaded fully to it in this session.
To resume downloads while you are playing games do the following:
- Use Alt-Tab to get back to the desktop of your system. This minimizes the game window in the process.
- Bring the Steam client to the front if it is not already there and select Library > Downloads from the menu at the top.
- Here you can either hit on the resume all button to resume all game downloads while you are playing, or click on the pause and then resume icon on the right side of individual downloads that you are interested in.
- Click on the game icon in the taskbar afterwards to display the game window again on the screen. You can now continue playing the game while the downloads are being completed in the background.
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Note: This may impact your gaming performance, especially your ping if you are playing multi-player games. To avoid this, limit the download speed of the client under View > Settings > Downloads > Limit downloads to the following bandwidth.
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Resuming game downloads may be useful if you want to play a game alone or with your friends while a new game is being downloaded to your computer.