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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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.

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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).

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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.

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Ohh… TIL.

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

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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.

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wow I did not know about proton db thanks for that I now know that I can play Wolfenstein old blood. Thank you so much for your comment, as I said im a new Linux user and I am still learning.

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One thing you need to do is go into Steam and enable Proton for all titles. Otherwise, most of your game library won’t show up.

Also, if you have issues with a game, go into the properties of the game in Steam and there’s a compatibility tab. You can make sure it’s using Proton (specifying you want to use Proton works better for some Linux native games rather than using the Linux version) and even try an older version of Proton. For most games, Experimental is the best version to use.

Keep in mind that it creates a virtual Windows installation referred to as a ”prefix". Each game run through Proton creates a separate prefix under the compatibility directory in your Steam directory (I’m on my phone, otherwise I’d give you the exact path). Each game’s prefix has a number that matches the ID of the game in Steam. For the most part, you won’t need to go into and modify these prefixes.

There’s also Glorious Eggroll’s version of Proton that you can install, though I would get a grasp on regular Proton and its quirks before Proton GE.

Also, if you add any Windows games as non -Steam games, make sure you set it to use Proton in the aforementioned properties window. Being that a launcher like Battle.net gets its own prefix, it’s a good idea to install B.net and then go into the B.net properties in Steam then move the target to the executable for the B.net Launcher inside the prefix. That way it continues to use the same prefix and doesn’t launch the installer for the launcher every time you run B.net.

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