diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix b/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
index dee43cb4b2e..af29cc02d4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/steam/fhsenv.nix
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ let
 in buildFHSEnv rec {
   name = "steam";
 
+  # Steam still needs 32bit and various native games do too
+  multiArch = true;
+
   targetPkgs = pkgs: with pkgs; [
     steam
     # License agreement