Is something like this even possible?

As an example, I’m looking for something akin to newpipe for youtube. I’m not really looking for something that collects all of my games into one location (that is a nice feature though). I’m looking for something that improves the user experience in the form of better user interface, etc.

I do a lot of browsing on the steam store page, but it sucks that you either have to watch the videos full screen, or default. No resizing options. Margins are too big too, it feels like it was designed for mobile or something.

  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    7 months ago

    I would very much recommend Playnite, a centralized launcher for games on all kinds of launchers.

    You basically enable plugins for shops like GOG, Steam or whatever, it scans all games and then you got a central interface. It automatically launches say Steam, then the game, and on exit closes steam again.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 months ago

    For playing and downloading the games, SteamCMD.

    For viewing the store or community pages, a browser? Maybe you could get the Steam Deck version of the store page?

    • rustyriffs@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      The second thing you mentioned is what I’m asking about. A browser doesn’t solve this problem (as far as I know) because It’s still using the steam webpage’s interface. It would have to be some kind of alternative website frontend that grabs all the data from the steam website and gives it back to you in a different (better) way.

      I’m not familiar with the steam decks version you mentioned

  • cerement@slrpnk.netEnglish
    31·
    7 months ago
    • Lutris can work as more of an alternative launcher (and can handle picking the best Proton version)
    • AdwSteamGtk is a GTK (Adwaita) wrapper
    • ProtonUp-Qt is a little standalone tool for managing compatibility tools for Wine and Steam (including Proton GE, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron, etc.)
    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      131·
      7 months ago

      A lot of the time there are options that no longer work or are bad in other ways (lying, stealing data, unreliable)

      Posting lets you hear experiences