Gaming #

Omarchy isn't just for pRoDUcTiVItY, it's also for having fun, and what's more fun than gaming? Two of the best options for playing games on Omarchy are Steam (modern games) and Retroarch (retro games).

Thanks to Valve's incredible work on the proton compatibility layer, there are now tens of thousands of playable modern games on Linux. Oh, and did you know that the Steamdeck actually runs Arch??

Steam #

Install Steam by first enabling 32-bit packages from multilib with:

sudo sed -i '/^\s*#\[multilib\]/,/^$/{s/^\s*#//}' /etc/pacman.conf
sudo pacman -Sy

Then install Steam itself:

yay -S steam

(Make sure you pick the packages made for your GPU! If you're on an AMD with an iGPU, just pick the first package. Otherwise there are options for Nvidia and Radeon.)

After you've installed it, you'll be able to launch Steam with Super + Space and typing steam.

Note that Steam can take 10-20 seconds to start up, and it's not going to provide any visual feedback that it's loading.

Retroarch #

Install Retroarch using:

yay -S retroarch retroarch-assets libretro libretro-fbneo

After you've installed it, you'll be able to launch Retroarch with Super + Space and typing retro.

If you want to run retroarch in fullscreen, best to just launch it with retroarch --fullscreen from a terminal.

Minecraft #

Minecraft has its own launcher that can be installed with:

yay -S minecraft-launcher

Like Steam, note that it can take a while after logging in or starting up for the next screen to appear, and you're not going to get any feedback while you're waiting.