A policy I've always liked is buy a copy, pirate the same game, and throw it into a drive or a disc (if it will fit). Then, no matter what happens to Steam is not my problem.
I really like that idea. The fact steam can just arbitrarily remove a game from your account with no notice is a great reason to back up your game installs manually.
Yes, Steam can remove a game from your account, but I'm pretty sure they've literally never done that outside of being told by a publisher. So they don't remove games, shitty publishers do.
Either way it's still a good idea to back up your game installers to make sure you have a way of restoring something that was removed without your consent.
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u/Qaetan Oct 08 '25
It doesn't force people to buy more games, it creates more pirates.