So, where do the 32 bit libs come from that are needed to run the Steam client - let alone those that are needed to run 32 bit games?

There you have it:

/snap/steam/current/lib/i386-linux-gnu
/snap/steam/current/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
/snap/mesa-2404/current/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu

Both the steam and mesa snap contain the needed 32bit libraries.

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I would be very surprised if there's no similar amount of libs provided by some Snap package your Steam package is depending upon.

Steam snap relies on gaming-graphics-core22 (which snaps kisak-fresh) and gtk-common-themes (the latter one is shared among several snaps).

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have you conssidered less caffeine in your diet? big deal...169 packages...have you thought about getting off that 3 decade old 5GB HDD? when my steam Library is just shy of 4TB installed, the last thing i'm worried about is an additional 169 packages....

Really? All of a sudden 169 packages are something that goes without saying while at the same time snap packages are the source of all evil because they are oh so resource hungry.
And no: My rig has plenty of mass storage - still I'm in no need for 169 packages. And I can still remember it once got me into dependency hell when an i386 package was apparently out of sync with its AMD64 sibling...

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sudo apt install steam.

Well, yeah. No shit Sherlock. However, it doesn't install Steam either, since the package is called "steam-installer".

And it doesn't explain, why this is in any way "preferred" - unless you want to "just avoid snaps", which doesn't make a lot of sense when you are on Ubuntu (pick another distro then).
And as I already stated: The apt way will install another 169 packages. 169. This might be a different story, if Steam was a 64-bit application, but it isn't. And for me that's one of those situations where container solutions like flatpak or snap really shine. And since Steam is proprietary (just as most of my other snap packages) it is an even more fitting solution.
(And no, I apparently don't have a single i386 package installed, since my wine things are handled with bottles which again is a tidy flatpak.)

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For anyone wondering, Ubuntu Core means they installed steam with snap. In theory like Flatpak it could be any distribution but I expect 100% of these are ubuntu users that don't know better. (snap is not the recommended way).

So, what would be the "recommended way"? I'm on Ubuntu and have Steam running as snap with no problems whatsoever (at least on par with my previous deb-installer-package). However it avoids all the i386 dependencies drawn in by the latter installation method.

And what's this condescending "Ubuntu users that don't know better"? I have been on a Linux desktops for 17 years now (which is actually longer than all the years spent on any Windows) - I'm pretty sure I know my way around in the Linux world.

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As a footnote.. RUSSIA is growing at 4.3% - those sanctions are really working aren't they?

Yes they are. Since we never sanctioned their domestic weapons production. And that's what they do.

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Congratulations. I started using Linux on a regular basis about 17 years ago (with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron) and boy has the gaming landscape for Linux changed over the years... I can still remember when I bought Humble Bundles just to have anything to play on the platform.

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Fun fact: I got the survey twice yesterday. First on my laptop, then on my desktop. I suppose Linux market share gonna blow up in July...

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Ugh. Telemetry driven development is the bane of my computing life. It insidiously causes some devs to use it as a substitute for actual thinking instead of as a support.

No it isn't. Because otherwise I'd be still developing Internet Explorer-compatible web applications...

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It's hard to justify donating extra to GOG when they are almost as bad as Steam.

What am I missing? In what way has GoG (or CD Project) contributed anything to the Linux world? How does this stack up against the contributions of Valve (which suppose you mean by "Steam")?

(And I don't care whether Valve's contributions are driven by selfishness - it's the result that counts.)

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