How To Install Steam On Batocera For PC Laptop & Steam Deck 2024!!

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

The install option number has changed! The new option to click is option number one (1) install arch STABLE!!

[@kamils5579]

so which number do we click on?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@@kamils5579 click the option that says (stable) it should be one but might have changed!

[@classicvwbugs]

So if I wanted to uninstall the old method, which I picked #2 at the time, do I have to uninstall all my games beforehand? Or will the uninstall take out the games as well?

[@maikel1707]

Thanks man! Really helped me out allot.

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Thank you for watching! I’m glad i can help!!

[@perrymason805]

Thank you so much for helping me out mate. Ran first time after that I've had some issues (black screen) so I am uninstalling and re-doing right now. Thanks so much mate

[@luked4587]

Did it work for you?

[@perrymason805]

@@luked4587 this video did the first time. then I got black screen when trying to boot. I've uninstalled and re-installed and now just black screen :/

[@luked4587]

@@perrymason805 same with me, when I did it a few days ago it was fine- now it doesn't work despite multiple re-installs.

[@perrymason805]

Does it say the thing about web helper and sniper and keep timing out ? It'll just be an error with an update. Standby for a patch or workaround mate. I use batocera on a spare mini PC so I can play with my partner. I used to run it on windows with retrobat set to launch on startup. So that's always an option if you get fedup.

[@lordwarcraft8687]

Hi. useful video ngl but what is better? this bash or the flatpak version of steam to run non-linux games like MMO's or triple A games that support proton?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I’ve heard the steam flatpak is working again in Batocera V40 I haven’t tried it yet though. If it does work I would recommend Flatpak because it’s less of a hassle!

[@mikebain5037]

Thank you brother. Appreciate the straight-forward instructions and the link that even an idiot like myself can do!

[@classicvwbugs]

So, so far everything is working like a charm. 99% of my Games are loading. The only issue I have so far is that it freezes on exit. Then I have to force Batocera to shut steam down. Did you come across this?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I’ve experienced it mildly not sure of a fix 😭

[@Mr_Beagle]

Great video, new sub here and loving your content! Quick question - don’t know if you can help?! I’ve been trying to use steam via the flat pack install as it’s a simpler process… on the v40 video guide on the batocera wiki, they install it and then the app appears under the steam category in emulation station… when I do the same the steam app appears under ports, and when I run it I get an error saying ‘can’t run as root’. I’m sure I could just run the app via terminal as a different user but that’s a faff as I don’t typically want a keyboard connected. Is this something you’ve ever encountered?? Thanks in advance!

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Thanks! Unfortunately I’m still on v38 & v39 I haven’t messed around with v40 yet because every update breaks stuff !

[@classicvwbugs]

ok so so far this is only good for BAT 38 and under? Right now it seems that there is a steam issue with BAT 39 and higher. Folks are trying to find some workarounds online. Any updates to all this?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I’m actually glad you asked I’m going to flash a v39 tonight and test it people on Reddit are saying that this method will work on 39 but I can’t confirm yet

[@classicvwbugs]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds very cool, that would be great to see.

[@classicvwbugs]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds Any update on this? does Steam work?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Hey ! I can confirm the install method I use in this video WILL work with v39! Good luck and Happy Gaming !!!! Side note I don’t recommend upgrading to v39 if you don’t absolutely need it!

[@classicvwbugs]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds I appreciate the reply. Thank you. I know what you mean by upgrading, it has totally been a mixed bag each time I upgrade. But since upgrading, PC gaming has been better. More games are compatible now. At least with my system. Thank you 👍

[@retrom8442]

Great Video, I found it very helpful. If I create a 1.5 TB MicroSD Batocera build for the OLED Steam Deck, is it possible to create a short cut or a way of running the Memory from Steam on the Deck like you can using Emudeck? Thanks.

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

So if your saying the steam version of batocera being able to see your steam deck steam files (like ones downloaded on the regular steam os) I don’t know of a way to do that unfortunately.. MAYBE if the steam games on the regular steam os side of things where installed to another drive or partition other than the main one but even then I’m not sure I will look into that!

