> Once they have rewritten the code for the steam deck, what would prevent them to compile the game for Debian and other linux distributions ? You can install

> Once they have rewritten the code for the steam deck, what would prevent them to compile the game for Debian and other linux distributions ? You can install Steam on Debian. I think the value here is that with Steam being the "approved launcher" you offload a lot of "distro weirdness" over to Valve. The value of a standalone build seems fairly low for most game devs.