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Steam folders vary depending on the means of installation

One comment • 22:18, 7 January 2024 7 January
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https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Glossary:Game_data#Steam_client

The section above mentions `~/.steam/steam` as the default location for Linux. This is true, and there are more folders that contain client files.

Depending on the way steam has been installed and the distro the client has been installed to, the following directories might contain client files:

https://github.com/lutris/lutris/blob/a903b67180522ac9024a901313b85406cd58b4e0/lutris/util/steam/config.py#L13-L23

The most important ones are probably `~/.local/share/Steam`, `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/steam` and `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam`. These should cover the most common installation variations.

22:18, 7 January 2024 7 January