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Add new 'Manage Game' action to browse `compatdata`

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#11679 · opened 2025-01-21 by riking · updated 2025-01-21 · 1 comments · github
Rriking 2025-01-21 github

Currently, it is extremely annoying to access Proton game save files to make backups or install mods.

Please add a new menu action under [Library Game] -> Settings -> Manage, right next to "Browse local files" that opens steamapps/compatdata/{APPID}/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/ in addition to the existing button that opens steamapps/common/{APPNAME}.

Why the user profile root: Most games put their saves in %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Roaming, while others put their saves in %USERPROFILE%/Documents. There is plenty of existing education material to tell gamers about AppData/Roaming, while looking up the steam app ID to browse compatdata is extremely annoying to do every time.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-01-21 github

Hello @riking, this request is already being tracked at #5667. Closing as a duplicate.

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