Google announces 'Steam for Chrome OS' that makes Steam games playable on Chromebooks


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Luis Roca

In the Google for Games Developer Summit , a keynote speech for game developers held by Google on March 15, 2022, we revealed the existence of an alpha version of ' Steam for Chrome OS ' that runs Steam on Chromebooks. ..

Steam to Chrome OS-Chromebook Community
https://support.google.com/chromebook/thread/155131703/steam-to-chrome-os



Google says Steam for Chromebooks is coming in alpha --9to5Google

https://9to5google.com/2022/03/15/steam-alpha-chromebooks/

Google surprisingly announced Steam Alpha on Chrome OS has launched – Phandroid
https://phandroid.com/2022/03/15/google-surprisingly-announced-steam-alpha-on-chrome-os-has-launched/

Chrome OS has not supported Steam so far, but due to the overheating of the game market, Google has revealed that it is developing 'Steam for Chrome OS' newly. However, details such as the timeline until official implementation and minimum system requirements have not been disclosed, and Google only says that 'the alpha version will be released to Dev Channel soon'.

'Games have increased Android usage by 50% year-on-year,' Google said in a keynote, suggesting that it is aware of the growing popularity of the gaming business. It is believed that the aim is to increase Chromebook sales by making available the popular platform Steam, which has more than 130 million monthly active players.


by Global Panorama

In addition, although the existence of a project to run Steam on Chrome OS has been clarified since 2020, the specific development timeline etc. was not disclosed. In a Chrome OS analysis conducted in February 2022, the minimum system requirement for Steam in Chrome OS was '11th generation Intel Core i5 or i7 processor and 7GB or more of RAM', but in this report 'It is possible that the requirements will be relaxed by the time of the actual release.'

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Finally, 'Steam for Chrome OS' that allows you to play Steam games on Chromebooks has appeared, what are the system requirements you care about? --GIGAZINE


by Tamahikari Tammas

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