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You Can Play Over 2,600 Windows Games on Linux Via Steam Play (tomshardware.com)

Posted by msmash on from the growing-synergy dept.

At the end of August, Valve announced a new version of Steam Play for Linux that included Proton, a WINE fork that made many Windows games, including more recent ones ,such as Witcher 3, Dark Souls 3 and Dishonored, playable on Linux. Just two months later, ProtonDB says there are over 2,600 Windows games that users can play on Linux, and the number is rapidly growing daily. From a report: When Valve Software launched Steam Play with Proton, it made it easier for gamers to play Windows games that hadn't yet been ported to Linux with the click of a button. Not all games may run perfectly on Linux, but that's also often the case with Windows 10, which can not play older games as well as previous versions of Windows did, even under Compatibility Mode. In only two months, the database of games that work with Proton has increased to over 2,600 -- more than half of the 5,000 Linux-native games that can be obtained through the Steam store.

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  1. Not the right metric. by Holi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not a fair metric when 90% are crappy clones of each other.

    Better metric would be, how many games that I want to play work on Steam on Linux, I promise you the number is far, far lower then the Hackers Quarterly.

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    1. Re:Not the right metric. by TheSunborn · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Now I don't know what kind of games YOU want to play. I guess there might be an issue with missing games if you like 3d shooters since a lot of these seems to be missing.

      But all the games I personally want to play, such as XCOM2, Civilization 5 and 6, Darkest dungeon, Thea, Total war: Warhammer, Cities: Skylies and rim world and Factorio are available.

      Only game I sometimes miss are "Endless space 2" and there are repports that it does run perfectly on Wine but i have not tested that.

  2. Re:Linux Desktop is DEAD by jedidiah · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > Ah yes, the small niche market of 99% of business desktops and the vast majority of home PCs.

    So what? I probably wouldn't be satisfied with ANY of your other consumer choices either. You probably have no taste what so ever.

    The beautiful thing about a free market is that I don't have to be held hostage by your stupid choices.

    Although your FUD is simply out of date. Microsoft is entirely optional these days.

    You may even find the non-WinDOS games on Steam to your liking.

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  3. Re:But... by higuita · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nethack! and Dwarf fortress!

    two of the best games ever made and run perfectly in linux

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    Higuita