I just bought the Humble Indie Bundle V and I installed the games direct from the downloaded exe's. Today I noticed that there are Steam codes for all of these, which is pretty awesome. However, after activating my Steam codes, it doesn't acknolwedge that the games are already installed. I added them as non-Steam games, hoping it'd recognize that these games were some of the same ones already in my library but no dice. Do I just have to uninstall them all?
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I have now redownloaded Braid, and was not only given my old save file, but achievements based on my existing progress.
As of the latest update to Steam, you can now PERMANENTLY remove games from your Steam account!
Steps
- Log into Steam Support
- Select Games, Software, etc.,
- Select the game from the search function that shows up
- Select the option: I want to permanently remove this game from my account.
- Select the option: Ok, remove the listed games from my account permanently.
- Repeat as many times as you have games you'd like to get rid of.
You can browse over your entire library and choose which software you'd like to permanently get rid of. But note, once you have removed a game from your library, it's gone permanently, so if later down the road you'd like it back you'll have to purchase it again.
You'll also need to watch out for some other issues. The thread linked above has noted that if the game is part of a bundle (HumbleBundle, etc.), removing one game from a "package" may require you to remove all the games from that specific bundle.
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Best Answer
AS far as I am aware, the Steam versions are different. Your best bet is to reinstall through Steam.