How to hide wishlist on steam

Seeing a friend’s wishlist on Steam is an interesting feature that will give you an insight into what your friend really hopes and wants to buy. Of course, apart from this feature, there are many others that give Steam a truly social feel. Once you put something on your wishlist, you will be informed if there are discounts whenever there’s a sale going on. This is perfect to keep tabs on the games you are interested in but how to see your friends wishlist on Steam? Here’s how to do it. Also find out how to gift a game to your friends via Steam for the holidays.

Follow these steps to find out which Steam games your friend is most excited for.

  • To see your friends’ steam wishlist, all you have to do is first load the Steam app on your computer.
  • Use your details to log in.
  • Go to Friends and select the friend whose profile you want to view.
  • Next, head over to your friend’s profile.
  • You will see tabs of Games Owned, Reviews and of course, Wishlist.
  • The Wishlist is what you are looking for so simply click on it.

You can view your friends’ wishlist on Steam in order to gift them something they want. It can be a sweet surprise – you don’t even have to ask them about the game he/she wants to play. It will be listed right there on their profile. This will come in real handy during the holiday season. Plus, you can sort the wishlist as per the price, ranked order, top selling, date added and more. Based on all of these filters, you can make your decision.

So, this is how to view your friend’s wishlist on Steam. But note that if your friend has set their profile to private, then you cannot view their Steam wishlist. It has to be public for this to work.

Also Read | How to Hide Games on Steam from Friends?

How to Gift a Game on Steam for Christmas 2022

  • Once you have picked a game from your friend’s wishlist, simply click on Add to Cart on the game’s section.
  • Next, select Purchase as a Gift on your shopping cart page.
  • Choose the friend you want to gift it to and click on Continue.
  • You can even go the extra mile by adding a bit of personalization to your gift. You can add the recipient’s first name, the emotional message and add your sentiment and signature.
  • Proceed with the payment and go ahead and gift it to your friend.

That’s it. This is how to gift a game on Steam. With this, you can make the game show up in your friend’s inventory immediately. The next time your friend opens up Steam, they might be surprised (or even shocked) to see it there. On your end, you will get an email receipt. You can verify if your friend got the gift by checking “Manage Gifts and Guest Passes” under Games.

How to Buy a Steam Gift Card (Steam Wallet)

Another way to gift games on Steam is to actually give friends Steam gift cards. With it, they can purchase a game of their choice without spending a buck. This will be useful if your friend has a long wishlist and you don’t know which one they want the most. Here’s the process to buy a Steam Gift card.

  • In the Steam app, go to Account > Account Details.
  • Choose to Add Funds to Steam Wallet.
  • Confirm the amount of funds and go ahead with the process that Steam will show you.

That’s everything on how to gift a game on Steam using the Steam Gift Card (Wallet) and viewing your Friends’ Wishlist. Now, go ahead and make them feel special with some awesome games.

While you are here, check out how to refund a game on Steam as well.

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I tried copy/paste my wishlist URL, but I only got the error 'This profile is private.' when I try and look at it in another window.Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

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you have to make your profile not-private.... there's no way to say "hey guys, look at all the s*** I want you to buy for me!" without also making your profile public. If it's even set to "friends only" then obviously nobody is going to be able to see it (other than you and your friends).Click on Community (at the top) then "edit my profile" (on the right hand side in smaller letters) and then click on the "Settings" tab and you will see this:http://i.imgur.com/pxVvk.jpg

Set it to one most appropriate for who needs to see your wishlist. That will fix it.

http://steamsignature.com/profile/english/76561197969913402.png http://i.imgur.com/VHKOxqN.png

Thanks for that information!lol, I just wanted a way to show what games I'm thinking of getting for myself and what others though of them.

I don't plan to ask for people to look threw and buy/gift me one of the games on the list.

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Steam shares your gameplay activity by default. If you’re playing Hello Kitty: Island Adventure or Bad Rats, you might want to keep your gameplay a secret. Here’s how to hide your Steam activity from your friends.

Hide Played Games From Your Steam Profile

Your Steam profile page normally lists all the games you’ve been playing and shows how many hours you’ve spent in all of them, focusing on what you’ve been playing in the last two weeks.

Steam profiles used to be public by default, but Valve made them private by default. Still, you may have made it public to work with a third-party service that reads information from your Steam profile, like IsThereAnyDeal, which scans your wishlist for games and lets you know if they’re for sale on other game stores.

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To access your profile in Steam, hover over your username on the top bar and click “Profile.”

Click the “Edit Profile” button at the right side of the page to edit your profile.

Click “Privacy Settings” at the left side of your page to find Steam’s profile privacy options.

Adjust the privacy settings here to control what people can see. To hide gameplay, you have two options.

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To hide gameplay information, set “Game details” to “Private.” Not even your friends will be able to see the games you’re playing, the games you own, or the games you’ve wishlisted. They can still see your friends list, inventory, comments, and other information, depending on the options you have selected on this page.

You could also just hide everything by setting the “My Profile” option to Private. If you do, no one can see your entire profile page. You can also select “Friends Only,” and only your Steam friends will be able to see your profile.

Hide Gameplay Activity From Steam Chat

If you’re only kind-of embarrassed about the game you’re currently playing—maybe you don’t care if it’s listed on your profile page but you don’t want all your friends getting a notification that you’ve started playing the game or see that you’re playing it on their friends list—you can go offline or become invisible on Steam chat.

To do so, click the “Friends” button near the top left of the Steam window and select “Offline” or “Invisible.”

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Alternatively, you can click “Friends & Chat” in the bottom right-hand corner to bring up the Steam Chat window.

Then click the small chevron (like an arrow, without the tail) next to your username. Select “Invisible” or “Offline” from the drop down menu.

Hide or Remove Games From Your Steam Library

If you’d like to hide a game from the Steam library on your PC, you can set it to “Hidden” or remove it from your Steam library.

Right-click the game, mouse over “Manage,” and then click “Hide this game.”

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People with access to game details on your profile will still be able to see any achievements and playtime you have in that game. However, anyone with access to your PC won’t see the game in your normal Steam library.

With Steam now offering adult-only games and other not-safe-for-work (NSFW) material, the ability to hide games you’re playing only becomes more important. But it’s useful even if you’ve been playing other games, like Bad Rats, that you don’t want anyone else knowing about.

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