Most games work on linux with proton nowdays. Only thing that doesnt really work is games with anticheat.
I would say most anticheat works (although some games specifically choose to not allow Linux). Itβs just kernel level anticheat that flat out doesnβt work (which is malware anyway)
although some games specifically choose to not allow Linux
Yup, thatβs the kicker. Most games w/ anticheat could work on Linux, but devs refuse to do the minimal work to enable the Linux-compatibility (in many cases, itβs a checkbox and re-export the game). So the main thing that needs to happen is more Linux adoption. The more people that use Linux, the more pressure there will be on devs to check that box.
Yeah I switched to Linux about a month ago now and so far every game Iβve tried has worked flawlessly.
A whole month? You mustβve tried at least a dozen games
Pack em up boys, all games work in Linux
Iβve been Linux-only for something like 15 years, which is before Steam ever came to Linux. Over the past 5-ish years, my game selection has gone from βmost games will work if I tinkerβ to βmost games just work w/ no effort needed.β
Iβve completed well over a hundred games on Linux, many of those AAA, βWindows-onlyβ games, and Iβve played over a hundred more. The last time I had to do any kind of tinkering was for a janky old game, but most newer titles just work.
If you donβt need games w/ anticheat, Steam on Linux works incredibly well.
While itβs true I havenβt personally tried more than about a dozen of my games I will point out that 1) that covers a wide swath of genres, publishers, and game engines, and 2) I ran my entire library of several thousand games through protondb before hand to have some idea of what I was in for and out of all those thousands less than 10 reported as not functioning. Of the ones that wouldnβt work most actually can run, but the publishers are banning people who play under Linux. The most notable from that list would be Destiny 2 and GTA 5. So yes greater than 90% of all games run fine in Linux these days either straight out of the box or with simple configuration tweaks.