[@taeavughn]

I think you maybe able to create links, that is how I play games from my ehd. It should be the same,atleast I hope so

[@JulianCresswell-li8zr]

so if you set up batocera on a pc or laptop will it work if you put that sd card into a steam deck?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

It sure will! I find it easier to set up & customize batocera on my pc and then load it on my steam deck when everything is all set up.

[@flofy22]

honest question its better install steam on batocera or install bazzite and on bazzite instal emulation station ? anyone try to give feed back ? thanks !

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I guess I know what I’ll make my next video on!!

[@accel-xiii]

@@KevsBatoceraBuildslooking forward to this after finding that rpcs3 is not that great on bazzite!

[@Invrrted]

Hey man great video! I’ve installed everything, however when I get to the part to open up steam big picture mode, it just closes once I try to open it. Would you happen to know what’s wrong?

[@Invrrted]

Matter of fact, nothing opens LOL

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Did you install the “stable version” the makers of the addon changed which number to click on during install!

[@Invrrted]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds Yes sir, I made sure not to make any mistake LOL, maybe it has something to do with flatpak being installed as I saw on other comments, but i’m unsure of how to uninstall it.

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Go into the flatpak application and find steam and click uninstall! Although I don’t think that removes all existence of it 😭 *Also triple check the install options instead of following what I do in the video read the options you have on the installer screen and see if the install option has moved it could be 1-2-3-4-5 lol it could be any of the options whichever one says stable*

[@Invrrted]

@@KevsBatoceraBuildsI’m reinstalling now, hopefully that fixed it. Thanks!

[@Kreeskie]

Hey! Great video. One issues. It seems I cannot install any games I purchase and they have to be linux compatible. Any one I can get games onto my steam build this way and be able to install and play?

[@vadymS90]

You need to go to the settings Properties\Compatibility and check the compatibility box Then a couple of packages from steam will be downloaded and then all the games will be available for installation

[@enemi503]

My batocera is stuck in windowed mode on the oled steam deck .. help plz??

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

When is the flatpak version getting fixed? I'd rather do it the way it's meant to be done but it's taking so long for this to get fixed. I might give ChimeraOS a go since it comes with roms support.

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

The flatpak method is way easier and takes up WAY less space 😭 but as far as I know there isn’t any updates on if or when it’s getting fixed! And I haven’t had much exposure to ChimeraOS but I will check it out!

[@luked4587]

What is the issue with the flatpak version? For me it is installed but the program won't load when I go go open it

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@@luked4587 I don’t know the exact reason it doesn’t work I just know it hasn’t worked in a while. Currently the method in this video is the only way to get steam on Batocera

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@@luked4587 if your planning on installing steam via the method in this video make sure to go in and uninstall the flatpak

[@luked4587]

@KevsBatoceraBuilds have you been able to get controller to work in steam using this method? None of my controller input works, even though its clear the steam application has detected a controller.

[@nchaiphuong]

does this include only linux games or wins as well?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

It works with both you just have to experiment with different proton builds!

[@sushobhansamanth5684]

Does it matter I tried to install steam old way it had the steam icon with name value corporation but it was not working I’m trying your way it says error built

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Go in to the “flatpak” application and uninstall steam then install it the way I did in the video! If that doesn’t work let me know

[@cegeeck3943]

Hello i works for me ! We need clean all old save when we have installed steam with flatpak , end we can try

[@babymuscle87]

How would I add my mods to certain folders like you would on Windows. Is that still an option through Batocera

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Let me look into that. I know it’s possible just gotta find the file path for the games!

[@babymuscle87]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds okay, thanks man

[@vadymS90]

@@babymuscle87 Path to the games folder \share\system\.local\share\Steam\steamapps\common folder ".local" is hidden and you will not see it

[@Bennybiscuits2]

When i open steam big picture or steam it doesnt open, sometimes it takes a while as though its about to open but never does, do you know what the issue could be?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Are you on steam deck or pc ? Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? This happened to me once before on another pc!

[@Bennybiscuits2]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds ah, ill try that, I'm on pc

[@zipeee1]

if you're using a nvidia gpu, it has to download the driver on first start in background and that can take a while.

