Goldberg Steam Emulator Configuration Files Hierarchy

Goldberg Steam Emulator is an open-source Steam API emulator that allows games using Steam’s DRM and online features to run without the official Steam client.

Official links:

• Goldberg Steam Emulator Website
• Goldberg Steam Emulator GitLab Repository

Steam configuration is resolved using an override hierarchy of plain text files. For more information, see the steam_settings.EXAMPLE directory on GitHub.

Steam Configuration Resolution Order (Highest to Lowest)

1. 🔴 Per-Game Configuration (Highest Priority)
2. 🟠 Per-User Per-Game Configuration (Middle Priority)
3. 🔵 Global User Default Configuration (Base Level)

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🔵 Global User Default Configuration (Base Level)

• Applies to all games under a specific Windows user.
• This acts as the default configuration layer when no configuration overrides are found.

Configuration directory:

C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\settings\

Example:

C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\settings\

The following files are automatically generated (if they do not already exist) when using the Steam emulator:

• account_name.txt
• language.txt
• listen_port.txt
• user_steam_id.txt

❗ This directory does not support force_*.txt override files.

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🟠 Per-User Per-Game Configuration (Middle Priority)

• Applies to a specific game under a specific Windows user.
• Overrides the Global User Default Configuration (Base Level).

Configuration directory:

C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\<game app-id>\settings\

Example:

C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\20145\settings\

This directory supports configuration override files such as:

• force_account_name.txt
• force_language.txt
• force_listen_port.txt
• force_steamid.txt

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🔴 Per-Game Configuration (Highest Priority)

• Applies to a specific game for all Windows users.
• Overrides the Per-User Per-Game Configuration (Middle Priority).
• Overrides the Global User Default Configuration (Base Level).

Configuration directory:

<game root directory>\steam_settings\

Example:

C:\Games\Resident Evil 4\steam_settings\

This directory requires the following configuration file inside:

• steam_appid.txt

It supports additional configuration files such as:

• DLC.txt
• offline.txt
• stats.txt
• steam_interfaces.txt

And configuration override files such as:

• force_account_name.txt
• force_language.txt
• force_listen_port.txt
• force_steamid.txt