How to keep track of all your gaming usernames and passwords

Quick test. Which email is your oldest Fortnite account on? If you had to think about it, you are not alone. Most players end up with a login on every launcher, a couple of alts, and at least one account tied to an email they barely open anymore.

The problem is rarely the password itself. It is everything around it: the username that is different from your display name, the recovery email, the 2FA app on an old phone, the backup codes you saved "somewhere". When one of those goes missing, you are locked out.

This guide is a simple system for keeping all of it findable, without a spreadsheet that falls apart by month two.

Why gaming accounts get messy so fast

A normal person has a bank, an email and a few shopping sites. A gamer has Steam, Epic, Riot, Battle.net, EA, Ubisoft, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Discord and Roblox before even counting alts. Each one has its own rules for usernames, its own 2FA flavor and its own recovery process.

• The login name and the display name are often different. Steam is the classic example: you sign in with an account name nobody ever sees.
• Accounts get linked to each other. Your Epic account might be connected to Xbox, PlayStation and Discord, and losing one can make the others harder to recover.
• Alts and old accounts pile up: a second Roblox account for building, an old Minecraft account from school, a test account for a tournament.
• Recovery details go stale. The email you used at 14 or the phone number you changed two years ago are exactly what support asks for.

What you actually need to save for each account

Saving only a password is how people end up stuck. For every account, write down the full set of things you would need to get back in on a bad day:

1. The platform and the exact login name or email. Not your display name.
2. The password. Use a unique one per account, ideally generated. Our free password generator runs in your browser.
3. The recovery email and whether you still have access to it.
4. How 2FA works on that account: an authenticator app, Steam Guard, email codes or SMS. If it is an app, note which phone.
5. Backup or recovery codes, if the platform gave you any.
6. Linked accounts, like which console or Discord is connected.
7. A short note: when you made it, what it is for, anything support might ask.

If you only fix one thing today, find your backup codes for any account that uses an authenticator app. Losing the phone without them is the most common way people lose a Steam or Epic account for good.

The options, honestly compared

Your memory

Works until you reuse a password, and reused passwords are how one leaked site turns into a stolen Steam inventory. If you are curious how weak an old favorite is, try it in the password strength checker. It scores in your browser and never sends the password anywhere.

A notes app or spreadsheet

Better than nothing, and great for a first inventory. The downsides show up later: it is usually not encrypted, it does not show 2FA codes, and it gets out of date the moment you change one password and forget to update the sheet.

Your browser password manager

Good at filling passwords on websites. Not built for launchers, consoles, Steam Guard, recovery notes or "which alt is this". Many players also share a gaming PC, which makes a browser vault on that machine a risky place for everything.

A general password manager

Solid choice if you already use one. The catch for gamers is that everything lives in one long list next to your bank, and there is no real concept of platforms, alts or linked accounts.

A vault made for gaming logins

This is why we built LoginScout. Every account is a card with the platform, login, password, recovery email, 2FA code and notes in one place, encrypted on your device. It is a gaming password manager first, so filtering by platform or finding "the Roblox alt from 2021" takes a second instead of a scroll.

A 20 minute setup that actually sticks

1. List every platform you have ever made an account on. Search your email for "verify your email" and "welcome to" to find the forgotten ones.
2. Start with the five accounts you would be most upset to lose. Usually your main Steam, Epic, Riot, Discord and email.
3. For each one, sign in, confirm the recovery email is current, and save everything from the list above in one place.
4. Turn on app-based 2FA where it is offered, and save the backup codes right next to the login. If you already have a setup key, our 2FA code generator shows how those six digit codes work.
5. Add alts last, and give each a note so future you knows what it was for.

For a deeper walkthrough on alts specifically, read our guide to organizing gaming alt accounts.

Keep it current without thinking about it

The system only works if it stays up to date. Two small habits do most of the work. First, whenever you change a password or phone number, update the record before you close the tab. Second, once every few months, open your list and check that every recovery email still works.

If something has already gone wrong, start with the platform guide, like how to recover a hacked Steam account or what to do after a lost Steam Guard authenticator.

The short version

Save the whole login, not just the password. Keep 2FA backup codes next to the account they unlock. Use one place for everything so nothing goes stale. If you want that place to be built for gamers, you can create a free vault for up to five accounts in about a minute.