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What's the best way to play pirated windows games on Linux?

Ever since I've migrated I stuck to emulation for game piracy cause it was pretty simple. Ive been trying to run some repacked games but I can't get them to install properly.

I don't see many people talk about this probably because most game pirates use windows if I had to guess.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Others mentioned good sources.

I like to install in Lutris.

If the game is not a Steam exclusive, you can get some help from Lutris-scripts, and if the game is a bit older, maybe even winehq appdb. Otherwise, ProtonDB (if the game doesn't run but the recent reviews say to just hit play, look for older reviews).

Most of the time, the issue will be .NET or vcrun (Majorgeeks AIO is easier than winetricks IMO)

Barely had issues wich FG yet. She even has instructions for Linux. Limit to 2GB RAM works almost always.

I had one game where I had to use the Lutris 7.2 runner and I had a diyferent game where a feature would only work with Proton.

Newer Codex cracks don't work.