Random Steam Game Bookmarklet

Lets you select a random game to play from your game list (or anyone's) via steamdb.info

Automatic setup

Drag the steam logo to your bookmarks bar

Random Steam Game

Then click the bookmark & follow the directions on the popup.

Manual Setup

If the automatic setup was too easy for you, follow these steps.

Copy the contents of either bookmarklet.min.js or the code below into the URL field for a new bookmark in your browser.

Bookmarklet code

javascript:(function(){var reg=/^(http:\/\/steamdb.info\/calculator\/\?player=[A-z0-9])/g;if(!reg.test(window.location.href)){var steamID=prompt("Please enter your SteamID, CommunityID, or Profile URL; If you do not know any of these just leave it blank and hit OK, then follow the instructions on the page to find a profile.\n\nRemember to click this bookmarklet again once you get to a profile on steamdb.info!","");if(steamID!=null&&steamID!=""){window.location="http://steamdb.info/calculator/?player="+steamID;return false}else{window.location="http://steamdb.info/calculator/";return false}}if(typeof chooseRandomGame != "function"){var script=document.createElement("script");script.src="https://raw.github.com/sprngr/randomSteamGame/master/randomGame.js";document.head.appendChild(script)}if(typeof chooseRandomGame=="function"){chooseRandomGame()}})();

Once the bookmark has been made, either view your profile under steamdb.info/calculator/ or click the bookmark you just made & follow the instructions.

Note: this will not work if steamdb.info cannot see your profile (set to private).

Why was this made?

I have way too many games on Steam and in an attempt to play new ones, I would run a random number gen and find the game in my list. That got too tedious so I started manipulating my page on steamdb via the javascript console. At that point I figured why not make it just a simple button to click rather than copy in code each time; it kind of evolved from there.

Features

• Lets you enter a steamID if you are too lazy to go to the page before clicking the bookmark.
• Highlights and scrolls to the game it has just selected for you.
• Adds a handy launch button to start the game right away.
• Bookmarklet calls latest code from here so you never have to worry about updating what you have.
• Excludes any apps not of type "game" as well as Steam for Linux (Not sure why it's listed as a game)

Future Updates

Unknown at this time, too busy playing games. Feel free to give any suggestions.