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I haven't made the switch yet, and I want to know if Linux can run my favorite games.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Even if a game doesn't look like it'll work based on protondb, try it anyway. Many times I've had games that were marked as low ratings start up without any changes lol. I remember even when d4 beta came out, I saw people struggling to install and play it on the first weekend... Worked out of the box for me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

There's also the wine appdb on the winehq website.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Sort by platinum rating and that'll get you games that run with no (or exceedingly minimal) issues