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Valve compatibility layer for running Android games on Linux gets official name in Steam documentation (www.pcguide.com)
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Valve has been a big proponent of Linux gaming, and now the company is investing in Android support on Linux. It’s already possible to run Android in a Linux container through Waydroid, but Valve has developed a new fork – and it has officially named it Lepton.

Last month, news broke that Valve would soon support Android games on Steam. This was thanks to a sighting in Steam app changelogs for Walkabout Mini Golf, which added an APK file. The VR title is currently available on the Meta Quest (which runs on a custom version of Android), and may run through the Lepton compatibility layer for Valve’s upcoming Steam Frame VR headset, which runs the company’s Linux-based operating system, SteamOS.

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[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

While I too believe the medium has been poisoned by all the mobile slop I think phone games can be fun, just the same way the game boy games or the DS games were fun.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

There are some fun ones but sadly like all people have to go through the slop before they find a good one. I learned that if i find a good one i will try to get a few by the same publishers or devs

I very much like the games by Yiotro (they are also tracker free, some games could be familiar already)

Other specific games are HappyMall by Happy Labs which also has no trackers and Animal Camp - Healing Resort which does have trackers

But i have the unfair advantage that my app source references to exodus reports and a better privacy rating normally means the game is better (or its a game after your money that lets everything run serverside)