How do i add steam games to my Gnome desktop? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Simplesyrup@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Using the add game to desktop shortcut dosen't work and only adds a broken badge and dosen't really add it to the system, plz help!! NEW TO LINUX!!!

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[-] Simplesyrup@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Nope just learned to cope with the issue like many things

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just tested on mine:

Right click game in steam, add shortcut to desktop double-click shortcut, game runs.

I checked the shortcut to see what the command is (right-click, properties):

steam steam://rungameid/648800

Is that what you have? The only thing I can think of is that steam isn't in your path, ie when you double click the shortcut it tries to run 'steam' but then can't find it.

If you open a terminal and type:

which steam

what's your output? You should have something like /usr/bin/steam

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