Can You Transfer Steam Game Files to Another Computer?

In this post, we will answer the question: can you transfer Steam game files to another computer, and offers you to full guide to get it done.

By @Jonna Last Updated October 29, 2024

Yes, of course. You can transfer Steam game files to another computer.

When upgrading or replacing your computer/laptop, many users may choose to re-download Steam games, but it can take a lot of time. Actually, you can easily transfer Steam game files from one computer to another by backing up and restoring the Steam games folder.

By default, Steam installs games in the Steam installation folder on your computer, and usually, the specific location for the Steam game folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam. To ease the Steam Game folder migration process, AOMEI Backupper Standard is a good helper.

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This professional yet free backup and restore software can help you backup Steam Game files to external hard drive, USB, network drive, NAS, cloud drive, and other devices, and enables you to restore them as needed. It also offers Clone functions, like Disk Clone and Partition Clone, with which, you can clone hard drive to SSD.

For how to transfer Steam game files to another PC using the backup and restore feature on AOMEI Backupper Standard, you can follow the steps below:

1Download and run AOMEI Backupper Standard. Select Backup > File Backup.

2Click Add Folder or Add File to select your Steam game folders as the backup source. Then, choose a backup destination, like an external hard drive.

3Click Start Backup to begin the backup process.

4Run AOMEI Backupper Standard on another computer, and plug in the external disk that contains the Steam game backup.

5Choose Restore, and click on Select Task to choose the Steam game backup file.

6Select files and folders to restore, go on to choose a restore location, and tap on Start Restore.