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My package manager allows me to see the URL to download it and compile it manually. Does Steam/Bethesda/other game launcher allows this?

• gpderetta 5y ago
  There are command line tools to download steam packages, yes.
• notafraudster 5y ago
  I mean, yes, you can add non-Steam games to Steam, which is the analogue here.
  • account42 5y ago
    That is not really the analogue as non-Steam games only benefit from a tiny part of Steams features wheres almost all Linux package manager let you configure the repositories they pull from and those repositories can (at least theoretically) be used with other package managers.
    • notafraudster 5y ago
      All of the features of Steam that aren't directly tied to having an authenticated purchase of the game on Steam -- so excluding achievements, leaderboards, multiplayer, DLC -- work via adding non-Steam games to Steam. You can use the game via Proton, you can make use of Steam Input, you can use the in-game overlay, share screenshots, etc. But of course adding a non-Steam version of the game doesn't magically give you a Steam version of the game absent a key-based import (which Valve supports both technically and a matter of policy).
  • NullPrefix 5y ago
    It's the other way around. Does Steam or Bethesda launcher let me download and install manually?