Looking at my games in List View, I noticed that it shows a question mark over some of them with whether or not they support the Steam Cloud.
What does this mean?
Steam – What does it mean if it shows a question mark over the Steam Cloud icon
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Things to note:
- All Valve games use the Steam cloud.
- The majority of games on that list are indie titles, not AAA games, probably because those titles were written specifically with Steam in mind. Still, there are quite a few AAA games there as well.
Currently, after latest games library UI update (November 2019), you can find that in game details:
- Select a game on the list
- Click 'Show more details' button
- If the game supports Cloud Saves, the appropriate information will be listed in details somewhere under the button
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Best Answer
I believe the ? means that Steam isn't sure if it's synced with the Steam Cloud. When you launch the game, or if you toggle cloud support for a game, the icon turns from the "question mark" to just a cloud icon. I tested this with a couple of games in my library, and this seemed to be a pattern. I can't find any Steam FAQs on this topic, so this is more of an educated guess backed up by some research.
I presume that on launch, Steam checks in with the cloud servers to see if there's any updated information to sync, and then it "knows" that the data is properly synchronized. At other times, it's possible that it has changed since the last time Steam checked, so it shows the question mark.