With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work on Linux
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HN comment orderAnother Linux gamer. I seriously don't miss windows anymore. At this point I'm not worried about compatibility, but rather shitty game companies banning you the second they figure out you're playing on linux. This is especially an issue in PvE heavy games that have only small PvP elements. Looking at you Destiny 2. I really wish companies stopped their draconian policies about Linux gaming. Or at the very least just restricted PvP game play when Linux was detected. Heck I'd…
I'm rather impressed with Proton. I was using wine quite obsessively well over a decade ago, wine tricks, fiddling with settings for one game, change them for another. Proton removed all of that for me. I'm not at the forefront of gaming, though i have a nice card, CPU and a heap of RAM (Perks of the job. Skyrim is my jam lately, I'm spending an insane amount of time in game at ultra settings. Played some Batman - Arkham…
Excerpt: What is Proton? "Proton is a new tool released by Valve Software that has been integrated with Steam Play to make playing Windows games on Linux as simple as hitting the Play button within Steam. Underneath the hood, Proton comprises other popular tools like Wine and DXVK among others that a gamer would otherwise have to install and maintain themselves. This greatly eases the burden for users to switch to Linux without having to learn the underlying systems or…
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-29 | With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work on LinuxFirst breakout | bdefore | 932 | 311 |
| 2020-04-20 | Steam Proton for Linux | peter_d_sherman | 2 | 1 |
| 2020-05-26 | With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work on Linux | tomerbd | 5 | 0 |
| 2020-12-07 | With Proton and Steam Play, many Windows games now work on LinuxBest thread | OJFord | 938 | 544 |
| 2025-12-01 | Crowdsourced Linux and Steam Deck game compatibility reportsHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | doener | 22 | 0 |