THE FINALS broken on Linux / Steam Deck (yes again) with Update 5.12.0

By Liam Dawe - 6 Mar 2025 at 2:52 pm UTC
Last updated: 6 Mar 2025 at 2:53 pm UTC

A reoccurring theme here with THE FINALS from Embark Studios is that it appears to break on Linux / Steam Deck each major upgrade, and it has happened again with the launch of Update 5.12.0.

It's not clear yet what's happening, but it could be anti-cheat related. Their update notes did mention a tweak to their anti-cheat, but it may also be unrelated since this situation has happened before multiple times and then fixed by Valve in a Proton update.

For me, when I go to launch it gets to the Easy Anti-Cheat loading screen and then quits with this error box:

There's already replied noting this on the Proton GitHub ticket. Hopefully Valve's Proton developers can take a look soon, and we may see a Proton Hotfix update like we've seen in the past.

THE FINALS | Release Date: 8th December 2023

Official links:

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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Proton, Steam Deck, Anti-Cheat, FPS, Online Multiplayer, Steam | Apps: THE FINALS

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based 3 hours ago

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Kinda depressing when the error message says "No message."

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Stella 3 hours ago

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bruh, how embarassing…

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BigRob029 43 minutes ago

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How do we keep doing this??
(Ya'll know i'm a little biased, but still...)
The Finals is one of the biggest multiplayer anticheat-abiding linux games right now... and they repeatedly fumble it for linux players on every major update.

everytime i turn on my pc there's a finals update and its fine. like 15-20 updates a month. but when the new content season drops the linux player's day 1 isnt until like day 4. so annoying.

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