How to move Steam games to an SSD
So, moving Steam games to an SSD isn't the dark art it might seem! The first thing you wanna do is create a new Steam library in your SSD. You can do this by going to Steam -> Settings -> Downloads -> Steam Library Folders -> Add Library Folder. Choose your SSD as the location, and bam, you've got a new home for your games. Then, right-click the game in your library you wanna move, go to Properties -> Local Files -> Move Install Folder, and select your new SSD library. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
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Honestly, just drag and drop. Steam's got this feature where it fixes paths automatically if you move games between folders/libraries. So, make a library on your SSD, shut down Steam, copy the game files over, restart Steam, and it'll be like
Lemme offer a hot take: You don't NEED to move all your games to an SSD. Sure, load times are faster, but for some games, it's not gonna make a big difference. Save the space for your faves that benefit from that speedy load time.
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