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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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[–] de_lancre@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, most of "exciting" and impressive android games — either ports from big platform: Subnautica, Alien: Isolation, Tropico, Minecraft, Stardew Valley, Little Nightmares, Hitman, GTA, Dead Cells, etc. Or straight up accessible on all platforms: Wuwa, Genshin, PlantsVsZombies, etc.

That being said, there still a few games that I personally would've play somewhat natively, cause they never got a release outside of android:

  1. Minigore 2 (removed from play market, also doesn't support controller/keyboard, only touchscreen, so probably a no-no)
  2. Subway Surfer (for nostalgia!)
  3. Bad piggies (supposedly ported to pc, according to wiki, but good luck finding it)
  4. ~~Lazors (near puzzle game, not sure about it's fait)~~ nevermind, actually ported and can be bought on steam
  5. There was beta access to neat sewing puzzle game on android 5, but I can't find it anymore, was deleted from play market it seems, would've play, but no luck in finding it
  6. Dead Space Mobile (even tho it outdated af, still, I played it back in the days, would've been nice to play it once more)
  7. Xenowerk

That probably it, tho

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The only way to play galaxy on fire 2 (unironic peak) with all dlc is the android version, and my android phone can't run it because it's a 32bit game. So for me it'd be that.

[–] LikeableLime@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

Galaxy on Fire was so sick. That was the very first game I thought of when I read this