Steam won't install

i know this post is gonna be messed up,
but for starters i’m new to linux in general not only garuda and my problem right now is that whenever i try to install something from steam it says : “an error occured: invalid platform” and i have no clue what to do, this happens in both native and runtime, i don’t know if it matters but i looged on steam whit an old account i made with windows.

P.S. i’m sorry if somebody already made a post about it but i couldn’t seem to find one with the same problem

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System:
Kernel: 6.6.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=4c069d04-5410-46ea-bf87-f4792053d520 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.11 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ProBook 450 15.6 inch G9 Notebook PC
v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8AA1 v: KBC Version 21.63.00 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: HP v: U85 Ver. 01.08.00 date: 06/26/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.2 Wh (71.4%) condition: 38.1/51.3 Wh (74.2%)
power: 20.3 W volts: 11.4 min: 11.6 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary
type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 204
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1235U bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 4
microcode: 0x430
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 10 mt: 2 tpc: 2 st: 8 threads: 12 smt: enabled
cache: L1: 928 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 2x48 KiB; i-2x32 KiB, 8x64 KiB
L2: 6.5 MiB desc: 2x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 816 high: 1095 min/max: 400/4400:3300 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 719 2: 400 3: 1067
4: 1095 5: 989 6: 1064 7: 1011 8: 400 9: 1063 10: 1006 11: 580 12: 400
bogomips: 59904
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-UP3 GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4628 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Luxvisions Innotech HP HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 30c9:0044
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1536x864 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: iris wayland: drv: iris x11:
drv: iris inactive: gbm
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:4628 memory: 7.23 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 13 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (ADL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
device-ID: 8086:4628 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 23.2.1-arch1.2 (LLVM 16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.6.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852be v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b852
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 0bda:b85c
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 592.17 GiB used: 16.55 GiB (2.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNU512GZH
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: HPS1 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
size: 115.23 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.55 GiB (3.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.55 GiB (3.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.55 GiB (3.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.55 GiB (3.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.4 GiB used: 336.8 MiB (4.4%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 284 Uptime: 28m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est.
available: 7.4 GiB used: 4.67 GiB (63.1%) Init: systemd v: 255
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
pm: pacman pkgs: 1777 libs: 525 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.4
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.19-2):
System install date:     2023-12-11
Last full system update: 2023-12-11
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

Hi there, welcome to the community!

First of all, the best way to install steam is from multilib, that is simply by using

sudo pacman -Syu steam

command, and the steam should be installed. Assuming that you have used this way to install the steam, you can only install games from steam that can be run on Linux.

For example, CS2, Dota 2, Team Fortress 2 etc. You can find the list of steam games compatible with Linux here

So, if you are installing other games, it may have the given error. You can play only the games listed in above list on Steam using Linux.

(I know there might be other ways as well, but it is the official way)

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thank you, it looks like i simply searched for games that weren’t on the list

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