What percentage of new Windows PC games you can play also on other OS?
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Crayon
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It's really good now. I use Linux and when proton came out, I used to check ahead of time if the game worked before I bought it. It got better and better, and now I just buy games assuming they'll work.
Rarely, one doesn't, and I refund it. That's very few cases though, and I actually don't know if those problems were also present in windows.
The major exception is multiplayer games with antique that blocks linux.
For single player games, I would say the vast majority work.
Edit: oh, I forgot. There are some times that a game doesn't work and you learn to go straight into the option menu and flip to a different proton version. That is more of an occasional thing that will happen. But another proton version solves it. I've gotten so used to it I didn't really think about it. That shows how easy it is, though. Still, it's not flawless.
Rarely, one doesn't, and I refund it. That's very few cases though, and I actually don't know if those problems were also present in windows.
The major exception is multiplayer games with antique that blocks linux.
For single player games, I would say the vast majority work.
Edit: oh, I forgot. There are some times that a game doesn't work and you learn to go straight into the option menu and flip to a different proton version. That is more of an occasional thing that will happen. But another proton version solves it. I've gotten so used to it I didn't really think about it. That shows how easy it is, though. Still, it's not flawless.
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Soodanim
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For a rough idea of how much better it is:
Scroll down for some visualised statistics. Bare in mind this is Steam's whole library so there are obscure things that might never be covered
If you don't need games that use rootkit anti-cheat you can probably get by with the vast majority of games now. It's much easier to be Linux only than it used to be.
Scroll down for some visualised statistics. Bare in mind this is Steam's whole library so there are obscure things that might never be covered
If you don't need games that use rootkit anti-cheat you can probably get by with the vast majority of games now. It's much easier to be Linux only than it used to be.
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crackajack
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Does Proton get updated for specific games? So a really fresh new release might not work, but waiting a couple of days or weeks, changes it already? At least for major releases? And old stuff, that does not work yet, hardly changes to playable anymore? Kinda like the Xbox compatibility where they gave up on the rest, probably mostly stuff that isn't high demand anyway.
Crayon
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Not it's a lot easier than that. You usually don't worry about the proton version. Steam keeps several versions and there's a drop-down in a games options in you library to manually change it. Most times I found a game to have trouble, randomly fiddling with that fixes it. It's actually kinda braindead.
pudel
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To my surprise, there are even lots of games with anitcheat who are working 100% flawless on linux. Helldivers2, Marvel Rivals, Apex Legends etc. pp....just to name a few.
Dont know how this black magic works.
