looking for linux versions of games ? (lemmy.one)

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i primarily use fedora linux and im looking a website or something specifically for linux versions of games, specifically stardew valley and hyper light drifter. any help would be great!

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[-] elidoz@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm not sure if it's better to play native linux games than to use wine

some games I tried, the native linux version had broken lighting, while the wine version worked fine

also with wine all your saves are in the game folder, and it doesn't make a mess by saving files wherever the developer thought would do the job

also it's easier to find the latest version for windows than it is for linux

[-] prole 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

To clarify, in case it's not what you meant, I would recommend using Proton over wine

[-] LittleBobbyTables@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Agreed, and one particular example I can think of is Terraria's Steam Workshop tools. If I try and publish a texture pack using the Linux-native version of the game, it crashes, but when I use the Windows version of the game via Proton, it works just fine. Not sure if the developers have gotten around to fixing this yet.

Edit: Now that I think of it, it's a similar story with Half-Life 2 now that they added Steam Workshop support for its 20th anniversary. Crashes on native, works fine under Proton.