Comment by avazhi

3 months 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.

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scheeseman486  3 months ago

It'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.

63stack  3 months ago

No, 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.

hollandheese  3 months ago

You 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.

pezezin  3 months ago

My 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.

pjerem  3 months ago

Except 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  3 months ago

    Overwatch, 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.

  • chithanh  3 months ago

    Yes, 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.