Any ways to make Steam count the time played on added games?

fredof · 04-29-2012, 01:01 PM

What the title says.
I use this feature a lot since I like to talk to my friends while I'm on whatever game and I also take screenshots.

But steam doesn't counts the amount of time played on added games.
So my question is if there is a non-official way to do this?

TeKraken · 04-29-2012, 01:03 PM

I'm afraid not.
Your not the first to ask.

fredof · 04-29-2012, 01:09 PM

Thats pretty bad.

It would be nice if valve added this feature.

TeKraken · 04-29-2012, 01:13 PM

see if there is a thread in the suggestions section, if not, make one

fredof · 04-29-2012, 01:16 PM

Ok thanks.

Nekomancer · 04-29-2012, 01:21 PM

Valve only wants to offer such a feature for games on Steam. Non-Steam games probably never will get such a treatment. Why provide such stats for games that Valve never sold to you?

fredof · 04-29-2012, 01:23 PM

But they did.
The first half life was one of them and counter strike

Beevman · 04-29-2012, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fredof

But they did.
The first half life was one of them and counter strike

you can add those to steam

the reason why valve doesn't do that because it's an added bonus to buying on steam.

When you buy a game on steam the steam features such as time tracking is an added bonus,

If they let you have time tracker on any game you ever add to your library that you didn't buy on steam then that removed some incentive to buy from steam

KK_reborn · 04-30-2012, 06:38 AM

Don't worry about that and download XFire, it does a much better job.

Marathon5150 · 04-30-2012, 08:54 AM

I would say that Raptr does an even better job than Xfire. It tracks your achievements and playing time for PC and Xbox 360. You can also import your Xfire playing time into Raptr so you don't lose those hours if you're hesitant to start over.

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fredof Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Reputation: 1 Posts: 29	Any ways to make Steam count the time played on added games? What the title says. I use this feature a lot since I like to talk to my friends while I'm on whatever game and I also take screenshots. But steam doesn't counts the amount of time played on added games. So my question is if there is a non-official way to do this?

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04-29-2012, 01:03 PM	#2
TeKraken Join Date: Nov 2011 Reputation: 4619 Posts: 6,055	I'm afraid not. Your not the first to ask.

04-29-2012, 01:09 PM	#3
fredof Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Reputation: 1 Posts: 29	Thats pretty bad. It would be nice if valve added this feature.

04-29-2012, 01:13 PM	#4
TeKraken Join Date: Nov 2011 Reputation: 4619 Posts: 6,055	see if there is a thread in the suggestions section, if not, make one

04-29-2012, 01:16 PM	#5
fredof Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Reputation: 1 Posts: 29	Ok thanks.

04-29-2012, 01:21 PM	#6
Nekomancer Join Date: Mar 2008 Reputation: 2386 Posts: 15,159	Valve only wants to offer such a feature for games on Steam. Non-Steam games probably never will get such a treatment. Why provide such stats for games that Valve never sold to you?

04-29-2012, 01:23 PM	#7
fredof Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Reputation: 1 Posts: 29	But they did. The first half life was one of them and counter strike

04-30-2012, 06:38 AM	#9
KK_reborn Join Date: Apr 2005 Reputation: 935 Posts: 5,103	Don't worry about that and download XFire, it does a much better job.

04-30-2012, 08:54 AM	#10
Marathon5150 Join Date: Sep 2010 Reputation: 13 Posts: 15	I would say that Raptr does an even better job than Xfire. It tracks your achievements and playing time for PC and Xbox 360. You can also import your Xfire playing time into Raptr so you don't lose those hours if you're hesitant to start over.