Steam 拥有令人难以置信的令人impressive catalog of 50,000+ video games涵盖了所有可以想象的类型。但它也包含许多带有糟糕游戏玩法或令人尴尬的内容的游戏，您不希望您的朋友或家人看到您玩这些游戏。
幸运的是，Steam提供了一些选项和隐私控制，您可以轻松使用这些选项和隐私控制来隐藏Steam上的特定游戏或其他人的游戏活动。它们并不完美，但您应该发现它们在大多数情况下都足够了。
在 Steam 库中隐藏游戏
如果您想让其他有权访问您的 PC 或Mac的人对(Mac)Steam购买进行保密，您可以快速选择将其从您的库中隐藏。但是，这不会卸载游戏、妨碍您玩游戏或对Steam好友(friends)列表中的玩家隐藏游戏。
1. 打开Steam应用程序并切换到库(Library )选项卡。
2. 找到并右键单击要隐藏的视频游戏。
3. 指向管理(Manage )并选择隐藏此游戏(Hide this game)。
Steam将不再在您的库中显示该游戏。假设(Suppose)你想玩它，打开View菜单，然后选择Hidden Games。然后，右键单击标题并选择Play。
您还可以随时取消隐藏游戏。只需在您的隐藏(Hidden) 游戏(Games)列表中右键单击它，然后选择管理(Manage)>取消隐藏此游戏(Unhide this game)。
隐藏游戏内 Steam 状态
如果您想阻止Steam好友列表中的玩家在玩特定视频游戏时将您视为“游戏中”，那么最好的方法是将您的个人资料状态设置为“不可见”。这将使您在 Steam 中显示为“离线”(appear as “Offline” in Steam)，但您仍然可以聊天。
但是，如果玩家决定访问您的Steam个人资料，他们将继续看到您与游戏相关的成就和游戏时间。您可以通过调整您的隐私设置来防止这种情况发生（更多内容请参见下文）。
1.从Steam应用程序的右下角打开好友与聊天(Friends & Chat )窗格。
2. 选择您的Steam(Steam)头像旁边的箭头形图标。
3. 选择隐形(Invisible)。
注意：(Note:)选择离线(Offline )也会隐藏您的游戏状态，但您将无法与其他玩家聊天。
完成游戏后，随时将 Steam 状态更改为“在线”。只需确保在执行此操作之前完全退出游戏即可。
对选择的朋友隐藏状态
阻止与您朋友列表中的玩家的所有通信会阻止 Steam 将您的游戏活动实时转发给他们。这对于您只想对少数选定朋友隐藏游戏的情况非常理想。
但是，如果被屏蔽玩家决定退出并重新启动Steam，您的游戏内状态仍会显示在他们的好友(Friends)与聊天(Chat)窗格中。
1. 打开好友和聊天(Friends & Chat)窗格。
2. 选择玩家个人资料名称旁边的箭头形图标。
3. 指向管理(Manage )并选择阻止所有通信(Block All Communication)。
玩完游戏后，再次选择被阻止的玩家个人资料名称旁边的箭头形图标，然后选择管理(Manage )>解除阻止所有通信(Unblock All Communication)。
将 Steam 游戏详情设置为私人
将您的个人资料状态设置为“不可见”不会阻止您朋友列表中玩家的游戏列表、成就或游戏时间。如果您想要绝对隐私，您可以通过修改 Steam 个人资料中的隐私设置来隐藏 Steam 上的所有游戏详细信息。这也将阻止 Steam 在您的库中玩任何视频游戏时将您显示为“游戏中”给其他玩家。
1.从Steam应用程序或网站的右上角选择您的Steam个人资料头像，然后选择(Steam)查看我的个人资料(View my profile)选项。
2. 选择编辑配置文件(Edit Profile)并切换到隐私设置(Privacy Settings)侧选项卡。
3. 在我的个人资料(My profile )部分下，将游戏详情(Game details)设置为私人(Private)。
或者，您可以将游戏详细信息(Game details )设置保留为仅限好友(Friends Only)（这是默认设置）并选中始终保持我的总游戏时间不公开旁边的框，即使用户可以看到我的游戏详细信息(Always keep my total playtime private even if users can see my game details )以仅阻止您的总游戏时间。
Steam 应该会自动保存您的更改。如果需要，对隐私设置进行任何其他修改，然后退出“编辑个人资料(Edit Profile)”屏幕。
永久移除 Steam 游戏
假设(Suppose)您不想将Steam游戏详细信息设为私有。但是，如果您仍想从您的在线Steam个人资料中隐藏游戏，您可以采取彻底的措施，将其从您的帐户中完全删除。但是，再次播放它的唯一方法是重新购买它。
永久删除游戏不会在您的 Steam 个人资料中隐藏任何与其相关的成就或游戏时间。
1. 打开帮助(Help )菜单并选择Steam 支持(Steam Support)。
2. 从最近玩过(Recently Played)的列表中选择视频游戏。如果您没有看到它，请在屏幕底部的搜索框中输入其名称以将其调出。
3. 选择我想从我的帐户中永久删除此游戏，(I want to permanently remove this game from my account)然后按照所有剩余说明将其从您的 Steam 帐户中删除。
如果您只玩了不到两个小时的游戏，并且自购买之日起尚未超过两周，请尝试向 Steam 申请退款(requesting a refund from Steam)。
隐私意识游戏玩家
您的隐私很重要，Steam可以更好地使用更精细的选项来确定其他人可以看到和看不到的内容。例如，能够隐藏单个游戏的成就和游戏时间而不是所有内容，这简直太棒了。但在Valve决定改进其平台之前，上述方法应该会对您有很大帮助。
How to Hide Games on Steam
Steam has a mind-boggling impressive catalog of 50,000+ video games encompassing every imaginable genre. But it also contains lots of titles with terrible gameplay or embarrassing content that you’d prefer not to have your friends or family see you play.
