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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (9 children)

The only games thus far that I couldn't get to work were pirated. Id say 80%+ pirated work, and so far all legit games. Even weird launchers like FF14 (stock, not the 3rd party) and Guild Wars 2. And then of course Steam does most the work.

Everyone's mileage varies, obvs, plus there's different distros and games.

[–] AuntieFreeze 4 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I've just recently gotten into this and installed steam through ubuntu's store. Could be why it thought subnautica was on Linux and let me download it. I uninstalled and installed through apt-get this time, hopefully that fixes that issue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Hmmm? You can run Subnautica on Linux through Steam, as you can run most games written for Windows.

[–] AuntieFreeze 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, I've tried subnautica and BG3 and hitting play on either would just not do anything. Saves in Civ6 wouldn't work either.

Troubleshooting BG3 is a hassle mainly due to it's such a big game and I have a dumb internet data cap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I don't have Subnautica but it is on my wishlist because you can play in VR, which is what I mostly play these days. PCVR is not as reliable on Linux as standard games, but nevertheless more than 50% of titles do work flawlessly now. Subnautica is definitely one of them - you should check for other people who've got your problem on ProtonDB. If you actually care, look into it more, you should be able to get all of those games running.

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