What is GameOverlayUI.exe?

GameOverlayUI.exe is part of Steam and developed by Valve Corporation according to the GameOverlayUI.exe version information.

GameOverlayUI.exe's description is "gameoverlayui.exe (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)"

GameOverlayUI.exe is digitally signed by Valve.

GameOverlayUI.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected GameOverlayUI.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on GameOverlayUI.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSteam
Company nameValve Corporation
File descriptiongameoverlayui.exe (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)
Internal namegameoverlayui.exe
Original filenamegameoverlayui.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Valve Corporation
Product version03.00.00.01
File version01.32.20.50

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameSteam
Company nameValve Corporation
File descriptiongameoverlayui.exe (buildbot_winslave..
Internal namegameoverlayui.exe
Original filenamegameoverlayui.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Valve Corporation
Product version03.00.00.01
File version01.32.20.50

Digital signatures [?]

GameOverlayUI.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameValve
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number7bf6326f70cbec340bf2d1868fe65b1e

VirusTotal report

1 of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the GameOverlayUI.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Backdoor/Win32.Rbot.gen
1 of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the GameOverlayUI.exe file.

Folder name variants

GameOverlayUI.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named GameOverlayUI.exe

GameOverlayUI.exe (24 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55dce2cda87d7bbc38031aa07f8b350cd
SHA25682d89452078e0f03bb3b430c70ff0caa996377d762487a634324bce5c4994096

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to gameoverlayui.exe:

gameoverlayui.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

gameoverlayui.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

gameoverlayui.exe (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04) has stopped working.

End Program - gameoverlayui.exe. This program is not responding.

gameoverlayui.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

gameoverlayui.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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