I have a Steam Deck, and I love it. It can handle 90% of my library, and it’s always improving.

I decided to try out a linux distro for my OS, because the biggest drawback has always been the hoops that I had to jump through to get games up and running. I went for Pop OS, since that seemed to be natively friendly with NVidia, and the lowest barrier for entry. However, in Steam, I see that there is a much more limited selection of games compatible with my system. Is there a way around that, to get the same selection as my Steam Deck? Or is it this way because the Steam Deck is a singular platform that is developed for based on specific architecture?

  • @emerica@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13•7 months ago

    I believe Steam is just showing you games that can run natively on Linux. You have to run Windows games through wine/proton like the Deck does.

    I don’t actually have an anything except the Deck running Linux so I can’t help beyond that. I may even be wrong but it’s at least a place to start searching.

    • hauiEnglish
      11•7 months ago

      You‘re currect but proton is just a click away in steam. If you enable proton „for all titles“ instead of compatible ones you can run nearly anything.

        • hauiEnglish
          4•7 months ago

          Make sure to check protondb if you run into any issues. A lot of games have the tiniest problem that you can clear up with a simple startup flag.

          Good luck! :)

        • @Fecundpossum@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          I always love seeing someone reach the eureka moment where they realize windows is no longer necessary. There are a few games I had to give up completely, but honestly it’s worth the sacrifice. I’m going on over a year with no windows in my home.

      • silly goose meekahEnglish
        5•7 months ago

        All games in my 300 game library show up with that option enabled. So far everything just ran with minimal tinkering (selecting a specific proton version in game settings)

        • hauiEnglish
          3•7 months ago

          Thats just insane! Thanks for mentioning it.

    • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      You’re close, games Valve has vetted will also allow running by default, so you only need to change a setting to get games Valve hasn’t vetted to run.