Installed game cannot be played as the button says "install"

steamclosed Steam clientDistro Family: SteamOS

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8896 · opened 2022-11-05 by mysteriousHerb · updated 2022-11-07 · 3 comments · github

MmysteriousHerb 2022-11-05 github

I am using my steamdeck, and today suddenly most of my games become unplayable.
Steam thinks my game are not installed while they are installed (whether on SSD or SD).
And I have no way to uninstall the game now.

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Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-11-05 github

Hello @herbzhao, this issue reads like a problem with the Steam client instead of SteamOS as a platform, so I've transferred this issue report.

TTTimo 2022-11-07 github

Hello @herbzhao,

I assume this doesn't go away if you restart or reboot?

Have you tried switching to the beta Steam Client (Settings -> System -> Steam Client Udate Channel)? Any software customizations you've made to the device that we should know about?

MmysteriousHerb 2022-11-07 github

Hi @TTimo I fixed the problem by check the enable "steam play" in the developer options. Not sure why I unchecked it, I may have misread it as steam play everywhere which I don't use.. This options probably shouldn't be allowed to be ticked off on steam deck.

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