getsteamfolders

getSteamFolders

Intro

This package helps finding all Steam folders, incase you want to look for game folders without any user input. Now dependency less!

Usage

Install the package using

npm i getsteamfolders

Import the needed function

import * as steamFolders from 'getsteamfolders'

Call getSteamMainLocation to get the primary location and getSteamLibraryLocations to get all locations.

API

getSteamMainLocation()

=> Promise<string | false>

Returns false if failed to resolve the path, otherwise returns the path of the main Steam installation path.

console.log(await steamFolders.getSteamMainLocation())
// -> C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam

getSteamLibraryLocations()

=> Promise<string[]>

Returns all used Steam installation paths.

console.log(await steamFolders.getSteamLibraryLocations())
/* -> [
  'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam',
  'S:\\SteamLibrary',
  'U:\\SteamLibrary'
] */

getAllSteamGames()

=> Promise<Record<string, string>>

Get all installed Steam games. Name is key, path is the value.

console.log(await steamFolders.getAllSteamGames())

/* -> [
  Mordhau: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Mordhau',
  Noita: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Noita',
  Northgard: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Northgard',
  skyrim: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\skyrim',
  ProjectZomboid: 'S:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\ProjectZomboid',
  ...
] */

getSteamGameLocation(searchName: string, contains? = false)

=> Promise<false | string>

Get the path of a specific game. If contains is set to true, it will lazily search for the game name in the list of all games. Search is always case insensitive and all spaces are removed.

console.log(await steamFolders.getSteamGameLocation('survivalists', true))

// -> U:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\The Survivalists