Changes to hours on Steam?

[rossiscool123]

I am using ASF for the purpose of farming hours, not card drops. I used to idle 32 games on ASF and my Steam account showed around 10,752 hours in the last two weeks, now its showing around "3,498.4 hours past 2 weeks" is anyone aware of a change that Steam made so this amount of games isn't possible to be played?

[rossiscool123]

{ "AcceptGifts": true, "Enabled": true, "GamesPlayedWhileIdle": [ 252490, 730, 359550, 252950, 322330, 365590, 65120, 31960, 362890, 362950, 286690, 295520, 339800, 222880, 402090, 366920, 385430, 585320, 444240, 1595540, 340040, 447820, 388100, 467220, 40970, 1028920, 1072170, 254700, 1142270, 132820, 883710, 218620 ], "SteamLogin": "", "SteamParentalCode": "", "SteamPassword": "" }

[rossiscool123]

I'm aware the logs show the account is being used but I only launched a game for an hour, 99% of the time the account is idle.

2026-03-08 21:58:05|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|Connect() Connecting...
2026-03-08 21:58:06|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|OnConnected() Connected to Steam!
2026-03-08 21:58:06|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|OnConnected() Logging in...
2026-03-08 21:58:06|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|OnLoggedOn() Successfully logged on as 76561198081469967/rossiscool123.
2026-03-08 21:58:06|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|Init() Success!
2026-03-08 21:58:06|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|UnlockParentalAccount() Unlocking parental account...
2026-03-08 21:58:06|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|IsAnythingToFarm() Checking first badge page...
2026-03-08 21:58:06|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|CheckOccupationStatus() Account is currently being used: ASF will resume farming when it's free...
2026-03-08 21:58:06|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|UnlockParentalAccount() Success!
2026-03-08 21:58:08|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|StartFarming() We don't have anything to farm on this account!
2026-03-09 01:47:47|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|CheckOccupationStatus() Account is no longer occupied: farming process resumed!
2026-03-09 01:48:47|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|ResetGamesPlayed() Playing selected GamesPlayedWhileIdle: 252490, 730, 359550, 252950, 322330, 365590, 65120, 31960, 362890, 362950, 286690, 295520, 339800, 222880, 402090, 366920, 385430, 585320, 444240, 1595540, 340040, 447820, 388100, 467220, 40970, 1028920, 1072170, 254700, 1142270, 132820, 883710, 218620
2026-03-09 02:32:58|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|Init() Success!
2026-03-09 02:32:58|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|UnlockParentalAccount() Unlocking parental account...
2026-03-09 02:32:58|ArchiSteamFarm-18|INFO|rossiscool123|UnlockParentalAccount() Success!

[JustArchi]

If ASF states your appIDs, and it does according to your log, then whatever happens next is up to Steam.

Hours are not counted in real time.

[jbispocode]

So, how Hours are counted on steam?

[JustArchi]

As I said, not in real time. Updates are delayed.