Other News about gaming on Linux

Brotato gets a juicy free update out now - along with new Linux and macOS support

Gaming on Linux - 29. Oktober 2025 - 12:19
With Evil Empire now in control of the future of Brotato, the first free content update under their wing is out now and it really sounds great.

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The big Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven expansion is out

Gaming on Linux - 29. Oktober 2025 - 12:05
The Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven expansion has released and to much surprise, it seems finally Paradox are back on form with players loving it.

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it's annoying that valve has not implemented default settings for newly generated proton prefixes yet

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 12:01

let me know if you relate to this: you start up a new or older game and the launcher is tiny, meaning you need to get really fucking close to the screen to read anything. Let's say you need to use an installer for a mod or some kind of tool and you need to run it within the proton prefix: same deal. Only way to fix it is to manually set your DPI for literally every single newly generated proton prefix.

Two things: steam should allow us to set a default EPI for any new proton prefix created. I have only 1600p and 2160p displays in my house, there is no reason it should be defaulting to a DPI suited to 1080p. I almost feel like they don't mess with stuff like this because this is such a glaring issue with the end user experience for anyone who is doing anything except literally just playing the games without messing with anything. Older titles especially you need to sometimes run a patch or something. I know it's possible because my default wine prefix has a DPI set to my liking so anything I opened with the normal wine program loader loads properly with DPI that I can actually read. it's incredibly annoying to have to do this for literally every single game. Heroic and even Lutris which is from what I understand semi abandoned let you do this, there's no reason valve can't implement the same thing.

The second thing I would like which is less related to this but also seems like a very necessary feature as the ability to browse wine prefix just like again heroic and lutris. The way it works now you basically either need to go to PC gaming wiki to get the actual proton prefix ID that the folder is titled with or I recently found this out you can just go to proton tricks and it will have the name there. We should be able to write click see an option for "browse prefix" just like there's an option to browse local files. It's especially important for games that for example store their saves within the prefix or literally anything done in the actual prefix.

Sorry that I'm coming across really annoyed, that's because I am lol I feel like I'm going crazy in that I don't see how no one else has complained about this yet. if this is added or fixed anytime soon I will be incredibly fucking grateful and it will massively decrease my annoyance with steam. if anyone knows of some way to set a DPI for all prefixes steam wide let me know.

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Vampire Survivors just keeps on giving with a free Balatro DLC, online co-op and more free content

Gaming on Linux - 29. Oktober 2025 - 11:48
Vampire Survivors just dropped a massive content update that includes a free Balatro crossover DLC, online co-op is live and more added.

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The excellent city-builder Timberborn is approaching the 1.0 release

Gaming on Linux - 29. Oktober 2025 - 11:40
Timberborn is a city-builder full of beavers, in a world where humans are long gone. It's properly great, and now it's finally about to hit the big 1.0.

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GE-Proton 10-24 brings fixes for Space Engineers, Blade & Soul NEO

Gaming on Linux - 29. Oktober 2025 - 11:33
Here we go again, yet another hotfix release for the GE-Proton compatibility layer for running more Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

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The Séance of Blake Manor released

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 11:25

This game was released on 27th October. It sounded like my kind of thing, so I picked it up last night with a small discount from Gamesplanet.

It's a 'native' Unity3D game which is always preferred. Whilst I've only played about 30min so far, I've survived the first night and have solved the initial puzzle! Controls are the usual mouse/WASD style with the pointer changing where things can be interacted with. Supernatural mysteries are right up my street, so I will report back later when I've progressed further.

Recommended :-)

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Nvidia Driver in RPMFusion Does Not Have Correct Implementation of Nvidia Smooth Motion.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 11:03

Title. Recently I've been install multiple linux distros in different machines of my end for trying to create a entire linux-only environment. I tried multiple laptop and some desktop and did some gaming to test if the driver is correctly installed or the performance is decent enough.
I've tested linux mint, arch linux, LMDE and Fedora (42). All my machines have Nvidia hardware (few RTX 4070 ti and 4080 mobile). In theory, all distros with correct installed driver (580.95.05) would be able to use Nvidia SM without any problem. However, in fedora 42, if I use the system package of steam, not only in mangohud, there will be no "double" numbers show in the steam overlay and mangohud. And the "feeling" of double the framerates also didn't exist. Luckily, I solved this issue by installing steam using flatpak, and everything turns out great.

I haven't meet any issue on other distro and I guess flatpak works because it might be a sort of packaging mechanism of the nvidia driver is different from the one in rpmfusion.
Do you guys have similar issues on fedora or what's your situation? Thanks in advance.

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10bpc (30bit) color depth

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 08:59

Am on Mint 22.2, I found some guide on arch wiki and enabled 10bpc (my monitor and pc both support it, I ran it in win 10 before I swapped). Most things seem to work fine. I could launch steam, discord, browser. From games zzz and btd6 worked but for some reason it bricks wuthering waves, elden ring and satisfactory.

