diff --git a/environments/niri/niri.kdl b/environments/niri/niri.kdl
index cd6d9f4..85975fd 100644
--- a/environments/niri/niri.kdl
+++ b/environments/niri/niri.kdl
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ window-rule {
 	open-on-workspace "chat"
 }
 
+// from wiki, move steam notifications to a corner
+window-rule {
+	match app-id="steam" title=r#"^notificationtoasts_\d+_desktop$"#
+	default-floating-position x=10 y=10 relative-to="bottom-right"
+}
+
 spawn-at-startup "wallpaper"
 spawn-at-startup "ags"
 spawn-at-startup "kitty"
diff --git a/modules/gui/default.nix b/modules/gui/default.nix
index c243735..0839d40 100644
--- a/modules/gui/default.nix
+++ b/modules/gui/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
       wineWowPackages.waylandFull
       winetricks
     ];
+  programs.gamescope = {
+    enable = true;
+    capSysNice = true;
+    args = [
+      "--steam"
+      "--hdr-enabled"
+      "--adaptive-sync"
+      "--fullscreen"
+      "--expose-wayland"
+    ];
+  };
   hardware.steam-hardware.enable = true;
   services.flatpak.enable = true;
 
diff --git a/modules/gui/home.nix b/modules/gui/home.nix
index 7c6dac1..204e54c 100644
--- a/modules/gui/home.nix
+++ b/modules/gui/home.nix
@@ -145,4 +145,29 @@ in {
     StartupNotify=false
     Terminal=false
   '';
+
+  # override to start with gamescope
+  xdg.desktopEntries."com.valvesoftware.Steam.desktop" = let
+    start-steam = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "start-steam" ''
+      CMD="flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=/app/bin/steam --file-forwarding com.valvesoftware.Steam @@u %U @@"
+
+      # gamescope doesn't detect output size
+      # other args are defined in programs.gamescope.args
+      ${lib.getExe pkgs.gamescope} \
+        "-W" "$(niri msg -j focused-output | jq -r '.modes.[.current_mode].width')" \
+        "-w" "$(niri msg -j focused-output | jq -r '.modes.[.current_mode].width')" \
+        "-H" "$(niri msg -j focused-output | jq -r '.modes.[.current_mode].height')" \
+        "-h" "$(niri msg -j focused-output | jq -r '.modes.[.current_mode].height')" \
+        -- $CMD
+    '';
+  in {
+    name = "Steam (gamescope)";
+    comment = "Application for managing and playing games on Steam";
+    exec = lib.getExe start-steam;
+    icon = "com.valvesoftware.Steam";
+    terminal = false;
+    type = "Application";
+    categories = ["Network" "FileTransfer" "Game"];
+    mimeType = ["x-scheme-handler/steam" "x-scheme-handler/steamlink"];
+  };
 }