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Potentially many (but at least 10) old Unity games stopped working due to a change in the Steam client.

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12104 · opened 2025-06-12 by eikesauer · updated 2025-06-12 · 1 comments · github
Eeikesauer 2025-06-12 github

It seems to me a recent change in the Steam client's usage of CEF triggers a Unity bug which is a decade old. I already found the problem in the following native games:

  • Infinifactory
  • Motorsport Manager
  • Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
  • Shadowrun Returns
  • Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut
  • Shadowrun: Hong Kong – Extended Edition
  • Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
  • The Novelist
  • Journey of a Roach
  • The Bridge

Take a look here for my analysis of the problem:
https://ein-eike.de/2025/06/05/fix-for-old-unity-games-for-linux-not-starting-anymore/

I don't expect many developers to fix those old games.
Would it be possible to revert this in the Steam client?

PS: I put this as an extra bug here, as the visibility in #12079 is probably low.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-06-12 github

Hello @eikesauer, please do not intentionally open duplicate issue reports. Closing in favor of the older issue report.

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