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[-] Lightfire228@pawb.social 15 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Proton / wine is modern day magic

Most Windows only steam games work out of the box (you do have to enable it in the right click menu > Compatibility options, per game)

Games that use Anti-cheat aren't likely to work (it depends on the Anti-cheat used and how it's configured)

ProtonDB is a good resource for checking if/which games work, or fixes and workarounds


You can use proton or wine on non steam games, but that requires additional setup that I'm not familiar with

[-] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 22 hours ago

My personal experience gaming solely on Linux for about two years is a 100% success rate running Windows games. Mind you I don't play anything that has anti-cheat. And maybe 85%-90% without needing to fiddle with anything.

[-] Batman@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

I moved from windows to ubuntu a few months ago. My entire steam library works when I do this. The only games I've heard don't work are LoL and CoD. Maybe a few more?

[-] BreakerSwitch@lemm.ee 1 points 16 hours ago

Okay dank I had no awareness of proton, this is very encouraging! Thanks!

[-] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 2 points 15 hours ago

Linux gamer here. Can confirm: both Proton and ProtonDB are wonderful.

this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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