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pawtato_cat's avatar
5 years ago
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Apex on Steam

Hello guys, I already have Apex and Origins downloaded. I wanted to download it on Steam so I could be able to make purchases (USD isn't my currency). Does that mean I'll have two Apex game files? DO i have to uninstall the one in Origins?

  • @pawtato_cat There will be some difference between the version of the game. So doing locate game may not work on Steam.

    /Atic

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  • @pawtato_cat There will be some difference between the version of the game. So doing locate game may not work on Steam.

    /Atic
  • deyhauk's avatar
    deyhauk
    5 years ago

    If you launch r5apex.exe under Origin Games/Apex from Steam as a non-steam game, Origin will start if it is not already running. You will have both the Steam overlay and the Origin overlay in the game if they're enabled.

    I do not believe you can have steam 'manage' the game, as in update it and recognize it as Apex instead of an application named Apex, unless it is installed by steam.

    You may be able to save yourself some downloading by copying/moving the files to where Steam will install it, but you'll likely need to run a verification on the files and you may end up downloading everything anyway after waiting for the files to get compared to what they're supposed to be.