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Steam showing size of the parent partition instead of the folder's partition

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#13026 · opened 2026-03-22 by mnuzzose · updated 2026-03-22 · 1 comments · github
Mmnuzzose 2026-03-22 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1773426488
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Linux Mint
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
  • GPU: AMD

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I just did a fresh install with a 4 TB drive. I have a smaller partition for the OS and my home drive on btrfs and an ext4 partition I made for games. After I installed Steam I configured the games partition to be mounted at /home//Games. What's interesting is that after I did this Steam started reporting its default folder as /home/<user>/Games instead of the folder it had been previously but when I had Steam browse the library folder it took me to the default location. I added the new folder as a new library location and it browses to the new location which is the drive that has been mounted but when I look at the size it shows the partition size of the root partition not the partition mounted at /home//Games. I would expect it to show the amount of space in the partition that is mounted to the folder. I verified that the games are in that partition.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Create two partitions, a root partition and another partition
  2. Install steam with the second partition unmounted
  3. In the /etc/fstab file, configure the second partition to be mounted in a new Games folder in the home directory and restart the system for the configuration to take effect
  4. In the Steam Settings/Storage see that the default folder is now /home//Games but when you click on "Browse folder" it takes you to the default install location /home//.steam/debian-installation/steamapps
  5. Add the Games directory as a library and see that it is showing the size of the root partition instead of the partition mounted to Games.
Mmnuzzose 2026-03-22 github

I think I know what I did wrong - I created a Games folder in my home folder before mounting the drive there. I think that created some confusion with the OS. My bad.

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