Here's a fun statistic for you today! Steam Play, Valve's fork of Wine which includes DXVK has recently hit 500 titles rated as "Platinum" when going by ProtonDB reports.
So that's 500 games, that aren't supported by the developer on Linux that should for the most part be click and play from within the Steam client on Linux. If we include games trending towards a Platinum rating, it's even higher at 569. That's pretty impressive considering Steam Play hasn't been out for too long. It's worth mentioning though of course, that Wine has been around for a long time.
This list of 500 games includes titles like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE, Heat Signature, Shadow Warrior 2, Outlast 2, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition and a lot more interesting titles.
Even so, a lot of this comes down to the vast improvements coming in quickly to the DXVK project which had 28 releases last year and it's not even finished yet. Most recently, DXVK gained improvements to fix issues with FIFA 19 so Football fans will probably enjoy the next DXVK release (and so the Steam Play version that pulls in the update).
I will keep an eye on it and see how the ratings change across this year. Regardless of how some feel about Steam Play, I do think it was a very smart move from Valve and look forward to following the progress. I still have reservations about the short-term and long-term impact of it but Linux gaming simply wouldn't go anywhere with 3-4 AAA releases supported a year and it's far more enticing for users to use Linux if their current games work.
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Steam Play is the new "500+ [incremental] Linux games natively available on Steam" headline! ^_^
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Quoting: riusmaSteam Play is the new "500+ [incremental] Linux games natively available on Steam" headline! ^_^Which may be more interesting and valuable to some, since it will include a lot of AAA titles.
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Quoting: liamdaweWhich may be more interesting and valuable to some, since it will include a lot of AAA titles.
Indeed! But that brings back some nostalgia! :)
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Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: riusmaSteam Play is the new "500+ [incremental] Linux games natively available on Steam" headline! ^_^Which may be more interesting and valuable to some, since it will include a lot of AAA titles.
The moment Fallout 4 and GTA 5 is fully running without tampering, I'm all over'em babies. :)
Last edited by Beamboom on 11 January 2019 at 12:52 pm UTC
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I really hope that Valves effort pays off and they succeed in the long term in getting substantially more users to Linux (and Steam). Although eventually there are "just" planning for streaming services with all their effort and Linux Desktop users are considered their testing crowd. I'm fine with both :)
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I used to be sceptical about Steam Play and its impact on Linux gaming, but I now have to admit that it's a pretty nice way of getting Steam's older titles to work on our beloved platform. Let's be fair, a lot of those older games would have never gotten a Linux port anyway, so it's basically a case of getting the game on Linux vs not getting it.
I feel like Valve's primary objective is to get as many games as possible to work out-of-the-box under Linux, to make sure they have a backup plan in case Windows becomes a no-go zone for them. Maybe they're also thinking about reviving Steam consoles. This is good for us too since we're always more and more able to recommend Linux for gaming to the average customer.
I feel like Valve's primary objective is to get as many games as possible to work out-of-the-box under Linux, to make sure they have a backup plan in case Windows becomes a no-go zone for them. Maybe they're also thinking about reviving Steam consoles. This is good for us too since we're always more and more able to recommend Linux for gaming to the average customer.
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^_^
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^_^
Last edited by mrdeathjr on 11 January 2019 at 6:32 pm UTC
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From my point of view, we should still give priority to native ports. Which means that if we get to know that Feral or any publisher is making the port, it's wise to wait before buy and play it (and with the current games backlog we have, we have lot of thing to play while waiting :P).
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There are actually more platinum ones as some people report issues with really outdated drivers or have distros that doesn't have file description limits increased to use esync.
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Quoting: XpanderThere are actually more platinum ones as some people report issues with really outdated drivers or have distros that doesn't have file description limits increased to use esync.Well, hopefully ProtonDB will apply some limits to what entries can do to a rating when they're using rather outdated specs.
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