Game Detection

Short Description

In this project, I developed a Rust tool that collects games installed on Windows from various launchers and tracks active game sessions through running processes.

Problem

It's difficult to see in one place which launcher games are installed from and if they are actually running at the moment. Since sources like Steam, Epic, Ubisoft, Xbox, and Amazon are kept separate, there is a need for a common detection layer.

Solution

In this project, I built separate detector modules that extract the game list from launcher data. I scanned Steam manifest files, Epic manifests, Ubisoft registry entries, Xbox packages, and the Amazon Games database, collecting potential main .exe files into a cache. Then, using WMI, I scanned running processes every second, monitored matching games as sessions, and wrote the active records to a JSON file.

Result

The outcome is not just a script that lists installed games, but a simple, process-based game session tracker. The project is currently entirely written in Rust, works with a Windows focus, and saves active sessions to the active_sessions.json file.

Technologies

Rust, WMI, Windows API, Serde, Serde JSON, Chrono, Winreg, Walkdir, Rusqlite, SQLite

Installation