https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam See Gaming
You can test them by opening in a browser, will open console in steam
steam://open/console
To make them permanent add them to the file
.steam/steam/steam_dev.cfg
unShaderBackgroundProcessingThreads 32
Some systems and configurations seem to have issues with HTTP2. Disabling HTTP2 will probably yield faster downloads on those configurations. You can either use the console command
@nClientDownloadEnableHTTP2PlatformLinux 0
Steam connect to more servers (up to 10) which can improve download speeds.
@fDownloadRateImprovementToAddAnotherConnection 1.0
adding more download servers will also speed it up some more, this is achievable with the command
@cMaxInitialDownloadSources 15
Last modified: Mon Mar 24 20:34:49 2025