Steam is honestly your best shot for getting a game to run, they’ve worked pretty hard on their compatibility layer.
Have you tried out Steam on there? I don’t know if there are any workarounds to running Steam games that require Windows; otherwise I’d probably switch one of my last Windows machines over.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Yes Steam is the main tool Im using to run games, even non-Steam games.
Bazzite also comes with Lutris which will set up some wine wrappers for you, which work fine, but Steam gives you things like Steam Input. I’ve never seen a controller mapper as good as Steam Input.
I don’t know what the performance comparison between Valve’s Proton and current FOSS variants of Wine is.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 days ago
About Minecraft - what launcher(s) are you using on Linux? One of my kids is going through and playing all the old versions of the game, but I don’t know if that would work on Linux?
ezterry@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I use prism launcher for Java edition Minecraft both on windows and Linux. (Good for modded setups and pinning versions as well much better than stock)
Its in Flathub on Linux (mint in my case)
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Prism Launcher shows up in flat hub (the “app store” that comes with Bazzite).
It manages different Minecraft instances of different versions, and helps manage mods, texture packs, shaderpacks, etc.
ProfessorNeurus@infosec.pub 4 days ago
Another good one to have is the Heroic launcher. You can add your Epic store games there as well.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Steam is absolitely the EASIEST way to run games on Linux.
It abstracts Wine, Proton and all the other dependencies so you don’t have to think about it much.
You just install it, download and play exactly the same as you would on Windows.
Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Don’t forget Lutris. It may take a bit more tinkering than Steam, but if you have loose games or use multiple games launchers, Lutris can combine them all into one neat and tidy launcher.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Don’t some games have a “Windows only” logo on them? Are you saying it will use Wine to launch Windows only games?
I haven’t tried it yet out of sheer laziness, since I already have several Linux bare metal/VM instances running. Right now I have a Windows machine mostly dedicated to Steam. I have sometimes launched Steam on my macs.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Yes, that’s right. Steam can play windows-only games via Proton, which is the exact same thing they are doing on Steam Deck. Steam Deck is what really motivated a lot of work in this area, and why the situation is so good these days.
It sounds like you’ve already got plenty of Linux machines, so perhaps try it for yourself and see.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Well, damn. I might have to get a low-end “gaming” machine and use Linux on it. Windows is so frustrating to use - I don’t want to have my identity managed by their stupid fucking cloud just for a low-end gaming machine. They try to hide the local user path and they seem to keep trying to further enshittify everything about trying to use an OS for the way I want to use it. (Reminds me: I need to read Cory’s book)
I’ve used Windows off and on for years - I mostly stopped paying much attention to MS once I was able to use Mac/Linux for my work daily driver, and only use it in anger for things like gaming and mining.