I would like to update all of my Steam games via the command line, so that everything is ready when I open Steam.
I was looking into it and I found the steamcmd which gives an example to update counterstrike app_update 740 validate. To use this I would however first have some way of obtaining all of the IDs of the installed Steam games.
Version with login, it will ask 2factor verification, idk if you can make it somehow to remember(didnt explore that, i assume it can or should) that login.
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
$host.ui.RawUI.WindowTitle = "SteamCMD autoupdater"
function Check-LogExistsAndClean {
param(
[string]$logFile
)
if (Test-Path $logFile) {
$choice = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Log file already exists. Do you want to clean it?", "Log File Exists on path:$logFile`nDo you want to clean it?", "YesNo", "Warning")
if ($choice -eq "Yes") {
Clear-Content $logFile
Write-Host "Log file cleaned."
}
} else {
Write-Log -Message "Log file does not exist. Creating new log file." -LogFile $logFile
}
}
function Get-PathForThis {
param(
[string]$description
)
$folderBrowser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog
$folderBrowser.Description = $description
$folderBrowser.RootFolder = "MyComputer"
$folderBrowser.ShowNewFolderButton = $false
[void]$folderBrowser.ShowDialog()
return $folderBrowser.SelectedPath
}
function Write-Log {
param(
[string]$Message,
[string]$LogFile
)
Add-content -Path $LogFile -Value $Message
}
function Get-SteamCredentials {
$form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$form.Text = "Enter Steam Credentials"
$form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,200)
$form.StartPosition = "CenterScreen"
$form.Topmost = $true
$labelName = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$labelName.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,20)
$labelName.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
$labelName.Text = "Name (Default: anonymous):"
$form.Controls.Add($labelName)
$textBoxName = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$textBoxName.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,40)
$textBoxName.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(260,20)
$textBoxName.Text = "anonymous"
$form.Controls.Add($textBoxName)
$labelPassword = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$labelPassword.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,70)
$labelPassword.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
$labelPassword.Text = "Password (Press No to continue or enter credentials):"
$form.Controls.Add($labelPassword)
$textBoxPassword = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$textBoxPassword.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,90)
$textBoxPassword.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(260,20)
$textBoxPassword.Text = "Press No to continue or enter credentials"
$textBoxPassword.Add_Click({
if ($textBoxPassword.Text -eq "Press No to continue or enter credentials") {
$textBoxPassword.Text = ""
$buttonYes.Enabled = $true
}
}) # Clear text when clicked
$form.Controls.Add($textBoxPassword)
$buttonYes = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$buttonYes.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,120)
$buttonYes.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$buttonYes.Text = "Yes"
$buttonYes.Enabled = $false # Disable button initially
$form.Controls.Add($buttonYes)
$buttonYes.Add_Click({
$form.Close()
})
$buttonNo = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$buttonNo.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(90,120)
$buttonNo.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$buttonNo.Text = "No"
$buttonNo.Add_Click({
$form.Close()
$global:cancelled = $true
})
$form.Controls.Add($buttonNo)
$buttonCancel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$buttonCancel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(170,120)
$buttonCancel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$buttonCancel.Text = "Cancel"
$buttonCancel.Add_Click({
$form.Close()
[Environment]::Exit(0)
})
$form.Controls.Add($buttonCancel)
$form.Add_Shown({$textBoxName.Focus()})
$form.ShowDialog() | Out-Null
if ($global:cancelled) {
return $null
}
$steamUser = $textBoxName.Text
$steamPass = $textBoxPassword.Text
return $steamUser, $steamPass
}
$logFile = "$PSScriptRoot\SteamUpdateLog.txt"
Check-LogExistsAndClean -logFile $logFile
$steamcmdAppRoot = Get-PathForThis -description "Select SteamCMD folder"
if ($steamcmdAppRoot -eq "") {
exit
}
$steamPath = Get-PathForThis -description "Select Steam folder"
if ($steamPath -eq "") {
exit
}
$steamAppsPath = "$steamPath\steamapps"
$steamCommonPath = "$steamAppsPath\common"
$steamUser = "anonymous"
$steamPass = "Press No to continue or enter credentials"
$userInput = Get-SteamCredentials
if ($userInput -ne $null) {
$steamUser = $userInput[0]
$steamPass = $userInput[1]
}
function Get-InstallDirectoryFromACF {
param(
[string]$acfFilePath
)
Write-Host "Reading content of ACF file: $acfFilePath"
$content = Get-Content -Path $acfFilePath -Raw
$matches = $content | Select-String '"name"\s+"(.*?)"'