Does anyone know if there's a way to fix it or at least make it so that 10bpc is on for most stuff but it reverts to 8 while playing those games.

Edit: Gunfire reborn, Honkai star rail and genshin also work. Heroes of the storm via lutris doesn't (interestingly if I launch hots directly bnet shows up, if I try launching bnet it shows up as a black box instead).

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what the hell is that

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 08:30

its happens when i'm looking to someone, also everyone are headless

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Sandstorm is crashes the system on Linux Mint

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 08:12

I get first splash screen launching, then the game goes into full screen mode and I get something like this
And then a crash, really strange stuff, this is the only game on Linux Mint so far that has issues launching.

https://preview.redd.it/q38ipcdm30yf1.png?width=241&format=png&auto=webp&s=e296283dc7427f8c17a56265e352431658ede0c1

Does anyone know what is going on with the game?

I saw other people play this game on Linux Mint successfully

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The Outer Worlds 2 | 1080p | Radeon 890M | CachyOS

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 07:36

I’m using the Minisforum Ai X1 Pro, which has a Radeon 890M and a Ryzen 9 HX370. The Outer Worlds 2 runs smoothly out of the box, but I experienced inconsistent performance on my hardware. As a result, I ended up using XeSS 2.1 with XeSS Frame Generation and medium settings. I recorded the outdoor area instead of the intro, which is primarily indoors, because the outdoor performance is more demanding. With the settings I am using, I'm almost able to achieve 60 FPS. However, with VRR, the gameplay feels smooth.

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NBA 2K26 on Linux Mint

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 07:33

Hello everybody,

Since 2K26 is on sale (and Proton DB doesn't have that many testimonies), does anyone have any experience with the game on any Linux distro?

My specs are more than enough for medium settings on Windows (10400f, 6700 XT, 16 Gigs of RAM), but can it run without lag - and does the EAC play nice with Linux Mint?

Thanks in advance!

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Linux Mint: Battlefield 4 has no sound (Steam)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 07:32

Hey, guys

I am new to Linux Mint, and although I can boot into the game just fine using Proton Experimental, I have no sound. I tried editing config file to give audio a value 4, instead of 1, as Google suggested. I tried another Proton version (Hotfix) that also didn't give sound.

I disabled HDMI output, and left only my audio device as the main source of sound, but still nothing.

I get sound in other Steam games, and I am also getting sound in browser and system.

Do you know how to fix this issue?

I already deleted Proton folders, and reinstalled Proton. I also deleted setting folders for Battlefield 4 in Steam directory to make sure setting are reset to default, still no sound.

Thanks!

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Games

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 07:19

why does mil sim games like linux but not games like bf6 it seems like the mil sim games allaw linux no probmel but not games like bf6 both squad and arma reforger allaws linux zero problems but games like bf6 dosent. i will never run windows havent even dule bootted for years only linux. but i find it intresting why mil sim games seems to work very often. I have never encounterd cheaters in squad or arma. Mby those devs are more freindly

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Switch from Win10 to Linux

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 06:55

As the title says i want to switch. I don't like Win11 and i dont want to get a new PC or an upgrade because of requirements my PC doesn't meet. But i am lost. i saw Proton as a good alternative but i am unsure.
I just have some questions

Easy to use, i know its a new OS so it will function differently its more a "can a stupido like me use it"

Drivers where do i get drivers, do i have to update everything by myself?

Can i still play with my friends that are using windows?

Is it possible to get my GoG Games to run, i love to play old RTS like empire erath, Empires dawn of a new Age and also the old Cossacks games. Is it able to bring them to life under Protos ( its ok if its difficult or just working meh)

How do i insatll it? Simply clean my boards then install it and lets go? Or do i have to do things in preparation?

Where can i get the latest version of protos?

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Can't start Battlefield 4 after verifying game files (Steam)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 29. Oktober 2025 - 06:53

I initially could easily boot into Battlefield 4 on Linux Mint, but I had no audio, which I was trying to figure out

One of the "solutions" I read about was deleting settings folder for Battlefield 4 itself, that had regular profile files, I know you could delete them too, as I deleted this stuff on Windows as well. The folder held keybinds and video game settings, that automatically return once you start the game.

I verified files after, and tried to start the game, but it wouldn't boot

Now I keep verifying the game and it doesn't start, but shows all files are present

I tried to choose another Proton version, I used Experimental first, then moved to Hotfix version to see if it allows me to boot into the game, nope

You click "Start" it begins to "think" and then stop it automatically in the Steam launcher, no windows of game booting otherwise

Super confused, and I don't understand how to fix it now.

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