[Steam] How to Downgrade a Steam game.

[Sebanisu]

I am posting this in reference to Final Fantasy VIII Remaster. Because they updated it. But this could be used with any of the steam games. Just would have different IDs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO8wdhK-VUg <--- reference video shows how to do this with Skyrim.

Run this with Windows Key + R:

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steam://nav/consoleIn Steam console run:

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download_depot 1026680 1026681 6690602264714227718It will download the release build of Final Fantasy VIII Remaster.
When the download is complete it'll tell you in the console where it was saved

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Downloading depot 1026681 (2211 MB) ...
ExecuteSteamURL: "steam://open/downloads"
ExecuteSteamURL: "steam://open/downloads"
Depot download complete : "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\content\app_1026680\depot_1026681" (28 files, manifest 6690602264714227718)
You will have to manually grab the files and move them into the correct folder.

What that command is:

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download_depot [APP_ID] [DEPOT_ID] [MANAFEST_ID]
To get ids:
https://steamdb.info/app/1026680/ <--- FF8 Remaster on that site goto depots.
https://steamdb.info/app/1026680/depots/ <--- Click the depot id for the one that actually contains the game files.
https://steamdb.info/depot/1026681/ <--- Click on the Manifests and look for the id for the build you want using the date as a reference.