feat: add gaming applications configuration for NixOS

home/programs/group/gaming-apps.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  pkgs-stable,
+  ...
+}: {
+  home.packages = (with pkgs-stable; [
+
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Game launchers
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    lutris                # Universal launcher for Wine, emulators, and native games
+    #prismlauncher         # Minecraft launcher with Fabric/Forge/Quilt support
+
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Performance & overlays
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    mangohud              # FPS and hardware monitoring overlay
+    goverlay              # GUI for MangoHud and vkBasalt
+    gamescope             # Micro-compositor for better fullscreen, scaling and frame limiting
+    gamemode              # Requests performance optimizations while gaming
+
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Proton & Wine
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    protonup-qt           # Install and update GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda, etc.
+    winetricks            # Install Windows runtimes into Wine prefixes
+    protontricks          # Winetricks for Steam Proton prefixes
+
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Vulkan layers
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    vkbasalt              # Vulkan post-processing (CAS sharpening, FXAA, etc.)
+  ])
+
+  ++ (with pkgs; [
+		wineWow64Packages.staging # Wine (32/64-bit) with staging patches
+
+		steam-run             # Run generic Linux binaries inside Steam's runtime
+    appimage-run          # Execute AppImages on NixOS
+  ]);
+}

home/programs/steam/default.nix

@@ -1,27 +1,8 @@
 {
-  pkgs,
   ...
 }: {
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    steam
-    protonup-ng
-  ];
-
-  xdg.desktopEntries = {
-    Steam = {
-      name = "Steam";
-      exec = "${pkgs.steam}/bin/steam";
-      icon = "steam";
-      type = "Application";
-      categories = [
-        "Game"
-        "Network"
-      ];
-      terminal = false;
-    };
-  };
-
   home.sessionVariables = {
+    # Better Steam scaling on HiDPI displays
     STEAM_FORCE_DESKTOPUI_SCALING = "1.25";
   };
 }

home/programs/steam/system.nix

@@ -1,13 +1,27 @@
-{ ... }: {
+{
-  # Steam runtime tweaks (user-session level, not NixOS system config)
+	pkgs,
+	...
+}: {
 
-  home.sessionVariables = {
+  hardware.graphics = {
-    # Improves scaling consistency on HiDPI / Wayland setups
+    enable = true;
-    STEAM_FORCE_DESKTOPUI_SCALING = "1.25";
+    enable32Bit = true;
-
-    # Optional Proton-related behavior toggles (safe defaults)
-    PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI = "1";
-    PROTON_NO_ESYNC = "0";
-    PROTON_NO_FSYNC = "0";
   };
+
+  programs.steam = {
+    enable = true;
+    gamescopeSession.enable = true;
+
+    remotePlay.openFirewall = true;
+    localNetworkGameTransfers.openFirewall = true;
+
+    extraCompatPackages = with pkgs; [
+      proton-ge-bin
+    ];
+  };
+
+  programs.gamescope.enable = true;
+  programs.gamemode.enable = true;
+
+  hardware.steam-hardware.enable = true;
 }

hosts/home-pc/home.nix

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     ../../home/programs/group/basic-apps.nix
     ../../home/programs/group/dev.nix
     ../../home/programs/group/misc.nix
+		../../home/programs/group/gaming-apps.nix
 
     # System (Desktop environment like stuff)
     ../../home/system/hyprland