IT WORKED! @Nourpon & @Ponce-De-Leon I want to thank you both for helping me with this problem.
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@Ponce-De-Leon had the simplest method, it's him you can thank 
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It might be simpler but that doesn't mean that Your's wouldn't work, too.
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Hi I had the same issue and your method got it all working.
Maybe a silly question, but how do I get it into the App menu with the correct icon? I don't really mind starting Steam from the terminal, but I'd prefer to be tidy and have it with all the other apps.
Have you already logged out and in again to see if a launcher appears in the start menu?
Yeah... restarted but nothing there. If I install a game, that icon appears in APPS so it's not a huge problem.
Hello @Bazz I'm glad you got it working! An easy way to add an APP icon to your taskbar, is to right click the APP in Linux start menu for lack of a better word, and click on "add to desktop." There is also "add to favorites" as well, might as well do both.
Steam isn't in the start menu. I read in other posts in internet that this problem happened. Then a .desktop file could be manually created for steam.
you can do that
To create a desktop shortcut for Steam, you can create a .desktop file. Use the command
nano ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop
and add the following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Steam
Exec=steam
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon=steam
CTRL+ X, Yes, Enter
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Well, I regret to say that I found the issues with the tools I need to manage raids in SWTOR. Yes, there in a native Linux version, albeit as an Appimage. Ok, I can live with that. I know how to make a .Desktop file.
The problem is, Gnome doesn't publish the APIs that the tools use.
I did try loading different DEs, Cinnamon and KDE Plasma but that caused endless issues with the display.
So, sadly, I have installed Fedora 44 with KDE. All the issues have disappeared.
If Zorin ever produce a distro with KDE instead of Gnome I will gladly give it a shot but for now I'll just say thanks for all the help. This is wonderful community and I have no regrets buying the Pro version at all. I've learned a lot here.