You won’t see the Windows-only games available for Linux in the Steam store. You’ll have to either try the game on your own or refer to this community maintained list or a better-looking web version of the same to see the compatibility status of the said Windows game.Some games will crash sometimes while some games might not run at all. You can try any Windows game with Steam Play beta but it might not work all the time.However, now the number of games supported has increased significantly. These whitelisted games work seamlessly on Linux. Only 27 Windows-games were whitelisted for Steam Play initially.There are a few things you should know and keep in mind about using Windows-only games on Linux with Steam Play:
Windows-only games can now be installed on Linux Things to know about Steam Play feature Windows titles, it now gives me the option for installing Age ofĮmpires on Linux. But after I enabled Steam Play beta for all Once, you are done selecting the options, hit “OK” and proceed to restart steam in order for the changes to take effect.Įxample, I have Age of Empires in my Steam library which is notĪvailable on Linux normally. You can also opt to change the version of the compatibility layer (Proton) if you need it. Enable Steam Play for all titles (You can try to play all Windows-only games).Enable Steam Play for supported titles (You can play the whitelisted Windows-only games).Now, you’ll see an option Steam Play in the left side panel. On the top left, click on Steam and then on Settings. Once you have Steam installed and you have logged into your SteamĪccount, it’s time to see how to enable Windows games in Steam Linux I have written in detail about installing Steam on Ubuntu and you may refer to that article if you don’t have Steam installed yet. Steam is available for all major Linux distributions. Play Windows-only games in Linux with Steam Play It was in beta phase for a while but you can now directly try it out without opting in for Steam beta updates. With Steam Play, Linux users can play games that are available on Windows only. Game distribution platform Steam has implemented a fork of WINE, it’s called – “Steam Play”. Here’s how to use this feature in Steam right now. The new experimental feature of Steam allows you to play Windows-only games on Linux.
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