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The way Steam works is that it contains a set of mini libraries, kind of a mini-distro, that Linux Steam games use, so it doesn't matter that much. It's based on Ubuntu. Games that are released on Steam targeting Linux normally "target Steam" rather than a particular distro.
Some distros tend to have newer kernels than others, which can help with video driver support for the latest cards for 3D games.
Also, some very specialized Linux distros won't have a Steam package; that won't be a concern with anything you're likely to pick.
But in general, I wouldn't worry too much as far Steam goes.
I use Debian. That's the largest "parent" distro today, and many distros -- including Mint -- are "child" distros of that, and Steam is packaged for Debian, so they'll have it too. Red Hat has a Steam package, and it and its child distributions make up the next-largest tree.
And the Steam flatpak can be used on any distro that doesn't package Steam but does package Flatpak, so it's even less likely to be a problem.