OpenSteamTool Guide

What is OpenSteamTool?

• OpenSteamTool is a tool that enables you to add games which tricks steam that you owned that game and therefore gives you ability to download the game files from their servers like a legit game. Features such as verify steam integrity works but you wont be able to change game versions due to the depot file. Although while it gets files for you, some games still has a drm remaining which you have to crack it manually with either goldberg or a crack release patch.
• OpenSteamTool is based on a reverse engineered version of a closed source alternative SteamTools which is aimed to be more safer. Steamtools was rumored to steal keys from your config.vdf which steam stores your core application settings and preferences. OpenSteamTool removes all the shady things SteamTools does.

FAQ

• Q: Is it bannable?

  A: The answer is no, Since it only happens locally in your steam client. Steam dosen't really know that your playing that game or aware you had that fake game in your library, although they may be possibly aware that your downloading game files from their servers. While there are no reported bans yet, its best to use an alternate account as a precaution.

• Q: What makes this unique than traditional pirating?

  A: A lot of reasons. For starters in traditional pirating, whether you download a game via torrent or direct download methods (which usually are in archive formats such as RAR, ZIP, etc or done in repack installers) they take a lot of space especially when unpacking the game. Meanwhile this tool only downloads the game files directly from the steam servers meaning you don't have to unpack or extract the game and save more space. There are also large chances you can get a very obscure games on steam that aren't normally accessible most pirate sites. Also downloading mods in workshop does work and can automatically update it for you.

For more information you can view the documentation here.

Installation Guide:

1. Download OpenSteamTool on this github repository and go to "releases" to download the latest file. At the time of making this rentry, the latest version is 1.4.8.
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• Make sure you download the "release version" of OST if your going to use it for average use.
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2. Extract the contents inside the archive/zip of this tool to any folder you like you extract. Once extracted select all the extracted files then paste it in the main steam directory at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam. Make sure your steam is not running during this process.
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3. After this, create a folder called lua inside the config folder.
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4. Once done you can install any steam game you want by using a lua dispenser.
   More service links will be mentioned below, for now we will use this one service called hubcap as an example.
   To get a game, you must get the appid of a steam game you want to play. For this example I will get a copy of Prey (2017) to my steam library.
   There are two ways to get steamid of a game, you can either:
   Just copy the id of the game on the game's steam page.
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Go the the game's steamdb page and copy the appid.
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• Now I'm using the bot on hubcap discord to download the files.
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• Once the download is complete, ignore ALL manifest files inside as OpenSteamTool will take care of them automatically, make sure you only use the lua file. After that extract the file to the Lua folder in the steam's config folder.
  
• After that your pretty much done, you can now download any steam game whenever you want!
  Note: Some games still has a DRM intact as it only downloads the clean steam files (uncracked game files) directly from steam servers, the game dosen't know that the user is authorized or know that you owned the game so you have to sometimes crack them manually with goldberg or a scene release/P2P crack.
  

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List of Lua Dispenser Services:
⚠️Some of these services or discord servers promote to use steamtools and its best to avoid using that closed source chinese software!⚠️
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Web Based Services - These are websites to download/generate lua files by simply entering an games app id.
Manifest Hub
ahd manifest
steamtools.pages.dev - They aren't affiliated with steamtools and just uses their name.
ssmg4 manifests
steamtools.site - They aren't affiliated with steamtools and just uses their name.
walftech
steamml.netlify.app
fares.top
steamtools.games - They aren't affiliated with steamtools and just uses their name.
Rushud Ali's Manifest Generator

Discord-Based/Related Services - Usually they have more larger libraries of steam games, most of these require to join their discord due to the risk of their service being botted, scraped or abused.
List of services:
HubCap - largest lua library, has 25 games limit per day and you can extend your api key from 7 days to 30 days for free, you need to join their discord to be able to use.
Ryuu you need to join their discord to be able to use.
DepotBox you need to join their discord to be able to use.
Project Lightning
Canal RDA
Crack World
Evan's Piracy
Lua.tools - Their discord

Client Based Services:
Our Everyday Fork