Run your own Windows games on a dev-mode Xbox.
Games you already own on Steam, downloaded to your console with your own sign-in, and played there.
Greenhouse is supported by its members on Patreon. What membership includes →
What it is
Greenhouse is an app for an Xbox in developer mode that plays Windows games you already own. It doesn't include or host any games: it signs in to your Steam account, downloads the titles you own, and runs them on your console. It works with a range of titles rather than just one, and the compatibility database shows how each one runs today — including the ones that don't.
How it works
1. Install
Put your Xbox in developer mode — Microsoft's own feature — and install Greenhouse. Step by step →
2. Sign in to Steam
Approve a code on your phone. Greenhouse never sees your password; it just learns which games are yours.
3. Download and play
Pick a title you own. It downloads to the console from Steam, and plays there.
Not every game runs. Some can't — and we say which, and why.
Membership
Greenhouse is funded by a single Patreon membership. Members link their console once by scanning a code on the TV with their phone; after that the console renews on its own and keeps working offline for up to a week. The compatibility database and crash reports stay free for everyone.
What it buys is the app and a say in what gets worked on next: members' votes in the request queue count. It does not buy a date, and there is no throughput figure on this site because none has been measured.
It looks how you want
Four layouts and ten themes, changed from the console without reinstalling anything — from a glass cabinet of cover art to a 2008 blade dashboard to a green monochrome CRT. See the themes →