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Must-have Native Linux games under £15 in the Steam Spring Sale 2025 (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

For anyone unfamiliar with Linux gaming, at this point, whether or not a game has a native Linux runtime is kind of irrelevant.

In fact, it has been my experience, that Windows versions of many games run better with Proton than their Linux counterparts. Probably because more work goes into the Windows versions to optimize.

Either way, still good to know who's actually trying out there.

[–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Proton has been a blessing and a curse. What's the point of making a native Linux version when you can more easily make it work well with Proton (or don't bother at all and it might still work with Proton).

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago

I mean, if it works it works. I'm fine with using proton.

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