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Are previously downloaded Steam games transferable from Windows to Linux? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've backed up many of the Steam games I had installed in Windows. Am I able to use these on Linux or do I need to re-download them?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In my experience it works perfectly fine as long as you perform the steps outlined here, as per Valve's official recommendation. The section about preventing read errors is particularly important, but the whole thing is worth a read.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

THANK YOU for this!! I fought with ntfs in a new manjaro install last weekend and just could not friggin figure it out! So excited to see a valve better fix!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No worries, glad it helped!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Might be useful for dual-boot users or the people in transition, but doesn't worth the hassle for exclusive users. However it will still cause some problems one way or another because it's just a workaround.