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How to play Microsoft Store games on Steam

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Updated: May 27, 2021

Posted: December 2019

Steam is a popular digital game distribution service for Windows 10 that allows users to add games from the Microsoft Store.
There is a specific option to add non-Steam games that you need to access.
You can add game shortcuts from the MS Store using an open-source software.
You can then launch MS Store games from your game library successfully.

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Steam is the biggest game client software for Windows 10. It provides a library interface primarily for Steam games.

However, users can also add Microsoft Store games to Steam so that they're included within its gaming library. This is how users can add MS Store games to Steam.

How can I play Microsoft Store games on Steam?

1. Select the Add a non-Steam game to my Library option

First, find the folder path for the game to add to Steam by pressing the Windows key + E.
Open this path in File Explorer: C:Program FilesWindowsApps
If that folder has denied permission, right-click it and select Properties.
Select the Security tab.
Click Advanced to open the window shown directly below.
Click Change to open the window shown directly below.
Enter the title for your user account listed in the Principal column on the Permissions tab. For example, if the Principal title is Users, enter that, and click OK.
Select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.
Then press the Apply and OK buttons.
Thereafter, open the WindowsApps folder and search for the folder that includes the MS Store game you want to add to Steam. Note down the full folder path for it.
Next, open the Steam software, and click Games.
Select the Add a Non-Steam game to My Library option.
If the Add a game window that opens lists the MS Store game app, select it and click the Add selected programs button.
If the MS Store game is not listed, click the Browse button.
Select the MS Store game at the folder path noted down for it previously.
Click the Open button.
Select the new game listed on the Add a Game window, and click the Add selected programs option.

Steam includes an option that enables users to add non-Steam games to its games library.

If you can't open a certain path because File Explorer crashes, then take a closer look at our detailed guide and fix the problem in no time.

2. Add MS Store games to Steam with an open-source tool

Download UWPHook software. This is an open-source tool under the MIT License.
Open the UWPHook installer, click the I agree check box, and then press the Install button.
Open the UWPHook window.
Click the Load installed UWP Apps button.
Then select the UWP game apps listed to add to Steam.
Click the Export selected Apps to Steam option.
Then open the Steam software. It should now include the MS Store apps selected in UWPHook.

Alternatively, users can add Universal Windows Platform MS Store games to Steam with the UWPHook software. Then they can launch the MS Store games from their Steam game libraries.

Note, however, that users can't download updates for the UWP games or play them online through Steam.

Nor will Steam controllers and overlays work with UWP games added to the gaming client with UWPHook.

We hope that these solutions helped you to play Microsoft Store games on Steam. For more suggestions or other questions, please access the comments section below.