That too has been resolved thanks to a feature flag that enables pointer lock.

Even then, games were unplayable because Crostini failed to lock the mouse to the bounds of the display. deb package for Steam and install it with no problems whatsoever and all of the necessary dependencies came along for the ride.

In previous versions of Chrome OS, I’ve been able to download the. That issue has been addressed but the process for installing Steam has still been hit or miss at best. For a time, Steam would install just fine but games simply wouldn’t run because Crostini wasn’t able to leverage what little GPU Chrome OS devices have to offer. Since Crostini first landed on the Chrome OS scene, I have made multiple attempts to install Steam and run games on my Chromebook but my success rate hasn’t been the best. For a gamer like myself that spent many an hour playing Half-Life, DoD, Portal and a variety of others, this news is exciting and it makes perfect sense given the fact that Chromebooks now support Linux applications.

If the rumors are true, Valve and Google are currently working on full-blown, native support for the Steam gaming platform on Chrome OS.

Steam link for chromebook