Thanks, good to know and yea I mostly use Steam but I do have Xbox app for gamepass games as well.
Ok, I added an example in my comment above. That way youâll have less âsensor clutterâ since it makes quite a few for each user.
Please let me know if it works for you and if the statuses update properly when you start gaming. See my YAML card examples for cards you can use on your dashboard as well, which is where the fun really begins. 
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Thanks, will try this out.
Edit: Seems it worked! Now only have sensors I actually care about, thanks!
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Awesome! Iâm super excited to have someone else trying this out! 
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If you want an easy card to test things, the Recent / History card is a good place to start since youâll be able to see if itâs showing proper online/offline and history statuses. Youâll need Mushroom Cards, Card-Mod, and Auto-Entities installed for this to display properly, but otherwise you should be able to copy/paste it as-is.
type: grid
cards:
- type: heading
heading: Recent
heading_style: title
icon: mdi:controller
grid_options:
rows: 1
- type: custom:auto-entities
card:
type: vertical-stack
card_param: cards
filter:
include:
# 1. ONLINE USERS (Colorful)
- entity_id: sensor.*_gaming_status
state: /^(?!Offline|offline|unavailable|unknown).+/
sort:
method: last_changed
reverse: true
options:
type: custom:mushroom-template-card
primary: >-
{{ state_attr(entity, 'friendly_name') | replace(' Gaming Status', '') }}
secondary: "{{ states(entity) }} {{ state_attr(entity, 'secondary') }}"
picture: "{{ state_attr(entity, 'entity_picture') }}"
badge_icon: |
{% set p = state_attr(entity, 'active_platform') | lower %}
{% if 'steam' in p %} mdi:steam
{% elif 'xbox' in p %} mdi:microsoft-xbox
{% elif 'playstation' in p %} mdi:sony-playstation
{% else %} mdi:gamepad-variant {% endif %}
badge_color: |
{% set p = state_attr(entity, 'active_platform') | lower %}
{% if 'steam' in p %} rgb(2, 173, 239)
{% elif 'xbox' in p %} rgb(11, 124, 16)
{% elif 'playstation' in p %} rgb(0, 48, 135)
{% else %} rgb(100, 50, 100) {% endif %}
tap_action: { action: more-info }
card_mod:
style: |
ha-card {
position: relative; overflow: hidden; pointer-events: none;
/* Colored border for online */
{% set p = state_attr(config.entity, 'active_platform') | lower %}
{% if 'steam' in p %} {% set color = '2, 173, 239' %}
{% elif 'xbox' in p %} {% set color = '11, 124, 16' %}
{% elif 'playstation' in p %} {% set color = '0, 48, 135' %}
{% else %} {% set color = '100, 50, 100' %} {% endif %}
border-right: 8px solid rgb({{color}});
}
ha-card::before {
content: ''; position: absolute; top: -10px; left: -10px; right: -10px; bottom: -10px;
{% set game_art = state_attr(config.entity, 'game_cover_art') %}
{% set profile_pic = state_attr(config.entity, 'entity_picture') %}
{% set bg_image = game_art if game_art else profile_pic %}
background-image: linear-gradient(-90deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)), url('{{ bg_image }}');
background-size: cover; background-position: center;
filter: blur(5px) brightness(0.7); z-index: 0;
}
ha-card > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
# 2. OFFLINE USERS (Grayscale)
- entity_id: sensor.*_gaming_status
state: /^(Offline|offline|unavailable|unknown)$/
sort:
method: attribute
attribute: last_online_valid_timestamp
reverse: true
options:
type: custom:mushroom-template-card
primary: >-
{{ state_attr(entity, 'friendly_name') | replace(' Gaming Status', '') }}
secondary: "{{ state_attr(entity, 'secondary') }}"
picture: "{{ state_attr(entity, 'entity_picture') }}"
badge_icon: |
{% set p = state_attr(entity, 'active_platform') | lower %}
{% if 'steam' in p %} mdi:steam
{% elif 'xbox' in p %} mdi:microsoft-xbox
{% elif 'playstation' in p %} mdi:sony-playstation
{% else %} mdi:gamepad-variant {% endif %}
badge_color: grey # Grey badge for offline
tap_action: { action: more-info }
card_mod:
style: |
ha-card { position: relative; overflow: hidden; pointer-events: none; }
ha-card::before {
content: ''; position: absolute; top: -10px; left: -10px; right: -10px; bottom: -10px;
{% set game_art = state_attr(config.entity, 'game_cover_art') %}
{% set profile_pic = state_attr(config.entity, 'entity_picture') %}
{% set bg_image = game_art if game_art else profile_pic %}
background-image: linear-gradient(-90deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)), url('{{ bg_image }}');
background-size: cover; background-position: center;
/* Grayscale effect for offline */
filter: blur(5px) grayscale(100%) brightness(0.5); z-index: 0;
}
ha-card > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
grid_options:
columns: 12
rows: auto
I just pushed out v1.6.5 which moves the SteamGridDB API Key to the UI configuration. If youâve already installed it, you can restart after updating, and it should grab your API key from gaming_profiles.json and store it. After that, you can leave it in the JSON file or remove it. For new installs, users will not add it to the JSON file.
