So as you can see the copy method, is 3x faster than the backup method. Read this article if you’d like to have Steam installed in the default location, but have your games library folder on another drive, (or multiple drives) on the same computer (such as an SSD or NVMe drive). Note, that these MUST be placed into this common folder otherwise Steam won’t recognize the game files. Once done, open up the exact same default Steam library location ( C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common) on the new PC and copy the game folder/s there. You will naturally first need to install Steam on the new computer first. Once done, go to your new PC and plug the portable drive in. If you would like to know how to move your Steam games to another drive on the same computer, please see this article.Īlrighty, now that we have our Steam games folder, simply plug in your portable flash, or hard drive, then start to copy the folders of the games, that you would like to move to your other computer. Here you will see folders for each of your installed Steam games on that computer and drive. The first you need to do, in order to copy Steam Games from one computer to another, is to find your Steam Games library.įor most, this will most likely be the default Steam library location, which is in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common.
