Usually the games can run as solid as on windows. Only issue tends to be anti-cheat software not playing nice. Apex seems to function well via Proton. Checkout ProtonDB for a list of what's working.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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thanks for the suggestion i’ll be checking that out!
Overwatch 2 works very well in lutris.
also saw the news that OW is coming to steam soon! hopefully makes things easier
Well... sometimes I run across some bugs with OW2 playing in Linux, for example:
- Battle.net freezing before login
- Everytime that I died the game stop detecting keyboard inputs, but after alt + tab the game detect again.
- Random performance drops
Is nothing big but I not playing competitive anymore, I imagine if I was playing competitive I'll be pretty pissed off if a bug like that occurred during a match(the battle.net case only if I had to restart the game/PC during a match)
I get basically the same performance on OW2 with Lurtis and Garuda versus Windows. It's pretty much competitive now.
what’s garuda?
Both OW2 and Apex work on Linux. I don’t play competitively but I don’t think there should be any issues. Folks on ProtonDB and Lutris can confirm comparability as well.
awesome thank you!!
League of Legends works too!
nothings stops You from trying. Linux gaming is fantastic nowadays.
you’re 100% right, i just got a new ssd today to dualboot for starters :)
This is the answer. Dual boot for awhile and experiment a bit. Sometimes games work out of the box, other times it needs a bit of tinkering which most of the time someone else has already identified what you need to do to fix your issue.
Things like Lutris, Steam, Wine and ProtonDB are in all invaluable to gaming on Linux.
noted. going to install nobara later today and tinker around and see how it goes
Keep your games on an NTFS disk or partition, and both OSes can access it.
I can give next to no actual helpful advice, but I’ll throw something into the void. I’m pretty sure the anticheat Apex uses isn’t supported on Linux, and I have no clue about O2
February 2022 they put out an update that enabled Proton support for EasyAntiCheat. Apex and Overwatch 2 both work.