How do I find out the Steam ID? All about unique identifiers

The Steam platform has its own technical features and differences. It is genius and unique in its own way, but even such wonderful things have their drawbacks, or they are having difficulties in working with them.

Steam contains ID-unique identifiers. On the one hand, they are designed to facilitate the access of players to certain objects and participants of the system, on the other - are its peculiarity and are related to the functioning of the platform.

What is it for?

IDs serve as addresses of everything that is present on the Steam network. For example, they are assigned to players, games, updates, profile. The individual identifier is represented as a set of numbers and allows you to copy yourself for later use. For example, you can insert a link to your profile in userbar on the forum or share a convenient link to the game with a friend. In general, there are a lot of ways to use ID.

How do I find out the Steam ID?

Each user has his own individual number in the platform. This number serves as a kind of an address for the exchange of information between the Steam system, games and other resources, for example, various forums and sites with game statistics. So, how do I find out the Steam ID? There are several simple ways.

1. The easiest method is to find out the Player's Steam ID - go to the profile page of a particular player, for example to your own, then click on the right mouse button and select the "Copy Link Address" item. It will look like this: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/[setting numbers].
2. It also happens that players assign their own ID through their profile settings in the platform. In this case, the link will be like this: http://steamcommunity.com/id/[setting numbers].

More advanced methods

There are other ways to learn the Steam ID, and they are more suitable for advanced users:

1. If you just need a technical platform identifier, you need to repeat the steps described in the first paragraph above, namely to go to the page from the copied link of a particular user. Then right-click on the page and select in the "View page code" or "Source code" field depending on your browser. Next, you should use the page search, as a rule, this is a combination of the keys ctrl + F. In the appeared field it is necessary to write "steamid". The text found will be highlighted in yellow, and you can easily distinguish it from various technical information. The address found will look like: g_steamID = "[set of different digits]". These numbers will be the information you need about the profile.
2. Another way to learn the Steam ID. It's simpler, but it requires you to have installed games, as well as the installed player, usually on the Source engine. These are popular products, such as Counter Strike 1.6, Dota 2, CS: GO. Then there are several options. If you want to know exactly your unique identifier, you should open the console by pressing the "~" key and hammer in the "status" command. Then you will see the numbers you need in the console. If you need the ID of your friend and you play CS 1.6, then just ask him to re-enter the game server. In the process of connecting your friend you will see all the necessary information in the game chat.
3. Also there are special services on the Internet. In them you can see various detailed instructions similar to the above, but all actions for you will be done by the program inside the site. Usually, only a link to the profile is needed.

Game IDs

They serve as addresses for various content and are presented as part of the platform store link. How to learn the ID of the game Steam? The first step is to enter the platform under your login or use the site of this resource. Then just click on the game you like with the right mouse button and select "copy link address" from the menu that appears.

The contents of the copied information will look like this: http://store.steampowered.com/app/(ID of a specific software product).

In other words, all the information following / app / will be the game identifier.

What is it for? You can share a link with a friend or other users on some resource for discussion of the game. Perhaps you are making your website dedicated to games, and conduct a contest. In general, there are many ways to use this information.

Admin ID

In this case everything is quite confusing and individual. However, many players are wondering how to find out the Steam ID of the admin. The platform itself does not provide the opportunity to be a game master in all games, but you can find out the ID of the owners of some projects. For example, the server administrator ID in the game Counter Strike 1.6. The methods for obtaining information are similar to those described above. The administrator is the same player as the rest. Based on this, you can find out its Steam ID when it connects to the game.

In addition, you can use special programs, but this creates some difficulties: for example, you may be blocked in the game or the utility may be a virus. It is highly recommended not to download questionable products on your PC.

Some game servers in Counter Strike have advanced features and special commands that are entered through the chat. First of all, it's worth trying to write / help, this will give you all the information about the installed modifications. However, there are a lot of teams, and they depend on the particular game server.