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Are previously downloaded Steam games transferable from Windows to Linux? (reddthat.com)
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I've backed up many of the Steam games I had installed in Windows. Am I able to use these on Linux or do I need to re-download them?

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[โ€“] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of them can be transferred over as is. For games that have a Linux version Steam will download the Linux stuff. But usually all the assets take up most of the space and those are normally shared between all versions of a game.