diff -ruN a/packagechooserq/PackageChooserQmlViewStep.cpp b/packagechooserq/PackageChooserQmlViewStep.cpp
--- a/packagechooserq/PackageChooserQmlViewStep.cpp	2026-09-28 16:56:21
+++ b/packagechooserq/PackageChooserQmlViewStep.cpp	2026-09-28 16:56:21
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 #include "utils/System.h"
 #include "utils/Variant.h"
 
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QHash>
+#include <QJsonArray>
+#include <QJsonDocument>
+#include <QJsonObject>
+
 CALAMARES_PLUGIN_FACTORY_DEFINITION( PackageChooserQmlViewStepFactory, registerPlugin< PackageChooserQmlViewStep >(); )
 
 PackageChooserQmlViewStep::PackageChooserQmlViewStep( QObject* parent )
@@ -35,9 +41,54 @@
 QString
 PackageChooserQmlViewStep::prettyStatus() const
 {
-    //QString option = m_pkgc;
-    //return tr( "Install option: %1" ).arg( option );
-    return m_config->prettyStatus();
+    // Steamify page (steammachine-cachyos-live-iso): its choice is Steamify's
+    // item ids ("boot" = start in the desktop, "none" = nothing on); show
+    // their labels, from the rows calamares-online.sh writes next to the
+    // page, instead of the raw ids. Any other use keeps the stock text.
+    const QString choice = m_config->packageChoice();
+    QFile rows( QStringLiteral( "/usr/local/share/steamify/qml/items.json" ) );
+    if ( moduleInstanceKey().id() != QStringLiteral( "steamifypage" ) || choice.isEmpty()
+         || !rows.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) )
+    {
+        return m_config->prettyStatus();
+    }
+    QHash< QString, QString > labels;
+    const auto items = QJsonDocument::fromJson( rows.readAll() ).array();
+    for ( const auto& item : items )
+    {
+        const auto row = item.toObject();
+        labels.insert( row.value( QStringLiteral( "id" ) ).toString(),
+                       row.value( QStringLiteral( "label" ) ).toString() );
+    }
+    if ( labels.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        return m_config->prettyStatus();
+    }
+    QStringList on;
+    bool desktop = false, gaming = false;
+    for ( const auto& part : choice.split( QLatin1Char( ',' ) ) )
+    {
+        const QString id = part.trimmed();
+        if ( id.isEmpty() || id == QStringLiteral( "none" ) )
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if ( id == QStringLiteral( "boot" ) )
+        {
+            desktop = true;
+            continue;
+        }
+        gaming = gaming || id == QStringLiteral( "gaming" );
+        on << labels.value( id, id ).toHtmlEscaped();
+    }
+    QString status = on.isEmpty() ? tr( "Steamify: <strong>nothing</strong>" )
+                                  : tr( "Steamify: <strong>%1</strong>" ).arg( on.join( QStringLiteral( ", " ) ) );
+    if ( gaming )
+    {
+        status += QStringLiteral( "<br/>" )
+            + ( desktop ? tr( "Starts in: <strong>the desktop</strong>" ) : tr( "Starts in: <strong>gaming mode</strong>" ) );
+    }
+    return status;
 }
 
 bool