That’s not true. Most are battle-eye or easy-anti-cheat, both of which are supported on proton. The vast majority of multiplayer games you can play without issue. There’s a handful from China that don’t work, and anything with kernel level DRM or AC obviously, but I’d rather stay away from those anyway.
I did have trouble a long time ago with Squad, where the it was using an obsolete C++ thing, but the flatpak of Steam included it. It now works. Also, The Finals didn’t work at launch because they hadn’t updated their AC, but it does now.
Yes, many anti-cheat systems can work if the developer opts-in to Linux support, but the fact remains that many MP games don’t work. From this list, starting from “best”, here are the ones that don’t work (according to are we anticheat yet):
#3 - COD: Warzone
#4 - Apex Legends
#5 - Rocket League
#7 - GTA Online
#8 - League of Legends
#13 - Valorant
#14 - Rainbow Six Siege
#16 - Fortnite
#19 - Hearthstone
#21 - Mortal Kombat X
That list is a little weird, but it popped up high in search results. Here are a few more that didn’t make the list for whatever reason that have high playership (from steamdb):
Destiny 2
PUBG
Rust
There are a ton that do work, but if you play one or more of the above games, Linux isn’t going to be a good option for you. Many of those could work if the devs flipped a switch on their build, but the fact remains that they don’t.
Cool. I stopped following it since Epic bought it, and it showed up as “Broken” on “are we anticheat yet.” Glad to know “broken” isn’t totally reliable.
That’s not true. Most are battle-eye or easy-anti-cheat, both of which are supported on proton. The vast majority of multiplayer games you can play without issue. There’s a handful from China that don’t work, and anything with kernel level DRM or AC obviously, but I’d rather stay away from those anyway.
I did have trouble a long time ago with Squad, where the it was using an obsolete C++ thing, but the flatpak of Steam included it. It now works. Also, The Finals didn’t work at launch because they hadn’t updated their AC, but it does now.
Yes, many anti-cheat systems can work if the developer opts-in to Linux support, but the fact remains that many MP games don’t work. From this list, starting from “best”, here are the ones that don’t work (according to are we anticheat yet):
That list is a little weird, but it popped up high in search results. Here are a few more that didn’t make the list for whatever reason that have high playership (from steamdb):
There are a ton that do work, but if you play one or more of the above games, Linux isn’t going to be a good option for you. Many of those could work if the devs flipped a switch on their build, but the fact remains that they don’t.
I play rocket league on linux every day, not sure about the rest. Well I know fortnite doesnt work cause I tried a bunch recently.
Cool. I stopped following it since Epic bought it, and it showed up as “Broken” on “are we anticheat yet.” Glad to know “broken” isn’t totally reliable.
Call of Duty, League of Legends, Valorant, and Battlefield. And those are all some of, if not the mostly populated multiplayer games.