The Steam Deck is a PC, after all, and you can expand your library to include non-Steam games from other digital platforms.

While you can launch games not purchased from Steam in its desktop app, games from the Microsoft Store or PC Game Pass need a little help to work.

Whether you're new to Steam Deck or still thinking about buying one, you might be wondering if you can play non-Steam games on the Steam Deck or SteamOS. You can, and one free app is the key.

If Steam then asks you to "add a non-Steam game," choose Browse, then select the Battle.net installer Open Steam while still in Desktop Mode. You should see Battle.net in the Library page.

To add the option to launch the game using the default Steam Deck view, select 'Games' from the Desktop Mode's top bar and select "Add non-Steam Game to My Library." ...

I’ve written about how I overhauled my Steam library with SGDBoop, but it works with non-Steam games, too. Steam will automatically pull in the icon of the executable when you add the game to ...

Beyond the basics of running your Steam library on the go, the Steam Deck is a beast at emulation and game streaming thanks to EmuDeck.