Currently, the Chrome OS 14583.0.0 Dev channel is home to an alpha version of Steam. At the Google Games Summit last week, the company stated that Steam will be available on Chromebooks, but it didn’t go live until now.

People in the dev channel may now test Steam on Chrome OS… as long as they have Chromebooks that can run Valve’s software.
We’ve concentrated our efforts so far on a range of devices where more games can run well since many games have high performance needs,” claimed Google in the aforementioned developer channel.
A Chromebook running Steam will need at least an Intel Iris Xe graphics card with an 11th generation Core i5 or 7 CPU and 8GB of RAM. The following Chromebooks are compatible with Steam:
- Acer Chromebook 514 (currently $779 @ Amazon)
- Acer Chromebook 515 (currently unavailable)
- Acer Chromebook Spin 713 (currently $549 @ Amazon)
- ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5 (currently $871 @ Insight)
- ASUS Chromebook CX9 (currently unavailable)
- HP Pro c640 G2 Chromebook (currently $489 @ HP)
- Lenovo 5i-14 Chromebook (currently $329 @ Lenovo)
According to Google, computers with an i3 CPU or 4GB of RAM aren’t compatible. Specific device combinations are also known to have problems. Games that demand more than 6GB of RAM may not run properly on PCs with 8GB of RAM. Higher resolution Chromebooks may potentially have performance and scaling difficulties.
Google warns against using Steam on Chromebooks you use often because of compatibility issues. There will be “never-before-seen flaws,” according to the business, as well as system crashes and performance regressions.
There are now 48 games that can be played on Chrome OS using Steam. Skyrim, Fallout 4, Witcher 3, Wild Hunt, and Tekken 7 are all examples of this category. Steam Play is required for some of the games on this list, while others, like those with 16GB of RAM, may run better on higher-spec machines.
Steam for macOS does not support the above titles, so we’re going to look into it more.
Google’s Chromebooks aren’t often linked with high-end gaming, so playing Skyrim and The Witcher 3 on a Chromebook will be fascinating. However, having Steam on Chrome OS might one day make Chromebooks viable alternatives to the finest gaming PCs and best gaming laptops. If Google and Valve can work out any compatibility difficulties, then it should be possible.
Some of the Chromebooks mentioned as being compatible with Steam are now being procured so that we may test their performance with the game. Keep an eye on this page to see how things turn out.