GameHydra moves games off your Steam drive onto your other drives and leaves a link behind, so Steam still finds them and your install drive keeps its free space.

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GameHydra for Windows 10 and 11

Two ways to get it. Both give you the same application — the difference is only how the licence is held.

Not released yet

GameHydra has not launched. There is no build to download today. The tiers and pricing below are final except where marked; the download links appear here the day it ships.

On Steam

Your Steam account is the licence. Nothing to activate, and updates arrive through Steam like any other app.

The store page goes up before launch. Nothing to link to yet.

Direct from here

Buy the paid unlock and we email you a licence key. Activating it needs the internet, and GameHydra re-checks about every two weeks. In between it works offline.

Buy for $9.99

One-time purchase. Activate in the app under Settings.

The free tier

The same installer. Without a licence it manages your Steam library across one included drive, and you press Organize now when you want it sorted. There is no time limit and no account required.

Before you install

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. There is no macOS or Linux build.
Both the Steam drive and any destination drive must be NTFS.
Administrator rights once, to create junctions.
Steam only. Other launchers are listed in the app but not yet built.