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End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending
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Proton / wine is modern day magic
Most Windows only steam games work out of the box (you do have to enable it in the right click menu > Compatibility options, per game)
Games that use Anti-cheat aren't likely to work (it depends on the Anti-cheat used and how it's configured)
ProtonDB is a good resource for checking if/which games work, or fixes and workarounds
You can use proton or wine on non steam games, but that requires additional setup that I'm not familiar with
Okay dank I had no awareness of proton, this is very encouraging! Thanks!
Linux gamer here. Can confirm: both Proton and ProtonDB are wonderful.
My personal experience gaming solely on Linux for about two years is a 100% success rate running Windows games. Mind you I don't play anything that has anti-cheat. And maybe 85%-90% without needing to fiddle with anything.
Depends entirely on your games list.
If you only play indies and singleplayer, it will probably work out.
If you play AAA and competitive multiplayer, not so much.
Fair point. I dislike competitive multiplayer games. Also why I don't encounter anything with anti-cheat, as that's the primary (maybe only?) type of game it's used for.
But absolutely an important consideration for those that do like competitive multiplayer.
I moved from windows to ubuntu a few months ago. My entire steam library works when I do this. The only games I've heard don't work are LoL and CoD. Maybe a few more?