Hi all - not sure where this question belongs but here it is...

I got rid of STEAM - I don't like the way their software buries itself on my PC; so my question is... where are the games I purchased and downloaded through STEAM on my PC? I want to wipe my system clean of steam but I want to save my purchased games somewhere where I can get to them. I want to be able to install them again if I need to, without Steam's intervention.

I thought I read somewhere that you don't actually own the games ! Is this true?

Usually they're inside a subfolder of the Steam folder.
See if you still have a "Steam/Steamapps/Common/" folder with the games in it
as described by "Sepioth" at
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3109868

Info on how to tell whether your Steam games are "Launcher-Free" and will run without Steam are here:
http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

Thank you Jenny ! There are STEAM folders everywhere - Program Files - Program Files x86 - Common Folders - under you user name in App Data ( Hidden )

I only have 2 games I used Steam for which I played already - so I will they will go out with Steam !

Lesson learned for me !

Thank you - Those links contain very useful info on how Steam works.

yes its true you really don't own the games you purchase from steam you apparently are just renting them
which is really weird I only buy from them when I cant find them on G0G as this is where I prefer to purchase
at least you actually own the games and you have your very own library and they do not mind if you like to put them on a disk.
and their tech support will answer you with any problems you may have.
Dianne.