if ($matches) {
$installDir = $matches.Matches.Groups[1].Value
Write-Host "Install Directory found: $installDir"
return $installDir
} else {
Write-Host "No install directory found."
return $null
}
}
function Get-AppIdsFromACFFiles {
param(
[string]$directory,
[string]$logFile
)
$acfFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $directory -Filter "appmanifest_*.acf" -File
$appIds = @()
foreach ($file in $acfFiles) {
$content = Get-Content -Path $file.FullName -Raw
$appIdMatch = [regex]::Match($content, '"appid"\s+"(\d+)"')
$nameMatch = [regex]::Match($content, '"name"\s+"(.*?)"')
if ($appIdMatch.Success -and $nameMatch.Success) {
$appId = $appIdMatch.Groups[1].Value
$name = $nameMatch.Groups[1].Value
Write-Log -Message "Found app with ID:$appId and name:$name" -LogFile $logFile
$appInfo = [PSCustomObject]@{
AppId = $appId
Name = $name
}
$appIds += $appInfo
}
}
return $appIds
}
$appIds = Get-AppIdsFromACFFiles -directory $steamAppsPath -logFile $logFile
if ($appIds.Count -eq 0) {
Write-Log -Message "No app IDs found in ACF files." -LogFile $logFile
exit
}
$errorCount = 0
foreach ($appIdInfo in $appIds) {
$appId = $appIdInfo.AppId
$name = $appIdInfo.Name
$acfFilePath = "$steamAppsPath\appmanifest_$appId.acf"
$installDir = Get-InstallDirectoryFromACF -acfFilePath $acfFilePath
if ($installDir) {
$gameInstallPath = "$steamCommonPath\$installDir"
Write-Log -Message "Updating game on path: $gameInstallPath" -LogFile $gameInstallPath
# Check if default credentials are used or if user entered custom credentials
if ($steamUser -eq "anonymous" -and $steamPass -eq "Press No to continue or enter credentials") {
$arguments = "+force_install_dir $gameInstallPath +login anonymous +app_update $appId validate +quit"
} else {
$arguments = "+force_install_dir $gameInstallPath +login $steamUser $steamPass +app_update $appId validate +quit"
}
try {
Start-Process -FilePath $steamcmdAppRoot\steamcmd.exe -ArgumentList $arguments -NoNewWindow -Wait
Write-Log -Message "Game with ID:$appId and name:$name updated at path:$gameInstallPath" -LogFile $logFile
} catch {
$errorCount++
Write-Log -Message "Failed to update game with ID:$appId and name:$name. Error: $_" -LogFile $logFile
}
} else {
$errorCount++
Write-Log -Message "Failed to find install directory for app ID:$appId and name:$name." -LogFile $logFile
}
}
Write-Log -Message "Steam games updated." -LogFile $logFile
if ($errorCount -eq 0) {
Write-Log -Message "There were no errors." -LogFile $logFile
} else {
Write-Log -Message "There were a total of $errorCount errors." -LogFile $logFile
}
pause
I didn't add username and password, since it theory it shouldn't be needed, but if it turns out it is needed, i will expand script further.
Create new Named.ps1 script and paste whole code inside, save the file. Then on file right click and pick option "Run with PowerShell".
When you run the script, it will ask you for the location of SteamCMD and where your Steam is installed. It scans your steamapps folder for .vcf files that should be there if game is installed. After it extracts necessary info from .vcf file, it will try to update your app. I noticed one case where SteamCMD timedout, but ran normally on second and third test.
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
function Check-LogExistsAndClean {
param(
[string]$logFile
)
if (Test-Path $logFile) {
$choice = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Log file already exists. Do you want to clean it?", "Log File Exists on path:$logFile`nDo you want to clean it?", "YesNo", "Warning")
if ($choice -eq "Yes") {
Clear-Content $logFile
Write-Host "Log file cleaned."
