I got a workaround for a workaround working on NixOS :lol:

NixOS doesn't use standard paths as other Linux distros and it might be that the library we are trying to override the cursor theme is not finding the theme we are trying to specify with XCURSOR_THEME env var.

I installed a 3rd party ...

@brothersw or anyone else that might be running NixOS. Have you found a way to use XCURSOR_THEME workaround actually work on Nix?

I tried several permutations mentioned out there but none of them worked on NixOS 24.11 with Steam.

I tried both, neither worked. XCURSOR_THEME=breeze_cursors and ...