Steam is a proprietary content delivery and launcher application for video games, creative tools, and multimedia such as movies and soundtracks. Starting in 2012, it has official support for GNU/Linux, and has a custom version of Wine included for running Windows-only games and software.

Can you play Steam on Linux?

Steam is available for all major Linux distributions. … Once you have Steam installed and you have logged into your Steam account, it’s time to see how to enable Windows games in Steam Linux client.

How do I run Steam on Linux?

To launch the Steam client, open the Activities search bar, type “Steam” and click on the icon. Steam can also be launched from the command-line by typing steam . This can take a few minutes. Once the update is complete, the Steam client will start.