I'd give Nobara a try. I've been using it for about 2 years and it's been pretty seamless. Already comes with a bunch of Linux gaming related software, like Steam, Lutris, Proton-up, etc.

It also has a bunch of gaming performance patches automatically installed.

If you're not technically inclined at all and want a console style experience, Bazzite is probably your best bet.

All that said, most mainstream distros will give you a fine gaming experience, you just might have to do some manual fiddling and installing yourself depending on the distro and the games you're playing.

Personally gaming on Fedora without trouble. I've heard good things about Nobara - https://nobaraproject.org/author/gloriouseggroll/

Hannah Montana Linux

Archlinux

Whatever works best for you. No distro is fundamentally better suited for gaming than others.

I’ve had good luck with Garuda after nearly two decades on Ubuntu and its derivatives.

So much so that I moved my work os to it, despite the gaming bent.

Like others have said, Bazzite is a good option.The auto driver install is amazing. Had no problems with Bazzite, not like PopOs(some Driver issues with older NVDIA GPU). Only thing is the ISO's are really large (>6Gb).

Imo. You shouldn't worry about "which distro is best for gaming" since they are all the same under the hood (mostly). There are no real performance benefits with different distros, so just pick one that feels and looks the best for you. I've heard that PopOS seems to be quite friendly for newcomers so it should be a good place to start exploring.

A distro that comes with the latest video drivers.

I'd stay away from Manjaro, personally. They've had a number of organisational and security fuck-ups that in my opinion makes it hard to take them seriously. Once is forgivable, but when they make the same mistake 3+ times it's just completely unforgivable and unprofessional.

Plus there's the whole "we hold Arch packages back two weeks but not AUR packages" - which means there could be dependency issues if you like installing stuff from AUR. In fairness though, they do request that users do not install AUR software on their site, so people do get warned about that.

Endeavour is good. If I was to go back to an Arch distro, it's what I'd use hands-down. Fundamentally just Arch with a better installer and a nice theme.

I'd also consider something Fedora based, like Fedora (duh), or Bazzite (if you want an atomic/immutable OS). Up-to-date, extensively tested. Bazzite even allows you to install it with out-of-the-box Gamescope support (in simple terms, you get some of the performance options and performance overlays that the steam deck has).

Bazzite

Pop_OS?

Edit: Apprently the anwer is "no".