![]() One could then designate proton as the default for all windows games, and off they go. These days, Google is giving a limited linux userspace sandbox, which would be sufficient to install and run the linux version of Steam. Prior to running straight linux on it, I used crouton to get a real linux userspace inside chromeos, and could run quite a lot of things with bog standard wine. The thing with those older chromebooks (assuming they are x86 based and not arm) is that the older intel integrated video just is not up to the task for anything besides real weak casual games, or VERY OLD 3D games from the early 2000s. (Samsung chromebook 3) It is currently loaded with xubuntu, but it totally can install and run steam just fine. The list of supported games is also still limited but includes the likes of Portal 2, Skyrim, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Half-Life 2, Stardew Valley, Factorio, Stellaris, Civilization V, Fallout 4, Dico Elysium and Untitled Goose Game. ![]() ![]() That's a relatively high-end configuration for what are generally meant to be highly affordable devices and somewhat ironically means that you can now play games on Chrome OS devices that are mostly meant for business users. The number of supported devices is also still limited since it'll need at least 8GB of memory, an 11th-generation Intel Core i5 or i7 processor and Intel Iris Xe Graphics. Before you run off to install it, there are a few caveats: This is still an alpha release and only available on the more experimental and unstable Chrome OS Dev channel. An anonymous reader shares a report: This may feel like deja vu because Google itself mistakenly leaked this announcement a few days ago, but the company today officially announced the launch of Steam OS on Chrome OS.
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