Other News about gaming on Linux

Hori Fighting Stick alpha? (Xbox Series or PS5)

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 10:47am

My google-fu is strong, but I can't find a definite report of either of these working in Linux. It's a wired device... I don't know if that means it will just use Xinput and work; the 'xone' project on github (https://github.com/medusalix/xone) leads me to believe recent Xbox peripherals are not always a sure thing.

Or maybe it's just wireless devices... I have no idea and can't test. (A good test might be... does anyone have a Xbox Series X|S controller that works fine in Linux wired, without using any of the extended github projects?)

Only report I can find is some guy couldn't get his PS5 version working in Steam. (https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1pl9cs1/getting_hori_alpha_to_recognize_within_steam/)

Devices in question:

Hori Fighting Stick alpha PS5

Hori Fighting Stick alpha Xbox Series X|S

Thanks for any input.

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Infrastructure #674 | A psychological terminal-horror game where every command reveals the truth. Learn real Linux commands while uncovering the truth.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 10:44am

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I made a psychological horror game where you learn real Linux commands

Hi everyone,

I’m working on a small indie game called **Infrastructure #674**.

It’s a psychological horror game where the player explores a mysterious infrastructure terminal and slowly uncovers the truth behind a rogue AI.

The twist is that the game teaches real Linux-style commands while you play.

You interact with the system using commands like:

help
scan
connect
ls
cat
decrypt

As the investigation progresses the system starts reacting to the player and strange glitches begin to appear.

The idea is to combine:
- terminal hacking gameplay
- psychological horror
- learning Linux basics

I’d love to get feedback from developers and players.

What do you think about the concept?
Would you play something like this?

If anyone wants to test it I can share the build.

https://terminal-horror.itch.io/infrastructure-674

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submitted by /u/Pleasant_Plane1904
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Sober behaving weirdly

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 10:36am

So I was using Sober on my steamdeck as usual, but the arrow key stopped working correctly. They started just moving me or the camera slightly in one direction instead of what they were supposed to do. I tried factory reset and it worked for a short time just for the issue to appear again.

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I made a keyboard-only FPV drone game with vim keybindings - runs on Linux and browser

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 10:03am

hjkl to fly, : for command mode. No controller needed.

:god and :auto together make it practically fly itself.
Procedural terrain and city stage, both infinite.

Play in browser: https://patakuti.itch.io/vfpv
Source: https://github.com/patakuti/vfpv

submitted by /u/patakuti
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Switching to linux for gaming

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 9:56am

im running windows 11 right now. i have high end specs rtx 5070 ryzen 7 7800X3D and 32gb ddr5 ram i get very good fps on games but i always wanted to sqeeze out every single fps out of my system. will i see any difference in performance if i switch to linux? can i install Nvidia drivers smoothly on linux? will i still be able to play games like cs2? and if one day i decide to come back to windows can i switch for free ?

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I can't install the Repentence DLC, even though I own it.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 9:43am

I tried asking steam support for help, but apparently Steam for Linux is not supported on the version I'm using (Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit). They basically told I have to rely on the community, so here I am.

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Heroic managed ge-proton - is it OK to symlink so Steam can share it?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 9:22am

I seem to have 2 different ge-proton installed. One managed by Heroic, the other directly into the ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/ folder for use with Steam. Can Heroic and Steam comfortably share the same install and therefore can I just symlink from ~/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/ to the Heroic ge-proton installation?

submitted by /u/kaptnblackbeard
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P5X refuses to work no matter what

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 9:10am

It's either not enough space or that Qt plugin error which doesn't even let me launch the game. This is all so very annoying.

submitted by /u/IcePick_75
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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw low framerate

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 8:54am

I can get the game to launch but the framerate is unplayably low. I looked around but can't find any solution. It's the gog version and I'm on bazzite.

Edit: it also gets stuck loading at various points depending on which version of wine/proton I'm using

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Please can somebody help me setup tablet for osu on linux fedora?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 8:47am

I decided to try osu, since I already have a tablet (xppen star 03 v2), I installed linux vesion of osu (appimage), everything is setup, but it doesn't detect a tablet. I've learned that for osu I need OTD, which I installed, but it also doesn't detect my tablet I suspect it is because my driver from xppen conflicts with it and maybe fedora kde's tablet driver. So how do I go about setup, I've started by using ai to help, but then chickened out and reverted back fearing that it'll fuck up my tablet or just make some tangled mess of problems. I've installed OTD from website not from flathub

submitted by /u/Mental_Budget_5085
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Should I switch to Linux?

