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You should be able to start a remote download for a game that uses proton to work from the steam app

steamclosed Feature RequestProton
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5964 · opened 2018-12-19 by gunqqer · updated 2025-09-12 · 5 comments · github
Ggunqqer 2018-12-19 github

Feature Request

I confirm:

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  • [checkmark] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available that
    contain this feature already.

Description

Currently, when trying to start a download from the mobile steam app it works with all games except those that you'd use proton to play with the error message saying it is not available on the current platform.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-12-19 github

Hello @gunqqer, this is a feature request between the Steam mobile app and Steam. Proton isn't involved, so I've transferred this issue to the steam-for-linux issue tracker.

Mmdeguzis 2022-03-03 github

How is this still a thing after years of Proton support? A lot of people would love to be able to preload games when not directly using their machine.

Eesotericist 2022-08-18 github

there's a special kind of irony that this issue and #5639 exist at the same time.

DDamglador 2025-07-09 github

A bit of necro bump, but that's seems to be fixed now. I can download Proton games from my phone

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-09-12 github

Closing per the last comment.

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