diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 6f87ea8..d06b53e 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "steam_shortcuts_util",
+ "steamworks",
  "tauri",
  "tauri-build",
  "tauri-plugin-drpc",
@@ -2971,6 +2972,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link 0.2.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "paste"
+version = "1.0.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57c0d7b74b563b49d38dae00a0c37d4d6de9b432382b2892f0574ddcae73fd0a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pathdiff"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -4254,6 +4261,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom_locate",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "steamworks"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0974cb1b6b5588f788a3edcb7e6e5e964388ae9d317c723b1009d2699790f66d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.11.0",
+ "paste",
+ "steamworks-sys",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "steamworks-sys"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae139f051204a4af015d4f0ed3a1f7a51020d03a44c7cf249168c543d88131e9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "string_cache"
 version = "0.8.9"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index f1a629d..0e302eb 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ libc = "0.2"
 image = "0.24"
 percent-encoding = "2.3"
 steam_shortcuts_util = "1.1.8"
+steamworks = "0.13.0"
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 753f13a..28bcd1d 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,33 @@
 // Prevents additional console window on Windows in release, DO NOT REMOVE!!
 #![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
+use steamworks::{Client, FriendFlags, AppId};
+fn list_steam_friends() {
+    match Client::init() {
+        Ok(client) => {
+            println!("[Emerald.Test] Steamworks initialized successfully!");
+            let utils = client.utils();
+            println!("[Emerald.Test] AppId: {:?}", utils.app_id());
+            let friends = client.friends();
+            let friends_list = friends.get_friends(FriendFlags::IMMEDIATE);
+            println!("[Emerald.Test] Steam Friends:");
+            if friends_list.is_empty() {
+                println!("[Emerald.Test] no friends found (or Steam hasnt cached them yet).");
+            }
+
+            for friend in friends_list {
+                println!("  - Name: {} | {:?}", friend.name(), friend.id());
+            }
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("[Emerald.Test] failed to initialize Steamworks: {}", e);
+            eprintln!("[Emerald.Test] check if Steam is open and steam_appid.txt is 480");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 
 fn main() {
+    list_steam_friends(); //neo: dont remove unless Workshop Update has been released.
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     {
         use std::env;