Once you’ve launched it, you should be able to sign in and start downloading games from your library. Wait for the process to complete and then, you should find the Steam app icon in your launcher. Double-click that and when prompted, click install. Restart your browser and then you can install Steam. To do so, head to chrome://flags/#exo-pointer-lock and enable that flag. Remember the pointer lock flag I mentioned at the beginning of the article? You’ll need to enable that if you want your mouse to work properly in-game. sudo apt install libgl1:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers Paste this command to install these and then we will be ready to install Steam.
Now we need to add the appropriate drivers and libraries. However, with a few, simple terminal commands, you can have Steam up and running on your Chromebook. deb package no longer works on Chrome OS because of a number of missing dependencies. So, it looks like all of the pieces are in place for Steam to run well on a Chromebook but now I’ve found that simply downloading and installing the.
That too has been resolved thanks to a feature flag that enables pointer lock. Even then, games were unplayable because Crostini failed to lock the mouse to the bounds of the display. deb package for Steam and install it with no problems whatsoever and all of the necessary dependencies came along for the ride. In previous versions of Chrome OS, I’ve been able to download the. That issue has been addressed but the process for installing Steam has still been hit or miss at best. For a time, Steam would install just fine but games simply wouldn’t run because Crostini wasn’t able to leverage what little GPU Chrome OS devices have to offer. Since Crostini first landed on the Chrome OS scene, I have made multiple attempts to install Steam and run games on my Chromebook but my success rate hasn’t been the best. For a gamer like myself that spent many an hour playing Half-Life, DoD, Portal and a variety of others, this news is exciting and it makes perfect sense given the fact that Chromebooks now support Linux applications. If the rumors are true, Valve and Google are currently working on full-blown, native support for the Steam gaming platform on Chrome OS.
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