All I'm saying is that it's an imperfect but reliable workaround for archiving your games. What other choice do you have if the game is only available on Steam

All I'm saying is that it's an imperfect but reliable workaround for archiving your games. What other choice do you have if the game is only available on Steam? Of course in an ideal world it would be available in a true DRM-free installer but in the real world you'll always need to reach for messy workarounds that just work. This is one of them and most people probably don't know that it exists.