Linux Crack Tips @lemmy.world Code @programming.dev 6 mo. ago

Can you play cracked games using the Steam launcher?

As the title says, if someone theoretically wanted to play a cracked game on Linux (not me), could they use the official Steam launcher, or would they have to use Lutris?

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You can add any program as a non-steam game to Steam. It simply adds it as a shortcut, but you can add art and icons.

It was a joke a long time ago to rename a random exe like Notepad as "Half Life 3 Beta", add it to Steam, and troll your friends by leaving it running all day.
- Not only adds it as a shortcut, but also allows you to use steam input to remap controls, very useful on the deck.
- I'm stealing that for the next time I'm playing a non-steam game. It's just old enough nobody will know.
- What is the most convenient way to add art? Is there a tool, something more automatic than downloading jpgs from some website yourself?
  
  You just right click the game entry in various contexts to add an icon, banner art, etc. There are like 4 different sizes and contexts.
  
  SGDBoop
- It's important to mention that you need to set the shortcut to run as Proton Experimental.
Yup, I prefer lutris though
Like another comment already said, yes you can. Why would you do that though? Steam sucks so much and running games with lutris works about 5 times better
Test (seems to have a federation problem here)
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