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  • Hi.

  • I'm Max Dalton, and in this video I'm going to talk through how to verify game file integrity

  • on Steam.

  • One of the first troubleshooting steps that will come back from Steam support if you're

  • having issues with a Steam game is a request to verify the integrity of your local game

  • files.

  • This process checks your local games files against the master repository of files on

  • the Steam side to ensure that no critical files are missing or corrupted.

  • Any files found missing or corrupted will attempt to be replaced at the end of the process

  • to verify the integrity of your local game files.

  • You can kick off the process to verify the integrity of your local game files directly

  • within the Steam application.

  • And now, the steps to verify game file integrity on Steam.

  • Step 1.

  • Launch the Steam app on your computer, and then log in to your account if prompted.

  • Step 2.

  • Click "Library" in the menu that appears along the top of the home screen if it's not already

  • selected.

  • The Library screen appears.

  • A list of games you own appear along the left side of the screen.

  • Step 3.

  • Right-click the game you want to verify the integrity of game files for.

  • A context menu appears.

  • Step 4.

  • Click "Properties" in the context menu.

  • A Properties window for that particular game appears.

  • Step 5.

  • Select the "Local Files" tab in the Properties window.

  • You'll see a list of options appear on the screen.

  • Step 6.

  • Click Verify Integrity of Game Files."

  • A small window appears on the screen, showing the progress of validating the local files

  • associated with your game.

  • The window will show a progress bar and give you a percent complete assocaited with the

  • progress of validating the local files for that game.

  • Step 7.

  • Click "Close" when the validation is complete, and a message appears stating that all of

  • your Steam files were successfully validated.

  • Alternatively, you may see a message that some files validated and will need to be reacquired.

  • This means that, during the check, Steam found that some of the files for this game were

  • missing or corrupted, and will attempt to replace those files in your system with the

  • files from the Steam repository.

  • If you're still having problems after files are replaced, your next move should be to

  • uninstall and then reinstall the game in your Steam account.

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