Notably, Steam for Chrome has trouble running games that require 6GB or more of RAM on Chromebooks with 8GB of RAM, and games sometimes have trouble scaling correctly on Chromebooks with display resolutions higher than 1080p.

However, Google warns that Steam for Chrome currently has a number of issues which may prevent even a qualifying Chromebook from running games well - or at all. That's why you need a Chromebook with at least an Intel Core i5 chip (a Core i7 is even better) and more than 4GB of RAM. Note that even if you have one of these listed Chromebooks, it may not be the right model: Google specifically says Chromebooks with a Core i3 CPU or 4GB of RAM will not run Steam. Here's the latest list of Chromebooks which Google has confirmed will support Steam for Chrome OS. How to play Steam games on a Chromebook: Supported models (as of April 20) I suggest you also try to free up some hard drive space, as many Chromebooks don't come with much and Steam games regularly take up between 3GB to 100 GB of space. 11th Gen Intel Core i5 - i7 CPU w/ Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics.Google says a Chromebook must meet the following minimum system requirements in order to run Steam: How to play Steam games on a Chromebook: System requirements

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