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Hello everyone I am a new Linux user are there any games that are running well on Linux and are nice to play? I am open to any suggestions.

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Copying my comment from another thread:

Check out https://www.protondb.com, to see which games work well on Linux. Games that are platinum should work out of the box, ones that are Gold might need some tinkering. Most games work great, but a lot of multiplayer games aren't supported.

In general gaming on Linux has been a pretty smooth experience lately. Games on Steam usually just work, but IMO running games outside of Steam is pretty hit or miss. They sometimes need following a guide or trying to fix an obscure issue that only like 2 other people have.

So yeah, most games do just work that you don't have to worry about it too much.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a wonderful time, I always wanted Wine to be the best alternative for gaming back in the days, seems that it never caught up (I'm not a Linux user anymore).

[–] c10l@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Proton is a fork of Wine with some patches specifically for games. I think Valve contribute the patches back as well but I could be wrong.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ohh... TIL.

Yeah if Valve helped that would explain why it got better.

[–] c10l@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sorry, not sure I was clear. 😅

Proton is Valve’s fork of Wine. I meant that I think Valve contribute patches back to upstream Wine as well.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much any game that doesn't have intrusive anti-cheat software will run these days. Just install Steam and start playing.

[–] H2207@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

*And enable Steam Play in the settings

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What settings are these? Have i missed something?

[–] H2207@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the Steam settings, to use Proton you need to enable it in the "Steam Play" section. Doing this will enable the Proton translation layer and allow you to play (most) Windough$ games on Linux

I usually use Proton Experimental in the dropdown since it seems pretty stable and keeps it up-to-date.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Oh that one. Yeah, I got that. Just thought there was something in the OS settings I'd missed.

[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

These days there are games and launchers to avoid instead of choose, giving you a wide pool of selection. Just pick whatever you want to play and check these 2 sites: protondb.com (for Steam games) areweanticheatyet.com (for multiplayer games)

[–] colonial@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Almost any game will work under Proton. If you want to be sure, check ProtonDB before you buy.

The main exceptions are competitive multiplayer games (like Valorant) that use rootkit anticheat software, but that's probably for the best.

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 10 points 1 year ago

Most of my steam library works, either native or via proton (happens automatically)

Protondb.com

[–] boldfilter@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I play all my game thru steam proton or lutris

[–] angrymouse@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm a multiplayer guy so I'm playing dota 2 and guild wars 2. But any valve game (portal, half life 2, tf2, counter strike) .
Other games that I played previously and can recommend:
Factorio, chivalry 2, Elite Dangerous, Truck simulators, Grim Dawn, Horizon zero dawn, Kingdom come.
For more, look into https://www.protondb.com/

[–] saddlebag@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I just finished Sekiro, worked flawlessly. Currently replaying Hades without issue. I've been gaming on PopOS with an 3080 for at least 18 months and its my only workstation. I don't even have a dualboot to Windows

[–] DreamySweet@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

CrossCode and Cave Story+ work on Linux.

[–] Hyrulian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I would highly recommend not buying the Steam version of Cave Story and instead downloading the open source Cave Story NX off of FlatHub and other such repos. Cave Story+ on Steam has been abandoned by the developers and they stopped updating it despite releasing countless better versions on other platforms. Definitely not worth paying for an inferior version, but if you have to play on PC you're better off playing this updated version of the original.

[–] Crow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You should be asking what games don’t work on Linux at this point. I’m not even joking.

[–] _spiffy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

A very large amount of games are!

Death's door is a recent favorite of mine

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, you're in for a treat. :)

[–] under2x@lemdit.com 2 points 1 year ago

Path of exile

[–] hogart@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Anyone getting Minecraft: Bedrock Edition to work now? What version do you launch? I've followed a couple of guides but it just crashes when I press Play. Using the one that requires a purchase on the Google play store. Needs to be bedrock to multiplayer with Android.

[–] KingoCor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

As I know windows edition (bedrock for pc) have many protection systems and dependencies on spyware apps, so you can run it only on windows. But I'm want to believe I'm wrong

[–] iloverocks@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] hogart@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] iloverocks@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] hogart@feddit.nu 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually haven't tried yet but thanks for the reminder!

[–] iloverocks@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

No Problem

... and did you tryed it yet?

[–] mlc894@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly once I realized Factorio works there really just isn’t time for anything else!