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 6:26am

Currently using windows 11 enterprise LTSC.. Although I'm worried about how much data microsoft takes from me without my knowledge. I'm thinking to switch to linux but, I've had very bad experience in the past with linux due to my old hardware I had which caused bad driver support..

I mainly use windows for gaming on my pc that's all. Don't plan on using anything else as of rn.. Also I play a few games so it might be easier to me on linux? Idk, I'll list down my laptop specifications which I use to play games aswell as the games..

Valorant (this wouldn't run and I'm fine with it) Bloodstrike (by netease games I need this to run) Kovaaks (This is what I mostly play and I need this to run) Minecraft 1.8 ( this will run cause opengl.)

Let me know which distros are good for me.

And how do I make these games run.

My laptop specifications.

Ryzen 5 5625u

16gb ddr4 (single channel)

vega 7 (apu)

512 ssd..

No idea if vega7 has good driver support on linux and if I'll have performance impact or no comparing to windows.

Any help will be appreciated

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Scaling mouse sensitivity

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 6:17am

Does anyone know of a tool/environment variable I can use to scale the mouse sensitivity that goes into a steam game (we can assume Proton is involved)? Some games have really dumb sensitivity options (like integer sensitivities where the sweet spot is a really low number and a 1 point change is a lot).

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Need for Speed Pro Street and Need for Speed Underground 2 doesn't launch.

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 5:14am

Hi I'm unable to launcher these 2 games (planning on test it on Most Wanted and Carbon too) in Bottles (not the flatpak version).

Used Proton GE 7.30 because I heard the latest Proton GE didnt work at all. Running CachyOS on my PC.

What caused the issue? Because few months ago it its able to run pro street, then I left my pc for months (and then updating them). Already remaking the prefix from scratch but still doest work.

log:

fsync: up and running. wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely info: Game: nfs.exe info: DXVK: v2.7.1-501-g9963ecdf info: Build: x86 gcc 15.2.0 info: Vulkan: Found vkGetInstanceProcAddr in winevulkan.dll @ 0xfe13950 info: Extension providers: info: Platform WSI info: OpenVR info: OpenVR: could not open registry key, status 2 info: OpenVR: Failed to locate module info: OpenXR info: Enabled instance extensions: info: VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 info: VK_KHR_surface info: VK_KHR_win32_surface info: Found device: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (NVIDIA 595.45.4) info: Skipping: Device does not support required feature 'khrLoadStoreOpNone' (extension: VK_KHR_load_store_op_none) warn: DXVK: No adapters found. Please check your device filter settings warn: and Vulkan drivers. A Vulkan 1.3 capable setup is required.fsync: up and running. wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely info: Game: nfs.exe info: DXVK: v2.7.1-501-g9963ecdf info: Build: x86 gcc 15.2.0 info: Vulkan: Found vkGetInstanceProcAddr in winevulkan.dll @ 0xfe13950 info: Extension providers: info: Platform WSI info: OpenVR info: OpenVR: could not open registry key, status 2 info: OpenVR: Failed to locate module info: OpenXR info: Enabled instance extensions: info: VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 info: VK_KHR_surface info: VK_KHR_win32_surface info: Found device: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (NVIDIA 595.45.4) info: Skipping: Device does not support required feature 'khrLoadStoreOpNone' (extension: VK_KHR_load_store_op_none) warn: DXVK: No adapters found. Please check your device filter settings warn: and Vulkan drivers. A Vulkan 1.3 capable setup is required. submitted by /u/farsdewibs0n
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Counter-Strike 2 - message and time+date texts using blackletter for some reason

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 5:13am

I don't know if anyone is having this problem, but after a long time without playing CS:2 I noticed this yesterday. I'm unsure if I'm missing a font in my system or what.

Fedora 43 KDE, RPM Fusion Steam.

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Assertion Failed: vkallocatememory

Reddit Linux_Gaming - 22 Mar 2026 - 5:10am

I'm trying to play Witchfire on my PC but the game crashes constantly after around 20-30 minutes of play time.

Here's the error that pops up and here are my specs:

OS: Fedora GNOME

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H (12) @ 4.50 GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

RAM: 16 GB

Proton versions I've tried:

Proton 10.0-4

Proton Experimental

Proton GE-32

The error seems to be some sort of memory leak but I can't identify what's causing it and there's nobody on protondb that's reporting the same issue so it's kinda driving me crazy. For reference I just played Resident Evil Requiem on the same setup at stable 60 FPS and it was an extremely smooth experience, so I know it's not my PC. Any help would be appreciated.

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