Without a keyboard, it's not necessarily the best handheld experience, but if you want to do this, you certainly can. Of course, you could also just bin SteamOS entirely and install Windows on Steam Deck. Windows 11 Start menu dark theme (Image credit: Zac Bowden | Windows Central) WINE is the driving force behind everything, but there is also Lutris, a popular game manager, and more recently, the cross-platform Epic Games tools, Legendary and Heroic Games Launcher. On Linux, a few tools already well established allow Windows games from outside of Steam to play. You can easily follow our guides for how to install non-Steam games for anything outside of the Steam store ecosystem, and even specifics for titles sold on GOG Galaxy or Epic Games Store. On Linux, where there's a will there's usually a way.īut what about playing other PC games on the Steam Deck, such as those from Epic Games or GOG? Where there's a will, there's a way. After all, Steam Deck has just been announced, but the Linux-based goodness has been getting better for years. And truth be told, while Steam may not necessarily be the best example of what Linux usually stands for, Valve deserves every credit for its continued commitment to the platform.
The big play with Steam Deck is the Steam ecosystem. Steam gaming on Linux (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) ProtonDB crowdsources performance results from the whole Linux community, detailing experiences with different versions of Proton on various hardware, other distros, and even any special tricks you can use to make a game perform better. Fortunately, the Linux gaming crowd is a committed bunch, and there's a community database that will be extremely valuable to Steam Deck owners. It's still not cut-and-dry, even when turning on Proton for all games.
Hopefully, the Steam Deck and Valve's continued push with Linux might give the developers a prod, but we'll believe it when it happens.
Not because Proton isn't up to it, but because these tiles have anti-cheat software, and right now, anti-cheat is the bane of the Linux gamer. Proton can't help you with anti-cheat software unfortunately.īut you can't play some multiplayer games like Destiny 2. There will be a minor performance hit, but if your hardware is good enough, you won't know. Proton can work miracles, but there are things it can't do.įor example, using Proton, you can play Spider-Man Remastered on Steam at high frame rates and higher graphics settings with a controller or a keyboard and mouse, precisely as if you were playing on Windows. Or rather, games you won't be able to try to play. Ignoring the hardware limitations of the Steam Deck, you won't be blocked from playing a massive number of games. Steam Proton compatibility version list (Image credit: Source: Windows Central)
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