I played enshrouded and path of exile and Diablo and Elden ring coop and bg3 coop all with zero issues except on like the first few days of release if there are any.
The worst thing right now about Linux multiplayer gaming with anticheat is the release day experience. Or if it’s a AAA title with heavy graphics expectations, odds are they use some weird directx fuckery that’s not available in vulkan immediately and needs patching.
All of that gets fixed when Steam deck compatibility at launch day becomes more of a thing, so it’s just a matter of time tbh. I’ve been using Linux dual-boot since Hardy Heron and as my sole OS since 2018, 2025 may be honestly the year of the Linux desktop no joke.
Steam Deck compatibility has a much higher standard since it requires the performance being good, gamepad support, etc, and even that’s at 40%. General Linux can’t be less than 95% for games that don’t require kernel level anticheat. Try checking a random sampling on https://www.protondb.com/.
I appreciate it; seeing more than a couple of people recommending protondb. I’ll have to investigate it on my next day off from work that’s not a weekend. Thank you.
When most/all multiplayer games start working on Linux that’s when Linux can really start taking off.
They do. We’re already there.
The only titles that don’t work are the ones with kernel level anti-cheat, and that needs to die anyway.
Are you serious? Most games can be played on Linux? I don’t care about the kernel anti cheat games, since that shit is not going on my pc anyway
I played enshrouded and path of exile and Diablo and Elden ring coop and bg3 coop all with zero issues except on like the first few days of release if there are any.
The worst thing right now about Linux multiplayer gaming with anticheat is the release day experience. Or if it’s a AAA title with heavy graphics expectations, odds are they use some weird directx fuckery that’s not available in vulkan immediately and needs patching.
All of that gets fixed when Steam deck compatibility at launch day becomes more of a thing, so it’s just a matter of time tbh. I’ve been using Linux dual-boot since Hardy Heron and as my sole OS since 2018, 2025 may be honestly the year of the Linux desktop no joke.
Seems more like about 20% of games. It’s definitely improving but still a long way to go.
Steam Deck compatibility has a much higher standard since it requires the performance being good, gamepad support, etc, and even that’s at 40%. General Linux can’t be less than 95% for games that don’t require kernel level anticheat. Try checking a random sampling on https://www.protondb.com/.
I appreciate it; seeing more than a couple of people recommending protondb. I’ll have to investigate it on my next day off from work that’s not a weekend. Thank you.