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I have a collection of games on steam going back decades, its the only thing keeping me on windows these days; really excited to see this in action.
by Devasta 2y ago
I have a collection of games on steam going back decades, its the only thing keeping me on windows these days; really excited to see this in action.
- surgical_fire 2y agoI have good news for you, as someone with a 1000+ gaming library spanning 2 decades. Most older games on steam run seamlessly on Linux these days (I have been gaming on Mint for 3 years at this point). Also, with some minor tinkering, you can get games you acquired on GoG (or even some you may have lying around that you pillaged when sailing the high seas) running smoothly using Lutris. If emulation is your thing, Retroarch is a marvel, better than playing on original hardware in many ways, and treat Linux as first-class citizen. The only thing that should stop you is some modern online competitive games that require nasty anti-cheat software. Those games are cancer anyway, and should be avoided. If gaming is holding you back on Windows, I am mostly confident you can unshackle yourself brother.
- Devasta 2y agoThat's really good to hear, thank you for letting me know!
- surgical_fire 2y agoIf you want to check if some specific game runs well on Proton (basically the compatibility layer Steam uses to run Windows games on Linux), you can check it out on https://www.protondb.com/ https://www.protondb.com/ It focus on Steam Deck, but if it runs on Steam Deck, it should run at least on any Debian-based distro.