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Steam now lets you mark games as privateFor your eyes only
For your eyes only
Image credit:Aurora Games
Image credit:Aurora Games
If you’ve opted in to the Steam client beta, you can now mark games in your Steam library as private so that they’re invisible to other users. That means that if you’re - as a hypothetical - a games journalist who once had to buy and install some games with questionable names and subject matter for an article you were writing, you can now hide that so it’s no longer visible to your friends or - hypothetically - your child.
Hypothetically!
“Steam has long supported multiple levels of privacy for your Steam profile and your entire games list. However, there are times when you might want to keep a few of the games you own off those lists,” saysthe announcement.
To mark a game as private, you can head to its game page, hit Settings, and then “Manage…”. Steam uses more ellipses than a visual novel protagonist.
The same beta update also brings some additional shopping cart features. That includes being able to private games before you make the purchase, your shopping cart being synced across all devices, and “inline gifting”, which lets you purchase gifts for multiple friends in a single order. Those all seem useful just in time for theSteam winter sale.
To opt-in to the beta, head to your Steam settings and then look under “Interface”. There will be an option called “Cleint Beta Participation” with a dropdown where you can select the “Steam Beta Update”.
