Steps to Reduce Steam’s RAM Usage (Memory Usage)Īs I said before, to reduce Steam’s memory usage, you have to launch it in the Small Mode.
Every time you want Steam to use less memory, all you have to do is launch it in the Small Mode. In this quick and simple post, let me show the steps to reduce Steam’s RAM usage in Windows 10 by enabling the Small Mode feature. Thankfully, the Steam Client has a built-in minimal mode called “Small mode” that drastically reduces the Steam client memory usage. So, to reduce Steam’s RAM usage, you have to reduce or eliminate the need for the Steam Client WebHelper process. The more these processes, the higher will be the Steam client RAM usage. Depending on what the Steam client is showing and doing, there will be multiple Steam Client WebHelper processes at any given time. This component is responsible for showing all the new games, your game catalog, friends activity, new offers or sale, and other content in Steam. Whenever you open the Steam client in Windows, it automatically loads a browser component called “Steam Client WebHelper”.
