Steam games support certain platforms, which include Windows, Mac, and Linux.
When you buy a game on Steam, you’re buying the game on Steam, and whatever you buy is then tied to your Steam account.
Steam, however, has always worked a little differently. This has been changing in recent years with PS4/Xbox One games being compatible with PS5/Series S|X and regularly getting patches to improve performance, increase resolution, and up the graphical fidelity of older games on newer consoles. When people say ‘PC’ they tend to mean a Windows computer, though, so in this article we’re going to explain everything a Mac user needs to know about playing games on Steam Deck.įirst off, it’s important to understand that for most of gaming’s history when you bought a game you were buying a specific edition of the game exclusively on a single platform. Valve’s upcoming console/PC hybrid the Steam Deck launches this December, and Valve has been aggressively marketing the fact that the Steam Deck is more than just a console and is also a full-fledged PC.
