>>253510
No one is forcing you to install Steam, anon. It's just the most braindead "just werks" solution for people who can't be fucked to learn anything or have to interact with any kind of installation process.
Lutris also works fine, but you might actually have to download an installer and maybe even configure something basic, although Lutris's whole thing is that it has installation scripts for an enormous db of games that take care of everything for you. It's just slightly less braindead than Steam.
Then there is setting up shit like WINE (maybe using winetricks) to run shit, which also works just fine (ie. it just runs like it does on Windows) most of the time but can end up making you have to learn how to configure shit. Both Steam and Lutris use WINE under the hood, by the way.