Questions tagged [steam]

A game distribution platform, including an application to manage installed games

Steam is a game distribution platform, which includes a client application supported on Mac OS X and Linux (as well as Windows) and a library that applications can use to access DRM-protected content.

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How to run Steam Worms in DOSBox?

I've installed Steam with Wine on my Mac. Then I installed Worms. It comes with an integrated DOSBox for Windows. For Windows only, unfortunately; although DOSBox is available for Linux and Mac as well. It works via the Steam client in Wine, but…
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How to update steam from command line?

Is there a quick way to update steam from the command line? I would prefer to update steam without a GUI running so it can be done in the background (headless).
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Steam lacks a compatdata dir?

A lot of guides pertaining to getting Age of Empires 2 to run under Steam Proton suggest dropping dlls into ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/813780/pfx/drive_c/windows/system32, however while I have a ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/ I do not have a…
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