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[https://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] is a digital distribution platform for video games, offering a vast library for purchase, download, and management. On NixOS, Steam is generally easy to install and use, often working "out-of-the-box". It supports running many Windows games on Linux through its compatibility layer, [[<tvar name=1>~~Special:MyLanguage/~~#Proton</tvar>|Proton]].<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/</ref>

[https://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] is a digital distribution platform for video games, offering a vast library for purchase, download, and management. On NixOS, Steam is generally easy to install and use, often working "out-of-the-box". It supports running many Windows games on Linux through its compatibility layer, [[<tvar name=1>#Proton</tvar>|Proton]].<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/</ref>

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This provides the tools in your current shell without adding them to your system configuration. For <code>steamcmd</code> to work correctly for some tasks (like initializing for steam-tui), you might need to run it once to generate necessary files, as shown in the [[<tvar name=1>~~Special:MyLanguage/~~#steam-tui</tvar>| steam-tui section]].

This provides the tools in your current shell without adding them to your system configuration. For <code>steamcmd</code> to work correctly for some tasks (like initializing for steam-tui), you might need to run it once to generate necessary files, as shown in the [[<tvar name=1>#steam-tui</tvar>| steam-tui section]].

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For games running through Proton, the value should be <code>steam_app_<game_id></code> (where <code><game_id></code> matches the value after steam://rungameid/ on the <code>Exec</code> line).

For games running through Proton, the value should be <code>steam_app_<game_id></code> (where <code><game_id></code> matches the value after steam://rungameid/ on the <code>Exec</code> line). To automate this with [[Home Manager]] (executed on every rebuild):

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home.activation.fixSteamIcons = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''

for f in ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop; do

id=$(grep -Eo 'steam://rungameid/[0-9]+' "$f" | sed 's#.*/##') || true

[ -n "$id" ] || continue

last=$(tail -n1 "$f" || true)

want="StartupWMClass=steam_app_$id"

[ "$last" = "$want" ] || echo "$want" >> "$f"

done

'';

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For games running natively, the value should match the game's main executable.

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-[https://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] is a digital distribution platform for video games, offering a vast library for purchase, download, and management. On NixOS, Steam is generally easy to install and use, often working "out-of-the-box". It supports running many Windows games on Linux through its compatibility layer, [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/#Proton</tvar>|Proton]].<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/</ref>
+[https://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] is a digital distribution platform for video games, offering a vast library for purchase, download, and management. On NixOS, Steam is generally easy to install and use, often working "out-of-the-box". It supports running many Windows games on Linux through its compatibility layer, [[<tvar name=1>#Proton</tvar>|Proton]].<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/</ref>
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-This provides the tools in your current shell without adding them to your system configuration. For <code>steamcmd</code> to work correctly for some tasks (like initializing for steam-tui), you might need to run it once to generate necessary files, as shown in the [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/#steam-tui</tvar>| steam-tui section]].
+This provides the tools in your current shell without adding them to your system configuration. For <code>steamcmd</code> to work correctly for some tasks (like initializing for steam-tui), you might need to run it once to generate necessary files, as shown in the [[<tvar name=1>#steam-tui</tvar>| steam-tui section]].
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-For games running through Proton, the value should be <code>steam_app_<game_id></code> (where <code><game_id></code> matches the value after steam://rungameid/ on the <code>Exec</code> line).
+For games running through Proton, the value should be <code>steam_app_<game_id></code> (where <code><game_id></code> matches the value after steam://rungameid/ on the <code>Exec</code> line). To automate this with [[Home Manager]] (executed on every rebuild):
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+home.activation.fixSteamIcons = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
+  for f in ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop; do
+    id=$(grep -Eo 'steam://rungameid/[0-9]+' "$f" | sed 's#.*/##') || true
+    [ -n "$id" ] || continue
+    last=$(tail -n1 "$f" || true)
+    want="StartupWMClass=steam_app_$id"
+    [ "$last" = "$want" ] || echo "$want" >> "$f"
+  done
+'';
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 For games running natively, the value should match the game's main executable.