Does Steam have Auto exit.

[wingman04]

Is there a option in Steam the will auto exit the app when closing a game?

 

[pontifex]

doubtful, steam is mean to be always on, for updates and such

took a quick look at the settings and don't see anything like that

 

[wingman04]

I just don't like apps running in the background using CPU cycles.

 

[balloonshark]

It does have an option (settings - interface) to start when your computer starts if that helps. I have no idea if it is on by default because I have it unticked.

I'm a manual type of person though. I like to start, update and close everything manually.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I just don't like apps running in the background using CPU cycles.

I'm the same way however steam doesn't seem to use many resources in the background but I usually ctrl-alt-delete it

 

[Vivendi]

I don't mind Steam running in the background but I wish it had an option to auto minimize to taskbar whenever I launch a game like Battle.net does. It makes alt tabbing easier between a game, browser, explorer, etc.

 

[wingman04]

My PC idles at 3% with steam off, with steam on running in the background 6%.

 

[gorobei]

if you arent playing a game steam is only monitoring for updates and your friends list. you can set your status as offline and all the friend stuff stops updating, which should eliminate any of the more frequent client activity.