But when it boots up, it’s the same native app that you’d find on other platforms. Once installed, Steam for Chrome OS sits in the app drawer alongside Chrome, system apps, Android apps, and web apps. As it stands today, Steam for Chrome OS is not for the average Joe, but it does give us a peek into an exciting future for the platform. Installing Steam for Chrome OS is a bit of a hassle at this moment, as you’ll need a compatible high-end and modern Chromebook, as well as the Chrome OS Dev Channel which is subject to stability issues. It’s an official port of one of the most popular storefronts for PC gaming. Steam for Chrome OS is exactly what the name implies. Why does anyone need Steam on Chrome OS?.Ok, but do PC games actually work on a Chromebook?.Speaking of performance, there’s now Vulkan 1.3 and initial DirectX 12 support to improve “how shaders are stored and persisted.” Google has improved its “scaling system so you can now performantly play many more games on QHD and UHD displays, and see the performance benefits of reducing in-game resolution on all displays. Meanwhile, when there’s an active game download in the background, devices will no longer sleep. Existing alpha users need to uninstall and reinstall Steam to get these improvements. On the storage management front, ChromeOS has switched to sparse disk and ballooning for games that download content outside of Steam, while this improves file access performance for Proton titles. Power management improvements include showing low battery notifications when playing games in fullscreen, and “reducing CPU overhead in Vulkan and DirectX titles” to extend battery life.
That said, Google recommends “16GB RAM and an i5 / Ryzen 5 or higher for the best experience.” The new supported device list is below: There’s now support for AMD Ryzen 5000 C-Series and 12th Gen Intel, while the minimum CPU requirement has been lowered to Core i3 and Ryzen 3. Steam is now in beta and will just require that your Chromebook be on the Beta channel, specifically version 1.24 and newer.īesides switching to a ChromeOS channel that provides more stable day-to-day usability, Google is lowering the hardware requirements and tripling the number of supported Chromebooks. The Steam alpha launched in March on the ChromeOS Dev channel. Steam is now entering beta and supporting several more Chromebooks. After Android apps and the cloud, Steam is the third way you can play games on ChromeOS.
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