# Steam overlay doesn't work (4.18)

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**Category:** Community & Industry Discussion\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [November 11, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/steam-overlay-doesnt-work-4-18/102498 "2017-11-11T09:09:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/steam-overlay-doesnt-work-4-18/102498/4 "2018-08-26T18:58:16Z")

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Hey I have Steam Overlay visible but I can’t seem to add ‘join game’ functionlity start working. I have been following

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
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> After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — ue4community.wiki! You will be able to find content from the official...

> **[Online Subsystem Steam](https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/Steam/)**
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> An overview of Online Subsystem Steam, including how to set up your project for distribution on Valve's Steam platform.

and nothinng. Do I have to somehow register server or add some other kind of session extention? Couldn’t find any latest articles on that matter.

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