Steam for Linux

Steam for Linux

cheefa2011 Jun 8, 2023 @ 3:32pm
Play steam games on ipad without computer
How can I play civ 6 on my ipad thru steam without a computer
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Pong [Linux] Jun 8, 2023 @ 4:38pm 
Not possible ...you might ber able to install steam on your MacBook or iPad, but only few games will work. Even worse: if you have a new M1/2/2 Apple device, most of Apple games in steam will not work (as M chips are 64 bit only and most apple games need 32 Bit).

This might change in the future as apple is making progress in DirectX emulation on their M chips, but this is not expected to arrive anytime soon.

Other than that you can try professional Windows emulation on your mac, play with experimental Wine for Mac or use a streaming service for games which of course is not for free.
cheefa2011 Jun 8, 2023 @ 4:59pm 
Thanks
Marlock Jun 9, 2023 @ 2:50pm 
it's not because they're 64bit instead of 32bit

it's because they're in an entirely different cpu architecture (M1, M2 and etc are ARM like most smartphones and tablets instead of x86-64

there's a couple steam games already possible to run via Asahi Linux if you boot that instead of OSX and use a cpu architecture virtualization method (iirc QEMU) but all very experimental and only starting to get usable

you could pay for a VM on Amazon AWS, MS Azure or such, install windows or linux on it, install Steam and the game then use a VPN top to let it work via Steam Remote Play like if it was on the same network...

...but I bet it will either have bad perf, or horrible lag, or be damn expensive or all of the above
Last edited by Marlock; Jun 9, 2023 @ 3:07pm
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