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

submitted 11 months 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] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

@beesterman @lightnsfw What?!? I run games using proton on an NTFS partition just fine...

If you do this it's safer to use lowntfs-3g so everything is forced to lower case... And yes using a proper linux filesystem is way safer.

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