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Any recommendations for low-end, Linux-friendly games to play? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Witch@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Hi everyone! So I just switched to Linux and I am a little unsure of what to play on my laptop.

It's a presumably decent laptop, 16gb of ram and Iris Xe, but I find that it has battery issues trying to play anything fancy like Skyrim.

I'm looking into things like emulation, finally tackling my Itch.io backlog, and bringing out old classics.

I like RPGs and text-based choose your own adventure games, so if you have any recommendations I'd appreciate it!

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[–] bigoofn@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wouldnt limit yourself to native linux. Check out protondb.com. You can even use non-steam games through steam for use with proton (or if you're feeling more technical you could use other tools that are more hands on).

[–] mjohanning@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely! Currently running Diablo 4 on the SteamDeck using Proton Experimental. Runs perfectly on medium-high settings at 45-50 fps. It's insane how far we've come. When I first started using Linux over ten years ago, running Windows games was nigh-impossible. And Valve finally released their Steam client for Linux, the selection of games was ... very limited.

[–] Witch@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's part of the reason why I didn't re-install Linux until recently. I would install it every few years, but it was only recently that I decided to keep it.

I didn't quite know about ProtonDB and what it could do, but I did know that a lot more games are compatible lately so I thought I'd try it out. Linux is doing great it seems!

[–] CaptManiac@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you get Diablo 4 to install on Linux? Any help appreciated.

[–] mjohanning@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I used this guide: https://www.polygon.com/23750107/how-to-play-install-diablo-4-steam-deck

I read that it is apparently also possible to simply install the Blizzard Launcher from Lutris, but I haven't tried that personally. The above guide worked without problems for me, though.

[–] Witch@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh that's cool as hell. I think I was aware this existed but never explored it in depth? I'll look up how to install it right now and see what my options are. I have a decently sized Steam library so this is nice.

[–] sodiumbromley@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Proton is both always being updated, and the way the compatibility layers work, it can be worth trying a game even if protondb doesn't have a great label for it. Some games will work with newer versions of proton than what other people have tested before. Some games that wouldn't run well on your laptop in windows might work fine under proton for complicated reasons.