Narod's Steam Game Finder

A C# library compatible back to Windows 7 (.NET 3.5 edition) & modern .NET platforms (.NET 8.0 edition), which finds Steam and Games.

Summary

This library allows you to check if Steam is installed, the Steam install path, the Steam library paths, and locate game install directories.

Which edition should I use?

If you use the Nuget package manager, the versions are handled automatically for you - no further action required. The two versions behave identically regardless.

For .NET 8.0+ users, use SteamGameFinder2.dll

For .NET 3.5+ users, use SteamGameFinder.dll

Usage

Code examples in C#

• Download the latest release from the releases tab, or find on Nuget (Narod.SteamGameFinder)
  • (Only required if downloaded from releases) Add a reference of the library in your project. (Project -> Add Reference... -> Browse -> Browse...)
• Import in to your program

using Narod.SteamGameFinder;

• Create instance of SteamGameLocator

SteamGameLocator steamGameLocator = new SteamGameLocator();

• Check if Steam is installed

bool isSteamInstalled = steamGameLocator.getIsSteamInstalled();

• Get Steam Install path

string steamInstallDir = steamGameLocator.getSteamInstallLocation();

• Get Steam Library folders

List<string> paths = steamGameLocator.getSteamLibraryLocations();

• Get Steam Game Install Path

string steamGameInstallDir = steamGameLocator.getGameInfoByFolder("SteamGameFolderName").steamGameLocation

• Get Steam Game Install Path by ID

string steamGameIDInstallDir = steamGameLocator.getGameInfoByID("0000").steamGameLocation

• Get Steam Game Install Path by Name

string steamGameNameInstallDir = steamGameLocator.getGameInfoByName("Tropico 6").steamGameLocation

• Return all installed games

List<string> allSteamInstalledGames = steamGameLocator.getAllGames()

Further Help

You can find the 'TestApp' solution in this repository which has an example of how to use the library.

Helping

If you find any bugs, please report it as an issue.

I would also appreciate any extra functionality, feel free to open a PR request.