We ask for your SteamID64 on almost every ticket — bans, reports,
cheater appeals, vending-machine refunds, you name it. It's a 17-digit
number that uniquely identifies your Steam account, and unlike your
display name, it never changes.
This guide shows you three ways to find it: from your browser, from
in-game in Rust, and from the Steam mobile app. Pick whichever's
easiest for you.
Method 1 — From the Steam website (easiest)
This works on both the desktop Steam client and the steamcommunity.com
website. Takes about 30 seconds.
Step 1: Open your profile
In Steam, click your username in the top-right corner of the window
and pick Profile from the dropdown. Or, in your browser, go to
steamcommunity.com and click your avatar
in the top-right.
Step 2: Look at the URL
Once you're on your profile page, look at your browser's address bar.
You'll see one of two URL formats:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198000000000/
https://steamcommunity.com/id/your-vanity-name/If you see `/profiles/<digits>/` — congratulations, that 17-digit
number IS your SteamID64. Copy it and you're done.
If you see `/id/something-custom/` — that's a vanity URL. Skip to
[Method 1B](#method-1b) just below.
Method 1B — Converting a vanity URL
If your URL has `/id/<custom-name>/` instead of digits, you set up a
custom Steam URL at some point. The vanity name is not your Steam
ID — you need to convert it.
Option A: Use steamid.io
1. Copy your full profile URL.
2. Go to steamid.io.
3. Paste the URL into the box and hit lookup.
4. The page lists every form of your ID. Use the one labeled
steamID64 (it starts with `7656`).
Option B: Add `?xml=1` to your profile URL
A trick that doesn't need a third-party site:
1. Open your profile in a browser.
2. Add `?xml=1` to the end of the URL and reload. So:
`https://steamcommunity.com/id/your-vanity-name/?xml=1`
3. Look for the `<steamID64>` line in the XML response — that's your ID.
<steamID64>76561198000000000</steamID64>Method 2 — From inside Rust
If you're already in-game and need your Steam ID for a ticket, you
don't have to alt-tab.
Open the F1 console
Press F1 to open the in-game developer console. (If F1 doesn't
work, you may have rebound it under Settings → Controls → Misc →
"Toggle console".)
Type the right command
In the console, type:
client.connect.localhost…then look at the bottom-left of your screen for a few seconds
after you reconnect. Your SteamID64 prints next to your name.
Or — easier — just type:
echo (you)…in the console. The output line will include your Steam name AND ID.
Tip: if you're trying to read someone ELSE's Steam ID (e.g. reporting a cheater), use `global.players` in the console — it lists every player on the server with their SteamID64.
Method 3 — From the Steam mobile app
Useful when you're not at your computer.
Open your profile in the app
1. Launch the Steam mobile app and sign in.
2. Tap the menu icon (☰) in the top-left.
3. Tap your name at the top of the menu — that opens your profile.
Tap "Share"
On your profile page, tap the share icon (looks like a paper-plane
or three-dot menu depending on iOS / Android). Pick Copy link.
The copied link will be either `/profiles/<digits>/` or
`/id/<vanity>/` — same as Method 1. If it's the vanity form, follow
[Method 1B](#method-1b) to convert.
What's the difference between SteamID, SteamID3, and SteamID64?
Steam has three ID formats. We always want the SteamID64 for
support tickets — it's the long 17-digit one. Don't worry about the
others, but for reference:
- SteamID (legacy): `STEAM0:1:12345678` — old format from the GoldSrc days.
- SteamID3: `[U:1:24691357]` — used internally by Steam. Source-engine games show this.
- SteamID64: `76561198000000000` — what we want. Universal across every Steam product.
If you're staring at one of the first two, pop the URL into
steamid.io and it'll show you all three.
Pasting it into a ticket
When you open a ticket on /support, the form has a Steam ID
field — paste the 17-digit number there. Don't paste your profile URL,
don't paste your vanity name, don't paste your Discord handle. The
17 digits are what we need.
If your steamid field is greyed out (you signed in with Steam), it's
already filled correctly — leave it alone. We only ask manually when
you're not signed in or you're appealing a ban on a different account.
Still stuck?
Ask in #support on Discord — drop a
screenshot of your Steam profile URL and a mod will pull the ID for
you. Faster than fighting with a vanity URL converter.