Hi Gamers!
In this guide I'm going to show you how to play as good as every PC-Game on a Linux machine and some other tricks on how to check the compatibility of your favourite Game.
For this guide you are going to need:
- An OS with a Linux Based Kernel
- A PC/Laptop
- Internet connection
For this guide I used my personal computer with a Fedora 39 GNOME installation. However, this guide should also work on any other distro for example Ubuntu or Debian. Let's start off with the questions this guide is going to answer?
- On which platform can you play Games?
- How to install Steam
- What is Proton?
- How to install GE-Proton
- Useful tools
On which platform can you play Games?
You can play every Windows game via Steam or other launchers. Steam is the most popular launcher for most Linux users since Steam published it's, well kind of weird Steamdeck which is also linux based. The most famous launcher for Epic-Games games is the Heroic Games-Launcher and also Lutris. On this guide we are going an Steam tho
How to install Steam?
There are three different ways on how to install steam? This is a sorting on the best ways to do so:
1st (Dumbest way) Install Bottles via Flatpack and install Steam into bottles
2nd (Meh) Install Steam via Flatpack
3rd (Best) Install steam from .rpm or .deb file
Basically, here are the downloads:
.deb Package (Debian/Ubuntu)
.rpm Package
What is Proton?
Proton is a custom version of WINE which has been made for using Windows programs on linux. Proton is basically an optimized version for playing games on linux mainly used by Steam. To access non linux games on linux, open your Steam settings, head over to compatibility and turn off compatibility settings for games.
How to install GE-Proton
GE-Proton is an even more optimized version of Proton which works even better on most games. How to install GE-Proton depends on how you installed steam. Here is a guide on how to setup GE-Proton.
Useful tools
If you want to check, whether the game you want to play is compatible with linux based OS, visit the ProtonDB which pretty much has every Steam Games stored in it. You can see it's compatibility there and check out, wheter you should buy a game or not.
So that's pretty much it, hope you guys enjoyed that guide, feel free to ask questions if something is not working as it should!
Philipp
