Steam hardly ever shows your friends how many games you really have, but why?

If you’ve ever taken a look at your Steam profile, you know that Steam shows everyone how many games you own. If that number ever seemed a bit low to you, you were right. The number of games differs from the actual count. We explain why this is the case.

Which number are we talking about exactly? When you open your Steam profile, you will see an entry Games on the right side under your badges and a number. This number is supposed to show your friends how many games you have. However, the number that appears there is often not the number of games you actually own.

Steam does not count all your games towards the “Steam Account Game Library Count”. We will explain the exceptions.

If players don’t understand their own game, it can be quite frustrating, as this video shows:

Steam excludes many games

Which games are not counted? Steam excludes games from the count for various reasons.

• For example, free games do not count towards the total, as users consistently report on Reddit.
• New games also do not count for a while. On the right side under the age rating, new games often say “Steam is still gathering information about this game.” In this case, the game does not count towards the number, as Steam itself reveals in the tooltip (via steamcommunity.com).
• Most DLCs also do not count as games in the calculation.
• External games that you have added to Steam are also not counted by Steam, nor is software.

For users, it is therefore difficult to understand how the differences between the Steam library and the number in the profile really come together, but there is a way to get a more accurate number.

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How can I get a more accurate number? The website Steamdb.info offers a calculator that allows you to find out how much you have spent on your games if you had always bought at the lowest price or if you were to buy all the games again now.

There you can also see how many games you own. The calculator also provides you with more accurate data about your account, such as how many Free2Play games you have and how many games you have played for how many hours. A player wants to know from a Steam competitor if he can inherit his many games – they reply