3 Steam Tips You’ll Actually Use

Date: 6/29/2025 Author: Oliver R.

🏎️ 1. Speed up loading with Launch Options

Game starts up too slow? Or theres annoying intros?

Heres how to fix it:

Right-click any game → Properties > General > Launch Options
Add commands like:

-high - launches game with high CPU priority

-novid - skips intro videos

📥 2. Install Games on a Second Drive

Running out of storage on your main SSD?

Heres how to fix it:

Go to Steam Settings > Storage

Click + to add a new folder on another drive

When installing a new game, make sure to select the drive you want!

🎯 3. Turn On “Performance Overlay” in Steam’s In-Game UI

Want to see FPS, latency, GPU load while gaming?

Heres how to fix it:

Go to Steam Settings > In-Game

Toggle In-Game Overlay ON

Under Performance Overlay, choose how detailed you want it