What does 'validating' mean on Steam?
Validating on Steam is like a digital check-up for your games. It's the process where Steam checks your game files to make sure everything's in tip-top shape. If it finds files that are missing or corrupted, Steam automatically downloads replacements for them. Think of it as Steam giving your game a quick tune-up to ensure it runs smoothly!
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It's just a fancy term for Steam checking your game files are all correct and complete. If not, it fixes them.
Validating is just Steam's way of doing a headcount of your game files to make sure nobody's missing. If it finds any troublemakers (corrupt or missing files), it'll straighten things out by grabbing fresh copies.
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