[mabbo]

I saw a cool looking indie game the other day on steam and excitedly bought it.

Then realized it doesn't support Linux. I can't install it. I was shocked.

And then I realized how crazy it is that I had presumed a game would run on Linux. How far we've come.

[taeric]

As the others have said, odds are you only need to flip the switch in steam to ignore OS. I've been overwhelmingly happy with how many games work this way.

To the point that I'm far more likely to find a game with clunky default controls on Steam Deck than I am one that won't play. And learning to use some of the more advanced control features of the system goes a long way to fixing that.

[ncallaway]

> And learning to use some of the more advanced control features of the system goes a long way to fixing that.

I need to take the time to do that some day. I’ve seen people swear Factorio was playable and fun on the deck, but the controls were just always too much of a struggle to get working in a way that worked for my brain.

I could play, but I just couldn’t get it smooth enough that the controls got out of my way.

I’d love (and hate) to have Factorio playable on the steam deck.

[temp0826]

I think there's a switch to flip in Steam's settings that allows you to use any game with Proton even if untested/unsupported. (Something to that effect, can't look now)

[mabbo]

No no don't tell me this. I had things I wanted to get done this weekend!

[sickofparadox]

If you go into properties, you might be able to install it by choosing a specific version of proton (I think the option is properties> compatibility).

[sentimentscan]

even with proton?