Steam will stop supporting 32-bit systems, this comes to the surprise of no one as 32-bit platforms have been phased out for quite a while. Anyone who still uses them will have to resort to some sort of alternative launcher or getting their games for free, this will be their only choice. Removing the ability for players to get access to games is wrong, especially when discriminating their personal hardware and other factors, not everyone is able to upgrade. There’s a decently big community of people still playing their games on 4:3 ratio, and honestly, they are quite persistent at doing what they love.
Steam will stop supporting older hardware
Chances are that if you are reading this, you don’t really care that much about this, 32-bit system games still work well enough in 64-bit systems, it just requires some minor tinkering in the case you are still running Windows for some reason. The reality is that Windows is outdated nowadays, if you are using Windows there’s much better alternatives such as Debian 13, just grab that distribution and games that aren’t live service titles will run amazing. It really is a no brainer, as Linux became a powerhouse when it comes to gaming, just install Steam and call it a day.
While Debian does not have native packages to run it, it eases you into the world of Linux by providing you all your drivers from scratch, just make sure to use KDE as a desktop environment as it is the most familiar to Windows users, the rest will become clearer shortly after. If you own a Steam Deck, this news piece is completely irrelevant to you since you are already playing on the better piece of hardware, so you may want to continue your day without worrying, January 1st is the day retro gamers with old PCs should worry however.
