I couldn't get it to work at first, which was frustrating, but after some tinkering with Flatseal to see if it was a permissions issue, I eventually solved the issue by enabling it access to "All user files"/the home directory, which is where Steam is located. Once I enabled that, it worked perfectly. Hope this hotfix and review helps someone else too
Test popups work, but actually trying to "boop" something does nothing. Following the provided troubleshooting steps did nothing.