3 ms·
> and gaming on linux is rapidly becoming usable. I hate Microsoft and Windows just as much as the next self-respecting nerd, but this is no less a lol right n
by avazhi 1y ago
> and gaming on linux is rapidly becoming usable.
I hate Microsoft and Windows just as much as the next self-respecting nerd, but this is no less a lol right now than it was 20 years ago. It’s like Linux users all play the same 15 titles that have Linux support and think those 15 games reflect broad ecosystem support.
- hollandheese 1y agoYou clearly haven't been paying attention or are being disingenuous. Most games released now just work on Linux thanks to Proton. There's a reason the Steam Deck is blowing away any other PC gaming handhelds.
- 87967646537543 1y ago[flagged]
- pjerem 1y agoExcept for games with anti cheats, can you quote from your head three games the last 10-15 years that aren’t running perfectly on Linux ? Because from my ~1 500 titles steam library, I can think of one game that I had issues with. And even this particular game (which is Tomb Raider 2013, btw) worked perfectly fine after a little hack. And ironically the "hack" was checking a checkbox in Steam to force using the Windows version of the game instead of the official Linux port.
- avazhi 1y agoOverwatch, Guild Wars 2, Valorant. ??? Oh right. ‘Except for games with anti cheats’ - so like, at least half the market lol, and more than 90% of games by game time.
- 63stack 1y agoDo you have anything more tangible than "lol"? Looking at the most played steam charts, there is about 10% that has anticheat that does not work on linux. https://store.steampowered.com/charts/mostplayed https://store.steampowered.com/charts/mostplayed
- chithanh 1y agoFrom the top 100 most played Steam games I count 26 (including 5 of the top 10) which are unplayable on Steam Deck for one reason or another. But not all popular games are available on Steam, Fortnite or Rocket League are examples.
- 63stack 1y agoIn the top 10 I see only 3: pubg, apex, and rust (no idea about delta force) but unplayable on the steam deck and whether the anticheat filters out linux are not the same.
- efreak 1y agoThat's like complaining that your PlayStation games don't work on your Xbox.
- chithanh 1y agoYes, here are 3 PC games which don't run at all on Linux: Halo Wars 2 Crackdown 3 Gears of War 4 The reason is that these are UWP-only games which are only available through the Microsoft store. Which means they will likely never run on Linux.
- scheeseman486 1y agoWine has some preliminary support for UWP software, never say never.
- scheeseman486 1y agoIt's incredible to see people still confidently say this, to be so sure about something that would take only like a minute of research to find out they are completely wrong.
- pezezin 1y agoMy home PC runs OpenSuse Tumbleweed. A couple of days ago I bought Doom: The Dark Ages on Steam and guess what? It runs perfectly. So yeah, even the most recent, graphically-intense AAA games run on Linux thanks to Proton.
- 63stack 1y agoNo, you are the one perpetrating old crap from 15 years ago. Most games that come out today, in 2025, are playable on day 1. I'm not just talking about games that are less graphically demanding (eg. Silksong), but games like Silent Hill f. It just works out of the box.