Version 1.6.8 is live now, which moves the configuration to an HTML sidebar interface. This should make it MUCH easier for new users to setup. Advanced options still need to be configured manually, but that should only affect a very small percentage of users.
I should have waiting for the hassfest check to finish. I have corrected a missing dependency and released 1.7.0. Hopefully itâll be good for now unless I find any other security vulnerabilities introduced with the recent changes.
Have you had a chance to play any games to see if itâs properly tracking online status, play duration, total time, etc.?
Not sure whatâs wrong tbh it seems to be half working, Iâm playing fortnite on PS5 right now and the PS5 integration knows its Fortnite but yours says unknown game for whatever reason, not just fortnite it did it with every game I played NHL 26 and AC Shadows as well and same thing, so no tiem isnât tracking cuz of that rn.
And you have the official PlayStation integration installed and working, correct? Does that integration properly report your in game status in the davidnestico_now_playing sensor?
I will test it again on my PS5 shortly to make sure I didnât break anything with any recent updates.
PS5 is still working fine for me, so Iâm not sure yet what is causing yours to not properly display your game status.
You may need to check your PSN privacy settings though, using the steps below (on your PS5, or similarly through the PlayStation web site):
- Settings > Users and Accounts > Privacy > View and Customize Your Privacy Settings.
- Find the setting: âWho can see your online status and what youâre currently playing.â
- You need to change this to Anyone
- On the web, itâs located as shown below
I think I will update the code so that PlayStation users are reported as âOfflineâ if theyâre not in a game. This is currently how the Xbox and Steam statuses are handled. PlayStation appears to be seeing you as online but is unable to determine what game youâre playing, so it shows as âunknownâ. The same would likely happen if you opened Netflix or something else thatâs not a game. I havenât run into this myself since I only use my PS5 for gaming and I already had my activity being shared publicly.
There is no ânow playingâ sensor for the PS integration, thereâs a status integration that says âplayingâ. Thereâs a PS5 media player that says Iâm playing NHL 26 right now also.
Iâve already set that up because the regular PS integration works fine for me.
PlayStation integration
Also a status integration that says NHL 26 in the attribiutes
Your integration
So, under Settings > Developer Tools, there are no PlayStation sensors ending in â_now_playingâ? Im assuming weâre using the same PlayStation Network integration, since thereâs only one that I know of, and all of the accounts I have added provide a â_now_playingâ sensor.
When I view my account in the PlayStation Network integration, I have 23 different entities that it creates, including a âNow Playingâ status and image, which are necessary for the Gaming Status integration to function properly. If your sensors are somehow missing or named something different, I can try expanding the code to account for other naming conventions.
This is the one Iâm using, he moved it to a HA integration but I never migrated cuz I think the HACs version has more features then the integration as of rn but could be wrong.
I donât have that many sensors
Ah, ok. I have no experience with that one, but it doesnât look like it reports the game being played from your screenshot. If you want to try the official PlayStation Network integration, it SHOULD work for you. Itâs pretty robust now. The only downside is having to re-authenticate it every 60 days.
To make my integration work with what youâre using, I think Iâd have to extract the game title from the media player, which should be doable, but it would requires some architectural changes and Iâd rather focus my support on the official integrations if possible.
Have you tried Xbox or Steam yet to see if those are working for you?
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Oh⌠wait a minute. I think I DID try that integration previously. Canât you have it generate additional sensors from some of the attributes? That might be where the ânow playingâ information is hiding currently.
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Looking again at the integration, I think it may be time for you to update to the official version (released by the same developer). As far as I am aware, it now includes all of the same features, plus itâs still being actively developed, unlike the HACS version. And, as a bonus, it should work with my Gaming Status integration.
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If thatâs the case I think Iâll finally switch, tbh I never switched because the HACs version never broke lol
I just checked the PS integration and it links to the same github so confused lol.
Edit: Just checked the HA integration page and it seems itâs basically the same so think Ill switch over later, nice.
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