
better to not have to install everything over again. 0:00 / 2:16 How to download steam workshop items without steam (in most games) install Mods Builder MX 446 subscribers Subscribe 102K views 8 months ago This is how you can download.
Generally, I recommend doing this by default-you never know when a hard drive is going to fail, or Steam will get a kink in its coding, or your old disk will run out of space, or your OS will completely fail. After that, just go to "Add Library Folder" again and add the same directory as before, and all of your games will be back.

Once all of your games are moved outside of the default steamapps directory, it's safe to purge and reinstall. After that, you can right-click on each installed game, go to properties, and then local files, and transfer everything to your new directory with "Move Install Folder", through a drop down of registered locations. Then, click "Add Library Folder" and add a new folder to act as a steamapps folder. You'll have an option at the top for Steam library folders. Look under the Steam -> Settings menu, and find the "Downloads" tab. Nothing in the actual Steam program folder is guaranteed safe but you can keep your games in other directories too.
