How To Download Game While Playing Steam

If steam isn t already running then run the steam client on your computer.

How to download game while playing steam. How to download and install my game. To resume downloads while you are playing games do the following. I understand i can do it while sleeping but i spend part of the night playing games while.

Can i download a game from steam in my case civilization 5 while playing another game that uses steam. Follow the advice how to download and install my game below. Luckily you can force steam to download games while you play.

From here check the allow downloads during gameplay box. Because i would like to play a game while waiting for civilization 5 to download because my estimate of the game would be like 6 8 hours to download. This minimizes the game window in the process.

Bring the steam client to the front if it is not already there and select library downloads from the menu at the top. Just fire up the game you want to play then follow these steps. Or does playing the game stop the download.

Hover over library and select downloads. You can turn this feature off by navigating to your download settings. Run steam and click on the in the bottom left and choose activate a game on steam.

The game will then be added to your game library. Luckily you can force steam to download games while you play. I am used to console like on xbox one i could download a game and play any game at the same time.