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Need to find the perfect present for a gamer in your life? If your friend has a Steam wishlist, you can take the guesswork out of getting them exactly what they want, and have it delivered almost instantaneously! By adding a friend on Steam , you can bond over current favorite games , chat about achievements, play together remotely, and view all the games they want, but haven’t yet purchased. This wikiHow guide will teach you how to level up your gift-giving by locating your friend’s wishlist on your desktop computer or mobile device.
Things You Should Know
- You can see your friend's Steam wishlist on your Mac or PC in the Steam app or at store.steampowered.com
- If you're using an Android, iPhone, or iPad, you can check your friend's Steam wishlist in the Steam mobile app.
- Just click or tap your friend's name in your friends list, select "Games," and then select "Wishlist.
Steps
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Access Steam. To use your browser, visit the Steam website at https://store.steampowered.com . Click Login at the top-right corner and enter your username and password.
- To use the Mac or PC app , download it from https://store.steampowered.com/about if you haven’t already. Open the app by clicking the dark blue Steam icon, and enter your username and password into the popup window.
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Hover over your capitalized username. It is located in the horizontal menu bar near the top left or center of the screen.
- This is not the smaller, uncapitalized username next to your user icon in the uppermost right of the screen.
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Click Friends in the drop-down menu.
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Click on your friend’s username. This will take you to their profile.
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Click on Games in the column to the right. It should be found under their Level and Current Online Status.
- If you don’t see a link to Games, your friend has changed their privacy settings and you won’t be able to see their wishlist or other information about their gameplay.
- The Games link can load slowly depending on how many games your friend plays. If you see a blank or partially blank page, try waiting a bit longer or reload the screen.
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Click on Wishlist . Above the list of games your friend owns, you will find the Wishlist tab.
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Search, Filter, and Sort. If your friend is interested in a lot of games, it may be helpful to organize them using the search bar and drop-down menus above their wishlist!
- The Search bar will automatically update as you type.
- The Options menu allows you to filter by platform, price, discount, and more.
- The Sort menu defaults to Date Added, with the most recent games your friend added first.
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Open the Steam app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad. Tap the dark blue Steam icon to launch and login using your credentials.
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Navigate to your Friends screen. The app should automatically open to the Friends screen after login. If so, you will see a list of friends’ usernames.
- If not, tap on the hamburger menu icon in the upper left corner and tap Friends in the menu.
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Tap Games . It is located in the left sidebar under the user’s icon and online status; you will have to scroll to find it.
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Tap the drop-down menu. It is located near the top of the screen.
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Tap Wishlist and then Done . This displays your friend’s wishlist.
- Directly above the list, you can filter the games using the Options drop-down menu, or change the order of the games with the Sort drop-down menu.
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