My steam games won't start

Gaming
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Hi, I'm making this post because I'm new the the Zorin space, and my steam games won't launch. When I start them they quit after a minute or two, so please help. And if you could translate the solution into simple terms that'll be great, I'm not that tech savvy.
My system specs are:

System Details Report

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  • Date generated: 2026-05-25 09:51:39

Hardware Information:

  • Hardware Model: HP HP Z240 Tower Workstation
  • Memory: 28.0 GiB
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-7700 × 8
  • Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2)
  • Disk Capacity: 1.5 TB

Software Information:

  • Firmware Version: N51 Ver. 01.72
  • OS Name: Zorin OS 18 Core
  • OS Build: (null)
  • OS Type: 64-bit
  • Windowing System: Wayland
  • Kernel Version: Linux 6.17.0-23-generic
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Hello and welcome,
First make an upgrade of your system, it's outdated, go in terminal

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
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I don't know where that's located.

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Go in zorin menu an search terminal

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Done, anything else?

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you installed all updates ?

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Yes I did

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show me the output of this command in terminal

sudo apt update
uname -r
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6.17.0-23-generic

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so you didn't update...
give me the output of

sudo apt upgrade
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here's the hole thing

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
apparmor-profiles folder-color libwoff1 linux-headers-6.14.0-33-generic
linux-hwe-6.14-headers-6.14.0-33 linux-hwe-6.14-tools-6.14.0-33
linux-image-6.14.0-33-generic linux-modules-6.14.0-33-generic
linux-modules-extra-6.14.0-33-generic linux-tools-6.14.0-33-generic
zorin-os-feedback
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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in terminal

sudo apt autoremove
reboot
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Reboot is complete, next step? And thank you for walking me through this, I appreciate it a lot.

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You installed steam with the software manager in flatpak ?

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I think so, if you mean the Software on the taskbar. I downloaded a "Steam (installer)".

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uninstall it and follow this command in terminal

sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/stable/steam.gpg
sudo chmod 0644 /usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg

Add Steam Repository

printf '%s\n' \
'Types: deb' \
'URIs: https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/' \
'Suites: stable' \
'Components: steam' \
'Architectures: amd64 i386' \
'Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.sources >/dev/null

sudo apt update

Install steam

sudo apt install steam-launcher

after that give me the output of

dpkg -l | grep steam

and

ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam*
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Shouldn't be the Steam Repo added when using the .deb File from the Steam Website? I ask because then it could be easier to download it and install it. Then, the Program and the Repo would be added at once.

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I gave the tutorial I installed for a friend :wink:

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I didn't wanted to make Your Way bad if the Impression might be created. I don't play on PC. So, I was curious. And it would be easier for a Beginner when the .deb File from Steam would offer that.

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Forget my tutorial and follow @Ponce-De-Leon advice, it will be easiest for you

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