Game lovers must be familiar with Steam, a type of game launcher and a place to buy most exciting titles. However, most of them don’t know that the Steam has its own SteamCMD command-line interpreter. Here, in this article, we will guide how to install and use steamcmd on Windows.
SteamCMD, like any other Command Prompt, allows you to do anything what you normally do on your Steam client app, just by using appropriate commands. Most of the time, it is used to install Steam Server. We will discuss in the post how you can do the same.
Here is how to install and use steamcmd on Windows
Follow the give below steps to download and install SteamCMD on your Windows PC:
- Visit developer.valvesoftware.com,
- Click on Windows from Content,
- Now, click on the link besides the text Download SteamCMD for Windows,
- This will download a zip file,
- Go to the location where the downloaded file is stored and extract it,
- The file is streamecmd.exe. Double-click on it and follow the on-screen instructions to complete its installation.
Alternatively, open Command Prompt as Administrator and run the following commands to install SteamCMD on Windows:
cd f:\steamcmd
steamcmd
Here, replace f with the drive in which you have extracted the files.
To use the SteamCMD, just search it out from the Start Menu or you can open Command Prompt with Admin privileges and execute the below command:
f:\SteamCMD\steamcmd
Again, here you have to replace f with the letter of the drive in which the SteamCMD is stored.
How to download a SteamCMD server?
People use SteamCMD to install Game Server. We have guided how to install and use SteamCMD on Windows. Now, we are adding the bonus instructions how you can use the SteamCMD to install Game Server.
To do that, open SteamCMD using the stated methods,
Then, execute the below command to create a folder where you want the server to be installed:
force_install_dir <path>
In place of <path>, mention the location and the name of the folder.
- Then, you have to log-in to your Steam account. Go ahead and run the below command:
login <username>
- Replace <username> with your username, enter password and perform necessary security checks to get into your account,
- After doing that, visit steamdb.info and check the Steam Application ID of the game you want to download,
- Search for the game you want to install, click on it and copy the Apple ID,
- After that, run the below command in SteamCMD:
app_update <App-ID> validate
input your actual Apple ID in place of the <App-ID>
- After completion, you will get the message Success! Finally, end the process by using quit command and that’s it.
Conclusion
That’s all! We have guided how to how to install and use steamcmd on Windows. Hope so, the steps are simple and you can easily perform the steps on your own. Still, if you have any troubles in performing the steps, kindly contact us from the comment section below.
