Less than 15 per cent of all games on Steam officially support Linux and SteamOS. As a workaround, Valve had developed a feature called Proton that allows users to run Windows natively on the platform.

How many Steam games work on Linux?

As of June 2020 the number of Linux-compatible games on Steam exceeds 6,500.

Do most Steam games run on Linux?

You need to install Steam first. 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.