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Any distro is fine.
At most you'll maybe see a 1 to 3 fps difference due to a different DE, but that's about it.
I would check Protondb to see if your favorite games actually run on Linux before making the change!
For people who just start out using Linux, pick something tjay considered stable and looks a bit like the OS you're used to right now.
It's probably worth noting though that the only distro Valve officially supports is the latest Ubuntu LTS running KDE/Plasma, Gnome, or Unity. That doesn't mean you'll have problems on other distros -- and you probably won't! -- but Ubuntu is the distro they're testing on. Valve also maintains Ubuntu-specific troubleshooting resources as well.
That said, Valve does not support the official Ubuntu way of installing Steam, which is via snap ('apt install steam' will install the snap). So you have to make sure to install the Steam way (manually via the deb) instead.
Learned that yesterday as helldivers 2 would crash right after starting it with the snap version.
I find it so odd that they're only testing on Ubuntu when Steam Deck runs on Arch.
The Steam runtime is designed so it doesn’t matter. They just haven’t changed their packaging or anything since the early days.
ProtonDB also has a number of entries for Linux native games, and sometimes people will suggest running the Windows version instead if the Linux version is buggy. It's a great resource to check regardless of Linux support.
Just so anyone reading knows....some games with Linux binaries sometimes run better using proton and the windows binaries.
Crusader Kings 3 is buggy with Linux binaries but fine using proton, while Stellaris is the reverse for me. Ymmv.
To complete that thought, doing this can be useful in cases like these:
Thank you for posting a sensible general answer, rather than the ignorant distro-bias that I often see in response to this question.