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Steam Deck

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Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Like I can take the .exe and install it on any other computer own them?

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

No, many steam games use steam to verify if you own the game. It's up to developers if they require their game to have steam drm or not.

If the game doesn't have Steam DRM, you can just copy the game folder and run it anywhere. But many games will require steam (with an account that owns the game) to be running before they'll open.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

See, that's what I thought, because I have tried to put a game once on another PC and it didn't work. So, it makes sense now, it depends on the devs. This is why I like gog. You just have the .exe and you can install it anywhere you want

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yup. They're just files. You'll want to move the entire game folder for steam, the install file doesn't come with the games.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

I see, it makes sense as the game would have a bunch of dependencies that are all over that folder. Thank you, I didn't know that.