How to Reinstall Steam Games
287This video shows you how to reinstall Steam games.
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Video Transcript:
Steam games can take up a lot of space on your computer's hard drive. As a result, if you stop playing a game for a while you may want to uninstall it to free up space on your computer. However, if you get an itch to pick that game back up later on, Steam makes it easy to reinstall that game and pick up where you left off.
Now let's walk through the steps to reinstall a Steam game.
Step 1. Launch the Steam client on your computer.
Step 2. Click "Library" in the row of options along the top of your Steam client screen if it isn't selected already. A list of Steam games you own appears in a list on the left side of the screen.
Step 3. Right-click the game associated with your Steam account that you want to reinstall on your computer to display a context menu, and then click "Install Game" in the list of options. An Install window associated with that game appears. In this example, I'll reinstall Total War: Attila.
Step 4. Choose whether or not you want to create either a desktop or Start menu shortcut for your game, and then verify or select a different path to install the game to. Click "Next" after making your selections in the Install window. An end user license agreement for your game is displayed. Click "I Agree" in the end user license agreement to accept the outlined terms and conditions associated with installing the game. A window appears informing you that the necessary disc space is being created for your game.
Step 5. Click "I Agree" in the window after the necessary disc space for the game has been allocated. Another window appears tell you that your Steam download has started. Click "Finish" in this window. Your Steam game will begin reinstalling. The amount of time the Steam game will take to reinstall depends on your Internet speed and computer hardware. You can track installation progress either to the right of the game title on the left side of the screen, or along the bottom of the screen. When the Steam game re-installation is complete, you can right-click the name of the game to open a context menu, and then click "Play Game" to launch it.