KegWorks is deprecated in favor of Sikarugir. Maybe that works, but every time I've used some kind of Wine wrapper that people say works with Steam, it doesn't, or it kinda works with some workarounds until the next Steam update. I've used all the older stuff like WineBottler, PlayOnMac, Whisky, Wineskin, and probably others I'm forgetting. Usually no meaningful difference vs using GamePortingToolkit or Wine directly, but PlayOnMac has that 32on64 option that's important for modern Macs. Have even taken Cider ports and dropped exes inside.
The one exception is Crossover, which has been around very long and costs money. Probably worthwhile if you care for this.
To play Windows-only games on Mac, or before Proton existed, Linux. You can't launch the games without Steam.
KegWorks is an option.
KegWorks is deprecated in favor of Sikarugir. Maybe that works, but every time I've used some kind of Wine wrapper that people say works with Steam, it doesn't, or it kinda works with some workarounds until the next Steam update. I've used all the older stuff like WineBottler, PlayOnMac, Whisky, Wineskin, and probably others I'm forgetting. Usually no meaningful difference vs using GamePortingToolkit or Wine directly, but PlayOnMac has that 32on64 option that's important for modern Macs. Have even taken Cider ports and dropped exes inside.
The one exception is Crossover, which has been around very long and costs money. Probably worthwhile if you care for this.
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Proton is just Wine
It's a fork, unlike these wrappers that are literally Wine. There are games that work in Proton but not in Wine, or work better in Proton.