Short answer, yes! You can easily transfer Steam games to another computer, without having to redownload all the games again, using two methods actually. The one method of moving Steam games to a new PC is much faster than the other, but I will cover both in the tutorial, starting with the faster of the two.
How do I transfer games from my old computer to my new computer?
Go to your library, find the game you want to transfer from the other PC, and click the Install button. Yes, do this first. Once the install/download process starts, let it grab the first 20MB or so and then pause it, and then exit the Epic Games Launcher. That’s step one.
Can I transfer Steam games to another computer without downloading?
Steam also has a “Backup” feature you can use. The files it creates can be moved from PC to PC and restored on any one. An unofficial one, is to copy just your complete steam folder to another PC/HDD, without the need to reinstall steam.
How do I transfer files from my old PC to my new Windows 10?
Sign into your new Windows 10 PC with the same Microsoft account you used on your old PC. Then plug the portable hard drive into your new computer.By signing in with your Microsoft account, your settings automatically transfer to your new PC.
What do I need to transfer Steam games to a new computer?
To get a copy of your Steam games to the new computer, you will need is a portable hard drive, such as the Samsung T5 500GB External Hard Drive ($95.99). You could naturally do with a USB flash drive as well, such as the Samsung BAR Plus 128GB USB Flash Drive ($19.99), if you are looking at only transferring a few Steam games to a new PC.
Is it possible to move steam to win7 / win10?
Also Win7/Win10 should not matter for steam, but it’s of course possible that it matters for some games, but you can always try reinstall them. Don’t move the entire Steam folder, just move the Steamapps and userdata folders inside the Steam folder or the Steam library folders.
Where are my Steam games on my computer?
For most, this will most likely be the default Steam library location, which is in C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\steamapps\\common. Here you will see folders for each of your installed Steam games on that computer and drive. If you would like to know how to move your Steam games to another drive on the same computer, please see this article.
Can you transfer games from one computer to another?
Yes it much easier really to just go to where the saves/games/mods are and just copy all that over into the correct folder structures on the other system. Origin works same with regards to saves; for games it is a little different.
