Box64 v0.4.0 Released with Enhanced Support for Steam on Arm64, RISC-V, and Loongarch
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Summary
Box64 v0.4.0 has been released with significant improvements across all three supported platforms (Arm64, RISC-V, and Loongarch). The update enables Steam to run on these architectures using the Linux version, though the Windows version also works. While Box32 (used for Steam) remains experimental and unstable, stability has improved, though crashes may still occur during downloads. Battle.net is becoming more stable, and some games are now working. The release includes numerous enhancements and fixes for various applications and games.
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The new version brings a ton of new enhancements and fixes to all 3 supported platforms, with Steam running not only on Arm64, but also on RiSC-V and on Loongarch!
While Box32 (used to run Steam) is still experimental and unstable, stability did improve.
Battle.net is also getting stable, and some games are working too.
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