It will also update your Steam status as well as launch the Origin client. If you followed each step correctly, test the new shortcut by clicking the blue PLAY button in your GAMES library. Make sure that the Origin client is not running before launching the shortcut from Steam. Due to the way that EA designed their DRM, this particular method will trick Steam into attaching its overlay to Origin and any games being run in Origin. It is important to remember that this guide intends that you manually run your games from Origin and that the shortcut will only launch the Origin client itself. You can also customize game collections to identify non-Steam games easier, and include a background header image on your game shortcut page. Using game box art is ideal for the new Steam library layout. (Another guide on Steam explains how to remove the shortcut arrow.) Alternately, you can change the non-Steam game icon by right clicking and go to Manage > Set custom artwork to select a custom image. Optional – change the shortcut icon by clicking the CHOOSE ICON… button. (In this demonstration, I’ve used Sims 3 (via Origin) as the shortcut name.)

To locate your newly changed Origin game name shortcut, begin typing the shortcut’s name in the GAMES Search field to locate it easily.

Change the name of your shortcut to reflect the Origin game you are intending to use the Steam overlay with, in the field above Target.

Right click on Origin from the GAMES list in the left column and click on Properties.

(Note: you will not need to capitalize or type in the entire keyword.)

Navigate to Library > GAMES in the Steam client’s main navigation bar, then begin typing Origin in the GAMES Search field to easily locate it.

After the list has populated, check the box next to Origin then click the button labeled ADD SELECTED PROGRAMS.

Click Games in the top left of the Steam client, then navigate and click Add a Non-Steam Game to my Library….

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