This PC Gamer Is Making His Own Physical Steam Games, One Expensive Cartridge At A Time

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Physical PC games have been out of fashion for many years, thanks to the rise of digital distribution platforms like Steam. While big PC game boxes containing CD and DVD-ROMs have essentially died out, one modder has decided to bring back game cartridges to their Steam library, blending solid-state drives with Steam’s flexible desktop client.

Over on the PC Master Gaming Race subreddit, Jibril-sama detailed their plug-and-play approach to playing Steam games. They’d recently purchased a stack of used SATA SSDs, loaded a custom script on them, installed games onto each one, and created custom graphics to stick to the cases. Once done, a custom Steam Game Cartridge was born, with some of Jibril-sama’s games being Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2–all games with a chunky install size.

If you’re interested in making your own cartridges, Jibril-Sama has uploaded the code online for modders to check out. According to their post, the code “should” work with other storage mediums like SD cards, USB drives, and flash drives. “No guarantee that it’s going to work for you. I only tested on my old Win10 install, but you should at least be able to take