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To pull it off you'll need to be comfortable changing your Chromebook system settings and enabling experimental features, which could have a negative impact on your system. Getting Steam running on a Chromebook can be quick, but it's hardly simple. How to play Steam games on a Chromebook: Install Steam Lenovo 5i-14 Chromebook ( currently $329 Lenovo (opens in new tab)).HP Pro c640 G2 Chromebook ( currently $489 HP (opens in new tab)).ASUS Chromebook CX9 (currently unavailable).ASUS Chromebook Flip CX5 ( currently $871 Insight (opens in new tab)).Acer Chromebook Spin 713 ( currently $549 Amazon (opens in new tab)).Acer Chromebook 515 ( currently $859 Newegg (opens in new tab)).Acer Chromebook 514 ( currently $779 Amazon (opens in new tab)).Google says its currently working on these issues and will be adding more supported models to the list over time, so we'll try to keep this list as up-to-date as possible. So if you were hoping to get in some 4K gaming on your Chromebook between classes, I'm afraid you'll have to hope a little longer. Notably, Steam for Chrome has trouble running games that require 6GB or more of RAM on Chromebooks with 8GB of RAM, and games sometimes have trouble scaling correctly on Chromebooks with display resolutions higher than 1080p. However, Google warns that Steam for Chrome currently has a number of issues which may prevent even a qualifying Chromebook from running games well - or at all. That's why you need a Chromebook with at least an Intel Core i5 chip (a Core i7 is even better) and more than 4GB of RAM. Note that even if you have one of these listed Chromebooks, it may not be the right model: Google specifically says Chromebooks with a Core i3 CPU or 4GB of RAM will not run Steam.

Here's the latest list of Chromebooks which Google has confirmed will support Steam for Chrome OS. How to play Steam games on a Chromebook: Supported models (as of April 20) I suggest you also try to free up some hard drive space, as many Chromebooks don't come with much and Steam games regularly take up between 3GB to 100 GB of space.