How to set up a shared btrfs partition for sharing games between Windows and Bazzite
Use with Caution: WinBTRFS hasn't been updated since early 2024. Use this at your own risk and always back up your important files first, as some users have reported stability issues.
In this video we'll be looking at how to create a shared btrfs partition for
sharing our Steam game library between Bazzite and Windows.
Update 1: Note that you can skip step 07:12 Setting Games partition to auto mount in Bazzite. The Bazzite team has added an auto mount rule for btrfs drives, so your drive will be in /run/media/your-user-name/games and you can add it to Steam as usual.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Creating our shared btrfs partition in GParted
01:40 Installing WinBtrfs
02:32 WinBtrfs Secure Boot work around
03:16 WinBtrfs permission configuration
05:10 Hiding your Bazzite drive to prevent accidental edits
06:00 Set Steam to use new Games drive in Windows
07:12 Setting Games partition to auto mount in Bazzite
09:58 Set Steam to use new Games partition in Bazzite
10:35 Conclusion