Steam Library Manager

While, by default, Steam stores all your games and applications in one location, you can choose to move them anywhere else. However, managing your libraries can be somewhat confusing, at least if you don’t have a third-party utility to help you out.

Steam Library Manager is an open-source application designed to simplify the task of organizing Steam libraries and backing up data. It features a somewhat outdated UI, but it is easy to use and can save you a lot of time.

If you’ve stored Steam games or applications in multiple locations on your hard drive, this program will detect all your libraries and list them in the left-hand panel. To move games between them, simply drag them from the right-hand panel to the target library.

In order to set up a new library, you first have to create a new folder in a certain location and then drop it in the libraries panel. Not exactly the most intuitive way of doing things, so we hope this feature will be improved in the future.

You can either use this application’s backup system or the existing one from Steam, and it is then possible to update them at any time without making the entire backup again from scratch.

To save space, you can even choose to compress your backups. What’s more, the application enables you to remove leftover data from your libraries to keep everything clean.

The user interface may not be all that flashy, but it has a simple layout. It is worth noting that you can change the color of various UI elements, as well as specify how library items should be displayed.

On the whole, Steam Library Manager provides a great alternative to Steam for managing game libraries and creating backups. It makes the process quite a bit more straightforward, saving you both time and effort.