I should add, Debian is more “bare bones” than more gaming focused distros. e.g. flatpak isn’t installed by default on Debian, so you have to take that step before you can install steam via the gnome store or command line. It’s not difficult, but it is an additional step.

I’ve been using Steam via flatpak on Debian without any issues (yet) since Trixie released.

that’s callous, disconnected and embarrassing.