PC gaming giant data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/valve” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/valve”>Valve appears to be expanding its gaming software portfolio, currently building an Android compatibility layer called Lepton (via data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valves-version-of-android-on-linux-based-on-waydroid-is-now-called-lepton/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valves-version-of-android-on-linux-based-on-waydroid-is-now-called-lepton/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Gaming on Linux). Proof of its official name is slim, but an data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://store.steampowered.com/app/3029110/Lepton/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://store.steampowered.com/app/3029110/Lepton/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>official Steam store page reveals its froggy logo, and data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3029110/hero_capsule.jpg?t=1764635270″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://shared.fastly.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3029110/hero_capsule.jpg?t=1764635270″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>SteamDB hints at its potential origins as a fork of Waydroid.
Waydroid already offers to run an Android system inside data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/linux” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/linux”>Linux, not too dissimilar to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/how-install-wsl2-windows-10″ data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/how-install-wsl2-windows-10″>how WSL runs Linux in Windows. The creators of data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pc/steam-deck-re-review-2025″ data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/handheld-gaming-pc/steam-deck-re-review-2025″>our beloved Steam Deck undoubtedly learned a lot…
