Valve ends support for Steam on ChromeOS

Back in November 2022, Valve launched Steam for a new platform – ChromeOS. Steam for ChromeOS has been in beta for four years at this point but now, Valve is pulling the plug. 

As spotted by 9to5Google, Valve quietly announced this month that it would be ending Steam support for ChromeOS. This means from January 1st 2026, Chromebook users will no longer be able to use Steam and any games you keep installed will not run.

As Valve is heavily focused on Steam for Linux nowadays thanks to the Steam Deck, it was assumed that Steam for ChromeOS would progress fast, but there were just a handful of updates for the beta over the years. Meanwhile, the Steam Deck gets updates on a near weekly basis.

Google's own efforts to make ChromeOS more gaming-friendly also appear to have slowed down considerably, so it isn't too surprising that other companies aren't eager on carrying the load.

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