Steam Erased (uninstalled) some of my games without any warning

Closed

Just a few days ago I noticed my Garry's Mod was deleted, then Sine Mora and now I just noticed Tomb Raider Underworld as well.. I played these games, they were downloaded since a while so I just don't get it. The HDD seem perfectly fine no errors whatsoever.

11 years ago*

Comment has been collapsed.

12 Comments

nimeni32

These games are still on your library.

11 years ago

Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Jakob91

Yes they are, but they are uninstalled without any reason at all

11 years ago

Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

whitdemon

steam doesnt uninstall games.

11 years ago

Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Jakob91

It just did with at least 3 of my games. I'm not here to convince you, I'm here to know why

11 years ago

Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Tyler889

11 years ago

Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

corvino10

Yeah, it happens to me as well. You just need to "redownload" these games and they will be ok. I don't know what's the cause though.

11 years ago

Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Jakob91

I was wondering if I was the only one. Thanks

11 years ago

Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

wazzaptheone

sometimes the games just appear to be uninstalled i feel due to an error in steam recognizing the games location. 99% of the time if you hit install it will discover the already downloaded files, take 10 seconds, and your game should be back to normal.

this happens to me about once every 3-4 months, but it has yet to do anything negative other then waste 10-15 seconds

11 years ago

Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Jakob91

Tried with Garry's Mod and it appear you were 100% right. Had to redownload a few chunk and good as new apparently. Thanks for you answer.

11 years ago

Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

wazzaptheone

no problem :D

11 years ago