}
} else {
Write-Log -Message "Log file does not exist. Creating new log file." -LogFile $logFile
}
}
function Get-PathForThis {
param(
[string]$description
)
$folderBrowser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog
$folderBrowser.Description = $description
$folderBrowser.RootFolder = "MyComputer"
$folderBrowser.ShowNewFolderButton = $false
[void]$folderBrowser.ShowDialog()
return $folderBrowser.SelectedPath
}
function Write-Log {
param(
[string]$Message,
[string]$LogFile
)
Add-content -Path $LogFile -Value $Message
}
$logFile = "$PSScriptRoot\SteamUpdateLog.txt"
Check-LogExistsAndClean -logFile $logFile
$steamcmdAppRoot = Get-PathForThis -description "Select SteamCMD folder"
$steamPath = Get-PathForThis -description "Select Steam folder"
$steamAppsPath = "$steamPath\steamapps"
$steamCommonPath = "$steamAppsPath\common"
function Get-InstallDirectoryFromACF {
param(
[string]$acfFilePath
)
Write-Host "Reading content of ACF file: $acfFilePath"
$content = Get-Content -Path $acfFilePath -Raw
$matches = $content | Select-String '"name"\s+"(.*?)"'
if ($matches) {
$installDir = $matches.Matches.Groups[1].Value
Write-Host "Install Directory found: $installDir"
return $installDir
} else {
Write-Host "No install directory found."
return $null
}
}
function Get-AppIdsFromACFFiles {
param(
[string]$directory,
[string]$logFile
)
$acfFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $directory -Filter "appmanifest_*.acf" -File
$appIds = @()
foreach ($file in $acfFiles) {
$content = Get-Content -Path $file.FullName -Raw
$appIdMatch = [regex]::Match($content, '"appid"\s+"(\d+)"')
$nameMatch = [regex]::Match($content, '"name"\s+"(.*?)"')
if ($appIdMatch.Success -and $nameMatch.Success) {
$appId = $appIdMatch.Groups[1].Value
$name = $nameMatch.Groups[1].Value
Write-Log -Message "Found app with ID:$appId and name:$name" -LogFile $logFile
$appInfo = [PSCustomObject]@{
AppId = $appId
Name = $name
}
$appIds += $appInfo
}
}
return $appIds
}
$appIds = Get-AppIdsFromACFFiles -directory $steamAppsPath -logFile $logFile
if ($appIds.Count -eq 0) {
Write-Log -Message "No app IDs found in ACF files." -LogFile $logFile
exit
}
$errorCount = 0
foreach ($appIdInfo in $appIds) {
$appId = $appIdInfo.AppId
$name = $appIdInfo.Name
$acfFilePath = "$steamAppsPath\appmanifest_$appId.acf"
$installDir = Get-InstallDirectoryFromACF -acfFilePath $acfFilePath
if ($installDir) {
$gameInstallPath = "$steamCommonPath\$installDir"
Write-Log -Message "Updating game on path: $gameInstallPath" -LogFile $gameInstallPath
$arguments = "+force_install_dir $gameInstallPath +login anonymous +app_update $appId validate +quit"
try {
Start-Process -FilePath $steamcmdAppRoot\steamcmd.exe -ArgumentList $arguments -NoNewWindow -Wait
Write-Log -Message "Game with ID:$appId and name:$name updated at path:$gameInstallPath" -LogFile $logFile
} catch {
$errorCount++
Write-Log -Message "Failed to update game with ID:$appId and name:$name. Error: $_" -LogFile $logFile
}
} else {
$errorCount++
Write-Log -Message "Failed to find install directory for app ID:$appId and name:$name." -LogFile $logFile
}
}
Write-Log -Message "Steam games updated." -LogFile $logFile
if ($errorCount -eq 0) {
Write-Log -Message "There were no errors." -LogFile $logFile
} else {
Write-Log -Message "There were a total of $errorCount errors." -LogFile $logFile
}
pause
There is no direct command to update all Steam games at once. However this is every SteamCMD command in a list, and you can use a workaround to update all Steam games at once.