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Can you reinstall steam games without paying???

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I want to reinstall windows on my hard drive but I have my steam games on it. When I reinstall windows can I reinstall steam then just re download my games from my steam library or do I have to pay for it again.

sorry if this has been asked many times I am bit of noob when it comes to steam games 

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but that is a thing you could have googled in like 5 seconds

 

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Just now, ISHAJDM said:

Do I have to pay 

no they are linked to your steam accont not the data on your pc 

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Just now, ISHAJDM said:

Do I have to pay 

The Steam games are tied to your account.

If you log in with the same account, you can download the games again free of charge.

 

You can even have your games installed on two PC's at a time, you just can only play on account's game at 1 PC at a time.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

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but i would backup al your data and put it on the sdd because some games don't save the save stats in the cloud and you can kepp all you data

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