How AchieveIQ Works
No black boxes. Here's exactly what happens when you generate a guide, what data we use, and where our AI falls short.
The process, step by step
1. You enter your Steam ID
We call Steam's public API to fetch your game library, playtime, and achievement progress. Your Steam profile must be set to public. We never ask for your Steam password.
2. We build a personalized prompt
Your completed and incomplete achievements are separated. We pass only your incomplete ones to the AI, along with your playtime and game metadata. The guide is built around what you still need, not a generic walkthrough.
3. An AI writes your guide
We use a large language model trained on internet data, including gaming guides, wikis, and forums. It generates strategies based on training knowledge, not by browsing the web live. Guides stream to you in real time.
4. Guides are cached per user
Once a guide is generated, it's stored and reused when your progress matches. If your achievement count changes, a fresh guide is generated automatically.
What data we access
Where our AI falls short
We'd rather be upfront about this than have you trust a wrong guide.
For achievements that depend on very specific in-game data, the AI may give generic advice. Steam's API doesn't expose this level of game state.
The AI doesn't browse the internet live. If a game was patched recently or released after the model's knowledge cutoff, strategies may be outdated.
If a game has almost no online presence, the AI has less to draw from. The guide will still try to cover every achievement, but strategies may be less precise.
See something wrong in a guide? Use the "Report inaccuracy" button inside any guide to flag it.