# Pause game on steam overlay in VR (Vive)

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pause-game-on-steam-overlay-in-vr-vive/366473>\
**Category:** Platform & Builds\
**Tags:** steamworks, overlay, Steam, Vive, unreal-engine, pause, question\
**Created:** [August 8, 2016, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pause-game-on-steam-overlay-in-vr-vive/366473 "2016-08-08T10:08:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Motanum](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Motanum](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Motanum)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pause-game-on-steam-overlay-in-vr-vive/366473/2 "2017-04-03T22:52:38Z")

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Hey!

So after a long time of investigating, compiling, and crashing. I have managed to achieve this. Requires programming. I wrote an extensive guide which should be easy to read.

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Cheers!

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