Linux provided 80% of 100 most popular games in Steam Games

According to the service protondb.com , collecting information about working capacity in Linux game applications presented in the Steam directory, currently in Linux 80% of the 100 most popular games are operational. When considering the 1000 most popular games, the support level is 75%, and Top10 is 40%. In general, from 21244 tested games, performance is confirmed for 17649 games (83%).


In the ranking taken into account both games directly produced for Linux and Windows-assembly games, launched using the Proton interlayer based on Wine Project and offering DirectX 9/10/11 implementation based on the DXVK and DirectX 12 package based on VKD3D -Proton.

Interestingly, when considering the 10 most popular games, 30% have native Linux support, and 10% are running through Proton, while for sampling from 1000 most popular games, native support is provided only for 22%, and work 53% is provided Through Windows Versions in Proton. Of the 10 most popular games in Linux workable
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Team Fortress 2
and Grand Theft AUTO V, and run not successful games Pubg: Battlegrounds,
Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, New World, Naraka: BladePoint and Destiny 2.

Some games with which problems arise when starting in Proton can be successfully launched in the experimental branch Proton Experimental , as well as in supported independent build enthusiasts Proton GE , which is characterized by a more recent Wine version, additional patch and ffmpeg.
In addition, work is underway to create a new Runtime container for Linux – Soldier Linux (Steam Runtime 2).

/Media reports.