Steam Working on New Feature to Allow Users to Mark Individual Games as Private

New feature expansion on Steam privacy settings allows users to keep specific game choices hidden from friends and public view, in response to demands for more flexible privacy options.

• Steam, operated by Valve, is developing a new feature that allows users to mark individual games as private, which keeps them hidden from friends and the public view.
• This privacy feature was first reported by Pavel Djundik, the creator of SteamDB, on social media platform, X.
• The current privacy settings on Steam allow users to mark achievements and gameplay screenshots as private, but this new feature provides a wider range of control letting users hide specific games from their library.
• The addition of this per-game privacy option is viewed as a significant enhancement towards Steam's customization abilities, and has animated discussions in virtually polarising manners among Steam users.
• No official announcement has been made regarding when this feature will be accessible in the Steam client, but its implementation seems logical given Steam's recent opening to adult content.

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