The Future Of Gaming On Windows 7?

[legacyfan]

with the announcement of the end-of-support for steam on 7 is there even a future for other steam like programs on these platforms? or is this the end of the gaming age on these platforms?

Edited April 26, 2023 by legacyfan

[legacyfan]

Part Of My Series (State Of Windows)

[Tripredacus]

Removed the other OSes from title and first post.

[JukeBoxHero]

Ghetto fix that works for XP is to download the games on an external drive, and then hook that drive up to an old version of Steam running on XP. This will probably happen with 7 if Steam changes the way their CDN works again. Alternatively, you can try Steam emulators from certain forums that are made to support XP (this leans into the territory of warez, which NoCD patches are certainly a thing and are responsible for things like Elden Ring on Windows 7/8 but I won't share any links).

I'll try both when I get the chance. I really want to play Sven Co-op on my XP gaming machine.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

11 minutes ago, bob_smith said:

Ghetto fix

[Dimitris Balafoutis]

Hi! 

Your question is important for all Windows 7 Enthusiasts today and troubling those who play modern games on it or use game platforms.

You might be forced to use offline Physical Copies of games or emulate the Game Platform (e.g Steam) on games that support Windows 7 on but require the game Platform Client. This is though not guaranteed to work.

For online gaming you'll be limited to old versions of pretty old titles such as CS:S/1.6, TFC, HL:DM.

But you never know, a way could be found.