Not judging, just curious.
What games are those? In the last 12 months I tried 151 games on Linux. All of them worked, only 6 required tinkering.
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ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’d switch off windows but most of the games I play won’t work on Linux due to “anti cheat”.
v0rld@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
The fact they mentioned “anti cheat”, it’s going to be your modern online multiplayer games. It’s going to be games like Fortnite, PUBG, Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc.
glog78@digitalcourage.social 3 weeks ago
I would still like to know which and why. Usually there are alternatives out even for those multiplayer games. Example -> all the valve Games / Blizards Games are good too ;)
octoham@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
sadly most online mp games have kernel-level anti-cheat that doesn’t run on linux
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Sure, there are alternatives for the games I listed, but if all your friends are playing any of the games I listed, you don’t have many options for Linux outside of something like Shadow or GeForce Now, which admittedly is a pretty solid option for online-only games if you live near their servers.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You must not play most of the top 5 fps games then lol.
Literally everything a “normal” gamer plays is not supported on linux.
BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Normal gamers don’t just play FPS lol
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeahh they do. 90% of kids with a ps5 wanna play bf6 and pubg etc type games. And if a normie even thinks of gamer they think of fortnite bf and cod.
mp04610@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I recently found a neat list of games that don’t work due to Anti-Cheat:
So it’s probably one of the ~700 games.
Jaysyn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Awesome find.
Looking at the first 4 pages, you’d have to pay me to play the “denied” games.
I’m not missing a damn thing. :D
darkstar@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Not the original commenter, but for me it’s Arc Raiders. I’m a fan of extraction shooters and have been messing with the idea of fully switching to Linux and ditching microslop completely, aaaaaaand then Arc Raiders was released
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 3 weeks ago
i’m a linux gamer and can personally confirm arc raiders works on my machine 👍
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Arc Raiders
Arc Raiders has Platinum status on Linux, meaning it works extremely well under Linux.
Metalbaswee@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
I’ve come to terms with the fact that i just won’t play those games. There are just too many wonderful games out there that do run perfectly well under linux. Does help that most of my gaming buddies think the same. Definitely a challenge when your entire friend group is hooked in those kinda games
glog78@digitalcourage.social 3 weeks ago
@ClydapusGotwald @1984
Can you give some more inside of what you game and specially why ?OrgunDonor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not the original commenter, but my current ones are, EAs WRC it doesn’t work on Linux and the clubs feature is used by a couple of communities and is a great way to have current rallies.
Raceroom is not great on Linux, very crashy. But it can work at least.
I am also deep into Le Mans Ultimate, which just added EAC, and Devs have said they will not support linux. Currently it still works, but I am expecting that to end sometime soon.
For my hobby there isn’t really alternatives, iRacing doesn’t work, AC Rally is just too early and doesn’t have anything outside of leaderboards (and that doesn’t even have friend filtering). In terms of Sim racing there isn’t much that works really well on Linux and can’t exactly get the same experience in other games, like a 24hr race with driver swaps, ranked racing with multi class.
glog78@digitalcourage.social 3 weeks ago
thanks for the answer. i remember there was a scene for sim racing at one point, but i am completly out of this one. Maybe @gamingonlinux has some ideas about racing.
OrgunDonor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There are certainly options, but they are older or just not fully fleshed out for sim racing, Hardware has gotten pretty well supported now. And games like Le Mans Ultimate had their on proton fork to get it working. But If you want big races you are very limited software wise, you kinda only really have iRacing or LMU. And They both devs have been unsupportive of linux, although LMU does still currently work.
In terms of sims that do work, Automobilista 2, Raceroom, Assetto Corsa, AC Rally, AC Evo, AC Competizione, BeamNG.Drive, Dirt Rally 2.0 and i think Live for Speed.
There are options that are fun, but AC Evo is rough, AC Rally is great but you can tell it is Early Access. And honestly nothing on that list ticks the same boxes as iRacing or LMU for racing.
Outside of that though, I could absolutely switch away from windows. Nothing else I play or am looking forward to getting to play will have issues running
OnfireNFS@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I run rfactor 2 on Linux. Might be an option for a more causal sim racer. It’s funny because I know other racing sims are more popular but my local VR racing sim location mainly runs rfactor 2 as well.
It runs on Linux, not sure if VR works with Linux though. I suspect the Steam frame may change that
witness_me@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Then enjoy windows. You have no other option unless you buy those games again on a Xbox or PlayStation console.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Gta, bf6, rainbow 6, cod, none of these run because the game studios hate giving linix users anything and its not worth their time.
Most of them are made by horrible companies we shouldn’t be supporting anyways.