Steam is not currently available on Chromebooks, but following a rise in popularity in devices using the OS, it seems like it soon will be, according to a recent google community post. This means some users could see an alpha test for steam show up on their devices.
Valve have been riding high recently, with the huge success of the steam deck. It launched last month, and has been such a hit that it has seemingly exceeded valves expectations. As for the steam platform itself, in 2021 it grew by 31 million users. All this is down to the accessibility of the service, combined with its huge library of games and frequent sales.
Meanwhile google appear to be pulling out of gaming after the disastrous launch of Stadia and its recent rebranding to google Stream. However in its place they have recently stated they are working with valve to bring the steam platform to the Chrome OS. In the recent “Google for Games Developer Summit”, google reps stated that steam had launched into alpha on the device, although this was later clarified as being an “alpha quality” version of steam to come to select Chromebooks soon.
While this is vague, google did also recently post a list of supported Chromebook models for steam, which are:
- Acer Chromebook 514
- Acer Chromebook 515
- Acer Chromebook Spin 713
- ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5
- ASUS Chromebook CX9
- Elemi – HP Pro c640 G2 Chromebook
- Lindar (unreleased Lenovo Chromebook)
There was also a release of some minimum specs, such as an 11th gen I5/I7 Processor and over 7GB of ram, which means that for some time steam will probably be limited to higher end devices. However google is reportedly testing steam on 10th gen and AMD processors already, suggesting that they may soon extend the program to lower end devices
Meanwhile recent rumors have suggested Valve may be considering a Subscription style service similar to Xbox Game Pass. Alongside this there are some other games from valve reportedly in development, such as “Citadel”, a rumored halflife universe game, as well as a followup to Half Life Alyx and a Port of Counter Strike Global Offensive to the source 2 engine.
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