Luckily, Steam provides a handful of options and privacy controls that you can readily use to hide specific games on Steam or your gaming activity from others. They aren’t perfect, but you should find them adequate in most circumstances.
Hide Games in Steam Library
If you want to keep a Steam purchase private from someone else with access to your PC or Mac, you can quickly choose to hide it from your library. However, that won’t uninstall the game, hinder your ability to play it, or hide it from players on your Steam friends list.
1. Open the Steam app and switch to the Library tab.
2. Locate and right-click the video game that you want to hide.
3. Point to Manage and select Hide this game.
Steam won’t display the game within your library anymore. Suppose you want to play it, open the View menu, and select Hidden Games. Then, right-click the title and select Play.
You can also unhide the game whenever you want. Just right-click it within your Hidden Games list and select Manage > Unhide this game.
Hide In-Game Steam Status
If you want to stop players within your Steam friends list from seeing you as “in-game” while playing a particular video game, the best way to do that is to set your profile status to “Invisible.” That will make you appear as “Offline” in Steam, but you can still chat.
However, players shall continue to see your achievements and playtime related to the game should they decide to visit your Steam profile. You can prevent that by tweaking your privacy settings (more on that further below).
1. Open the Friends & Chat pane from the lower-right corner of the Steam app.
2. Select the arrow-shaped icon next to your Steam avatar.
3. Select Invisible.
Note: Selecting Offline also hides your in-game status, but you won’t be able to chat with other players.
Once you’ve finished playing, feel free to change your Steam status to “Online.” Just make sure to exit the game fully before you do that.
Hide Status From Select Friends
Blocking all communication with a player in your friends’ list prevents Steam from relaying your gameplay activity to them in real-time. That’s ideal for instances where you want to hide a game from a few select friends only.
However, your in-game status will still show up within a blocked player’s Friends & Chat pane if they decide to quit and restart Steam.
1. Open the Friends & Chat pane.
2. Select the arrow-shaped icon next to the player’s profile name.
3. Point to Manage and select Block All Communication.
Once you’ve finished playing, select the arrow-shaped icon next to the blocked player’s profile name again and select Manage > Unblock All Communication.
Set Steam Game Details to Private
Setting your profile status to “Invisible” does not block your games list, achievements, or playtime from players in your friends’ list. If you want absolute privacy, you can hide all game details on Steam by modifying the privacy settings in your Steam profile. That will also stop Steam from displaying you as “in-game” to other players while playing any video game in your library.
1. Select your Steam profile avatar from the top-right of the Steam app or website and pick the View my profile option.
2. Select Edit Profile and switch to the Privacy Settings side tab.
3. Under the My profile section, set Game details to Private.
Alternatively, you can keep the Game details setting at Friends Only (which is the default setting) and check the box next to Always keep my total playtime private even if users can see my game details to block your total game playtime only.
Steam should save your changes automatically. Make any additional modifications to the privacy settings if you want and exit the Edit Profile screen.
Remove a Steam Game Permanently
Suppose you don’t want to make your Steam game details private. But if you still want to hide a game from your online Steam profile, you can take the drastic step of removing it from your account completely. However, the only way to play it again is by re-purchasing it.
Permanently removing a game won’t hide any achievements or playtime related to it on your Steam profile.
1. Open the Help menu and select Steam Support.
2. Select the video game from the Recently Played list. If you don’t see it, type its name into the search box at the bottom of the screen to bring it up.
3. Select I want to permanently remove this game from my account and follow all remaining instructions to remove it from your Steam account.
If you’ve only played the game for less than two hours and have yet to exceed two weeks since the date of purchase, try requesting a refund from Steam instead.
Privacy Conscious Gamer
Your privacy matters, and Steam could be much better with more granular options to determine what others can and cannot see. For example, being able to hide the achievements and playtime for individual games instead of everything would be nothing short of terrific. But until Valve decides to improve its platform, the methods above should help you out a lot.
