In Windows 7, several Steam games place themselves on top of all windows. Alt+Tab works. It brings up the list of windows and if I hover the mouse on top of an icon, the window eventually shows on top of the game. But if I click it, the game places itself on top again.
(This is actually inconsistent. Because sometimes, with no pattern that I can notice, I manage to switch applications.)
With one specific game, resorting to Ctrl+Alt+Esc to minimize the window from there is not helping. The game screen in simply replaced by a plain white frame that remains on top.
I'm aware of at least one third-party application that could possibly solve that. But I would appreciate if someone could help me find a solution that didn't involve installing third-party software -- especially one that doesn't seem to have been maintained in 13 years.