# Add Stardrop to Steam

There are two ways Stardrop can be launched from Steam, both of which are listed below.



Adding Stardrop as an external application to Steam:

1. Launch Steam
2. Go to `Games` > `Add a Non-Steam Game to My Library`
3. Click `Browse`
4. Path to Stardrop's executable and click `Open`
5. Click `Add Selected Programs`



Launching Stardrop via Stardew Valley (Steam - Windows / macOS):

1. Right click `Stardew Valley` and click `Properties`
2. Under `General` > `Launch Options`, paste in the following text:
   * `"FULL_PATH_TO_Stardrop.exe" %command%`
   * To start SMAPI automatically via Stardrop, you can instead paste in the following text: `"FULL_PATH_TO_Stardrop.exe" --start-smapi true %command%`
3. Close the properties window.&#x20;
4. Now when starting Stardew Valley via Steam, Stardrop will appear first.



Launching Stardrop via Stardew Valley (Steam - Linux):

1. Right click `Stardew Valley` and click `Properties`
2. Under `General` > `Launch Options`, paste in the following text:
   * `"FULL_PATH_TO_STARDROP_Internal" %command%`
   * To start SMAPI automatically via Stardrop, you can instead paste in the following text: `"FULL_PATH_TO_STARDROP_Internal" --start-smapi true %command%`
   * Note: **Internal** refers to the file labelled "Internal" that resides besides `Stardrop.sh`.
3. Close the properties window.&#x20;
4. Now when starting Stardew Valley via Steam, Stardrop will appear first.

