The guide on running Steam with Box64

October 29, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

Steam works with Box64, both Linux version and Windows version. Systems with less than 6GB RAM may need a swap file for optimal performance.

Install and run Linux Steam

Linux Steam requires Box86 or Box32 and it's binfmt enabled, check Compilation Instructions for details.

# This file can be found in the project root directory
./install_steam.sh

# And then, just run
steam

Install and run Windows Steam

It's simple, just download it from Steam website and install it like other Windows applications.