Verify Steam game ownership and query play time on a backend using ISteamUser web API

domain: steamworks · 5 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Authenticate the player via ISteamUserAuth/AuthenticateUserTicket to obtain a verified SteamID
  2. GET https://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/GetOwnedGames/v1/?key=YOUR_KEY&steamid={steamid}&include_appinfo=1&include_played_free_games=1 to retrieve the player's game library with playtime_forever (minutes) per game
  3. Filter the games array for your appid to confirm ownership and read playtime_forever for engagement analytics
  4. Use ISteamUser/GetPlayerSummaries to fetch public profile data (persona name, avatar, profile URL) alongside ownership checks
  5. Respect the player's Steam privacy settings; GetOwnedGames returns an empty games array (not an error) when the player's game details are set to private

Known gotchas

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