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How to Idle Steam Games and Boost Playtime
Idling a game increases its playtime hours without you needing to actually play it. This is useful for reaching the playtime needed to start receiving trading card drops, padding your Steam profile stats, or simply keeping a game "running" in the background.
You can idle a maximum of 32 games simultaneously, across every SGI feature combined. This limit is set by the Steam client.
Start Idling a Game
Click Games in the sidebar
Click the button on individual games to begin idling them
Click Idling in the sidebar to see everything currently idling
Ready to get started?
Join thousands of users who are already using Steam Game Idler to enhance their Steam experience.
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