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[–] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You'd need something like the Goldberg Steam Emulator, since a lot of games rely on services and APIs that Steam provides

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Looks like it's for MP? I almost never play MP, so maybe that's why I haven't run into it.

Thanks for the correction. :)

[–] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I believe it holds true for some single player games as well. I seem to remember Half-Life 2 not wanting to launch without Steam present, same for some other Source games. That really might not be the case though, I'm curious to do more testing... Either way, I watch enough Linux gaming on ARM SBCs (check out MicroLinux and LeePSPComputer on YouTube), can I see them using Goldberg from time to time to get games running with no Steam