Yeah, I've always been slightly uncomfortable with the level of tracking in Steam as well. Mostly the notifications to friends when I start and stop playing a

Yeah, I've always been slightly uncomfortable with the level of tracking in Steam as well. Mostly the notifications to friends when I start and stop playing a game, but the total hours count as well. I guess I take partial solace in the fact that my number of hours played is almost always wildly inaccurate because I have a habit of (sometimes accidentally, sometimes intentionally) letting my PC sit idle for long stretches of time with a game still running. Steam doesn't track for activity within the game, just that it's open.