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Steam on Chrome OS now available for select Chromebooks
Steam on Chrome OS now available for select Chromebooks
The Steam games platform has technically been accessible on Chromebooks ever since Google added the Linux application container (and even before then, using tools like Crouton), but Google has been working on a more integrated experience for a while now. Now the company is ready for people to start testing it. Google announced today that Steam is now available in the Chrome OS Dev Channel as an “early alpha build.” Only a handful of Chromebooks are supported right now, which are listed below, and at least 8GB RAM is required. There aren’t many PC games at this point that function well with only 4GB RAM, so that’s not much of a surprise. Google also notes that display resolutions higher than 1080p “may encounter performance and scaling issues.” Supported Chromebooks
Google has listed many games as functional, even in the current buggy alpha state. Some of the currently-working games include Portal 2, Team Fortress 2 (once multi-core rendering is turned off in the graphics settings), Stardew Valley, Sid Meier’s Civilization V, Cuphead, Kerbal Space Program, and Untitled Goose Game. Even more graphically-demanding games running in the Steam Play compatibility layer, such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Fallout 4, work on higher-end Chromebooks. How to install Steam on Chrome OS Here are the steps to install Google’s build of Steam. If you already have Steam installed on your Chromebook, it might be a good idea to remove it before trying Google’s version.
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