[@Bennybiscuits2]

@zipeee1 I've solved the issue, it wasn't working when my drive was formatted as ntfs, however re-formatting to ext4 fixed this

[@wirlogx]

I had an issue where after installing, got the error can't open as root

[@juanpablorodriguez1694]

Hello, is this batocera 39?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Hey! This is Version 38. I tell everyone I know DONT go to 39

[@omniiomega]

What’s wrong with 39?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@@omniiomega if your already using it I’m sure your fine but it was causing a lot of issue when people where upgrading to booting to black screens and other issues like some of the “unsupported” addons didn’t work. For me I updated a machine to 39 and my Nintendo switch emulators stopped functioning properly

[@MyChannel-vm6dw]

I have a working batoceta build with games on my steam deck. Is there a way to convert that build to a bootable thumb drive version fo PC?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Is the build on an sd card or the internal storage ?

[@MyChannel-vm6dw]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds sd card

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@@MyChannel-vm6dw yea just put the sd card (you may need an adapter/dongle) into the pc and boot Batocera. The steam deck build will work on pc and laptop and vise versa !

[@postericast]

Do I need to uninstall flatpak in order for this to work? How can I do that?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Yes you have to remove it. You go to the file manager then you go to applications then go to flatpak. From there you click uninstall beside the steam application. ***Some users are experiencing issues with using this method after having flatpak installed.***

[@sushobhansamanth5684]

Bro I’m stuck on the same screen for 10 minutes steam big picture mode batocera logo what do i do?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Spam the Alt+F4 buttons!

[@-Jamie]

I have many games on batocera pc if I try add steam will I lose anything

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

No you won’t lose anything!

[@rRecoveryProd]

I got only the Steam menu item, but not the Linux one. What now?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I would reinstall just triple check the install option your clicking the makers of this add on have changed it. Look for an installation choice that says stable or latest.

[@rRecoveryProd]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds Never mind. Found it. It was just called ArchLinux, but even after doing the next step, it just returned to the menu immediately.

[@fabriziob8522]

Is it not possible to see the steam games installed in the Batocera menu?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

When you install the game on steam did you click to add the shortcuts when it asked? And have you tried updating your gameslist ?

[@fabriziob8522]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds hi, yes I've done it and it works but when I exit the game the system stopped working

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Are you on PC or Steam Deck ? If your on pc or laptop tapping ALT+F4 should force close any application

[@dougcampbell6191]

The terminal entry in the video not working checked and rechecked the entry. Any idea Thanks

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Double check that your connected to the internet in Batocera settings. Sometimes my machine randomly disconnects. I’m going to check to make sure the terminal entry still works now

[@dougcampbell6191]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds Thanks

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I can confirm that curl -L steam.batocera.pro | bash Is still working

[@dougcampbell6191]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds Thanks for your time. I will see if I can figure out what's wrong.

[@zanvix]

It just backs me up after entering steam or steam big picture mode what can i do

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Did you ever have the flatpak version installed ? If so uninstalll that then reinstall using this method but the install option has changed its now install (stable)

[@zanvix]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds so first one?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Yessir I am going to upload a new video soon correcting it but for now it’s pinned as the top comment to use option number one or whichever option says stable the developers may change it again

[@zanvix]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds ok bro can i ask you i want to play mortal kombat komplete edition on batocera but every time i open it it says D3D error:0x8004005 how can i fix it

[@xxROBxx11]

when i launch a game from steam in batocera it just takes me to big picture mode. It doesn't launch the game

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I have an issue on one of my builds as well where it isn’t starting the game if I try starting it from the home screen but it will start after big picture mode opens, is this the case for you? I haven’t found a fix for it yet but it doesn’t happen with every install just sometimes 🤔

[@xxROBxx11]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds It started working after a couple try's. The issue i have now is after i back out of a game my controls are all messed up. I have to reboot batocera for my controls to work properly.

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

What exactly does it do ? Also using alt tab you can make sure steam has closed 100%

[@xxROBxx11]

​@@KevsBatoceraBuildsI use the start select buttons to exit. Some of the controls still work but when I push b it asks me to configure my controls again. When I configure it does the same thing after configuring. I use a 4 player ipac in xinput mode.

[@bertosudu9506]

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[@kaustubhjagtapa1364]

Hi bro do ps5 and ps4 games work in batocera 39 ?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

No not yet! Maybe in another year or 2 for ps4!

