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

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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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[-] beesterman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes they can be. However, if you want to use a compatibility layer with them like proton the game files have to be stored in exFat (Linux file system format) format. If you have them on a drive formatted for NTFS (windows file system format) the game won’t start and wont tell you why. Games with native versions will run fine from a NTFS partition.

[-] notfromhere@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Sometimes running applications from NTFS will have issues so I recommend doing rsync to a Linux FS before running

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