{"id":1585,"date":"2018-10-25T01:57:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T01:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2018-10-25T02:28:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T02:28:33","slug":"how-to-play-windows-only-games-on-linux-with-steam-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/25\/how-to-play-windows-only-games-on-linux-with-steam-play\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Play Windows-only Games on Linux with Steam Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new experimental feature of Steam allows you to play Windows-only games on Linux. Here\u2019s how to use this feature in Steam right now.<\/p>\n<p>You have heard the news. Game distribution platform <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/steam-play-proton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam is implementing a fork of WINE to allow you to play games that are available on Windows only<\/a>. This is definitely a great news for us Linux users for we have complained about the lack of the number of games for Linux.<\/p>\n<p>This new feature is still in beta but you can try it out and play Windows-only games on Linux right now. Let\u2019s see how to do that.<\/p>\n<h2>Play Windows-only games in Linux with Steam Play<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/play-windows-games-on-linux-featured.jpeg\" alt=\"Play Windows-only games on Linux\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You need to install Steam first. Steam is available for all major Linux distributions. I have written in detail about <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/install-steam-ubuntu-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">installing Steam on Ubuntu<\/a> and you may refer to that article if you don\u2019t have Steam installed yet.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have Steam installed and you have logged into your Steam account, it\u2019s time to see how to enable Windows games in Steam Linux client.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Go to Account Settings<\/h3>\n<p>Run Steam client. On the top left, click on Steam and then on Settings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/enable-steam-play-beta.jpeg\" alt=\"Enable steam play beta on Linux\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: Opt in to the beta program<\/h3>\n<p>In the Settings, select Account from left side pane and then click on the CHANGE button under Beta participation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/enable-steam-play-beta-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Enable beta feature in Steam Linux\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You should select Steam Beta Update here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/enable-steam-play-beta-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Enable beta feature in Steam Linux\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you save the settings here, Steam will restart and download the new beta updates.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Enable Steam Play beta<\/h3>\n<p>Once Steam has downloaded the new beta updates, it will be restarted. Now you are almost set.<\/p>\n<p>Go to Settings once again. You\u2019ll see a new option Steam Play in the left side pane now. Click on it and check the boxes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable Steam Play for supported titles (You can play the whitelisted Windows-only games)<\/li>\n<li>Enable Steam Play for all titles (You can <em>try<\/em> <em>to<\/em> play all Windows-only games)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/enable-steam-play-beta-4.jpeg\" alt=\"Play Windows games on Linux using Steam Play\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t remember if Steam restarts at this point again or not but I guess that\u2019s trivial. You should now see the option to install Windows-only games on Linux.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I have Age of Empires in my Steam library which is not available on Linux normally. But after I enabled Steam Play beta for all Windows titles, it now gives me the option for installing Age of Empires on Linux.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4bds6hergc-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/install-windows-games-linux.jpeg\" alt=\"Install Windows-only games on Linux using Steam\" \/>Windows-only games can now be installed on Linux<\/p>\n<h2>Things to know about Steam Play beta feature<\/h2>\n<p>There are a few things you should know and keep in mind about using Windows-only games on Linux with Steam Play beta.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At present, <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/221410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only 27 Windows-games are whitelisted<\/a> for Steam Play. These whitelisted games work seamlessly on Linux.<\/li>\n<li>You can try any Windows game with Steam Play beta but it might not work all the time. Some games will crash sometimes while some game might not run at all.<\/li>\n<li>While in beta, you won\u2019t see the Windows-only games available for Linux in the Steam store. You\u2019ll have to either try the game on your own or refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1DcZZQ4HL_Ol969UbXJmFG8TzOHNnHoj8Q1f8DIFe8-8\/htmlview?sle=true#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this community maintained list<\/a> or a <a href=\"https:\/\/spcr.netlify.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">better-looking web version of the same<\/a> to see the compatibility status of the said Windows game. You can also contribute to the list by filling <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeefaYQduMST_lg0IsYxZko8tHLKe2vtVZLFaPNycyhY4bidQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you have games downloaded on Windows via Steam, you can save some download data by <a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/share-steam-files-linux-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sharing Steam game files between Linux and Windows<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope this tutorial helped you in running Windows-only games on Linux. Which game(s) are you looking forward to play on Linux?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/20749c268f5d3e4d2c785499eb6a17c0?s=70&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>About Abhishek Prakash<\/h4>\n<p>I am a professional software developer, and founder of It&#8217;s FOSS. I am an avid Linux lover and Open Source enthusiast. I use Ubuntu and believe in sharing knowledge. Apart from Linux, I love classic detective mysteries. I&#8217;m a huge fan of Agatha Christie&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/steam-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new experimental feature of Steam allows you to play Windows-only games on Linux. Here\u2019s how to use this feature in Steam right now. You have heard the news. Game distribution platform Steam is implementing a fork of WINE to allow you to play games that are available on Windows only. This is definitely a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/25\/how-to-play-windows-only-games-on-linux-with-steam-play\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Play Windows-only Games on Linux with Steam Play&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1646,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}