[@claudiodiaz9752]

Lol, you got to be shitting me.

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@@claudiodiaz9752 😂😂😂 judgement free zone

[@rafaelestevam15]

I had the same problem the guys are complain about. Big picture opens e closes right after. Uninstalled and then installed again and it works. Linux guys, this shit was made to not work at all

[@adityadito]

download failed while verifying integrity loop of error

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I would uninstall then reinstall first have you tried that I think it helped another person ! Also make sure you have enough storage space.

[@Bennybiscuits2]

I changed the format of my drive to Ext4 instead of NTFS and I'm currently seeing if it fixes the issue rn, so far seems positive, however this was a tricky process as Ext4 drives cannot be natively read or written on using Windows, if you have another Linux machine however I'm sure it'd probably be allright

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@Bennybiscuits2 let me know how that goes !

[@Bennybiscuits2]

@KevsBatoceraBuilds Yup, that fixed the issue, a bit of a pain tho just cause of not being able to access the part of the drive partitioned as ext4 through windows

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@Bennybiscuits2 Glad to know there is a fix! And I have another Linux PC so it’s a none issue for me but I 100% understand! Any build I do for someone else I try and reformat it so they can access the drive via windows!

[@Arthur-cp3cb]

My pc reboots every time I launch an app that installed with this, it also reboots when I exit an emulator can anyone help?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Now this is a new one for me I haven’t heard of the issue I will look into it! What kinda drive do you have batocera on? Do you have another laptop or pc you can test the drive on to see if it has the same issue?

[@Arthur-cp3cb]

​@@KevsBatoceraBuilds I have a 2015 MacBook Pro 15" it has an i7 4870hq and I can't test the drive because it proprietary to this specific MacBook Edit: the drive is a weird nvme looking drive but the connector is super weird

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@@Arthur-cp3cb Are you able to boot from a flash drive instead ??

[@Arthur-cp3cb]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds Yes but it takes like 5 to 10 minutes to boot and when I exit games it reboots

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Oh wow I’ve never heard of it taking that long what kindve flash drive is it ? Have you tried a 3.0 flash drive ?

[@charleshart9045]

How do i uninstall if it isn't working for me

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Go back into xterm and type the same “curl-L” command and once your back on the install screen go down to uninstall

[@charleshart9045]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds thank you. Just got a beelink mini s as my introduction to mini pcs and batocera. It installs the apps but when I open steam or any other apps it black screens for a few seconds then backs out to the games list any tips?

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

Hey for me I had that happen once and I uninstalled and reinstalled and it worked! It just sucks how long the installation takes 🥲😭

[@luked4587]

No longer working for me.. it did last week but now none of the apps Arch Container load. I think they've taken it down.

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I will check it out now I hope they didn’t take it down!😭

[@luked4587]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds Me too.. right at the start it says "steam ES file location not avaliable" or something like that. That stays on screen for a few seconds and then the whole install process works as normal. The process completes as normal, I get the final completed loading screen etc. Arch Container and Steam installed in Batocera as normal, but yeah as I mention none of the applications load. When I run an error check command to see why the applications don't load, it says there are no system files for the app.. Bizarre - my only assumption is they've delete the files from the server or something but who knows. Like I mentioned, I did it a week ago and it was working fine. Same V38 of batocera!

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

@luked4587 that is weird! So far I have 2 machines that had steam already installed and they both still open and work just fine. Now I’m trying on a 3rd machine to do a fresh install I hope it still working! If it is we will try and troubleshoot why yours isn’t!

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

I see you had some issues with the Flatpak version you did uninstall that first right?? Also I saw you had some controller issues they updated some stuff and it says in v39 of batocera something is wrong with Bluetooth controllers with steam!

[@luked4587]

@@KevsBatoceraBuilds Yeah, I was having controller issues so I did a fresh install of batocera and Steam using this method to try and fix that, but now steam won't even open as I detiald above. No idea why the controller issues were occurring as I was on V38. But yeah, issue at the moment is I'm not able to install Steam at all using the method in this video. It's bizarre. We're you able to get it to work with a fresh install today?

[@datnguyenquoc7120]

Mine take 32hours lol

[@KevsBatoceraBuilds]

😂😂 DANG