Steam Overlay No Longer Works

Hi all, Scratching my head on this one. Looks like steam overlay no longer works for me since updating to Bazzite 42. Steam is installed via flatpak, never had any issues before the last round of updates. Shift Tab (usual command to open overlay) does nothing, and my in game FPS counter is not displaying. In steam settings, both overlay and fps counter are enabled. RPM-OSTREE Status: ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-gnome-nvidia-open:stable Digest: sha256:e0d3c81542c86a3ad306cdf6ab32f9294121aa89b95b05ee3f37b20dc202757a Version: 42.20250421 (2025-04-21T05:32:18Z)
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amel
amel4d ago
why are you using steam flatpak when steam is preinstalled on bazzite?
RancidRandy
RancidRandyOP4d ago
maybe saying that i'm using flatpak was incorrect. i can see steam installed on the built in software app, that's it
amel
amel4d ago
just checked on my PC. seems like the overlay & fps counter arent showing on certain games, but showing on others are you using gamescope? can you turn it off and see if it helps?
RancidRandy
RancidRandyOP4d ago
I haven't configured gamescope manually so I don't think so
Kyle Gospo
Kyle Gospo4d ago
Using flatpak steam We do not support this, uninstall and use the included one

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