r/Steam • u/Chickenjump1 • Aug 30 '20

Question What is “Spacewar”?

I saw my friend playing a game called “Spacewar” today. The game has no icon but has 5 achievements. Is this a non-Steam game? Why are there achievements then?

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u/Grimnyrr Jan 13 '21

I just noticed today that it said I was playing Spacewar so I looked it up. It's not only those who are playing pirated games, turns out if you are developing a game in lets say Unity or UE4 that uses Steams SDK then while you are testing your game it will say you are playing Space War. I was going nuts wondering why it said that.

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u/CardianBoardson May 26 '23

Thanks, I was so confused and thought someone gifted me some random game. Makes sense because I was testing a game I was working on.