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I don't game much myself but the first thing I would is check if the games I like to play run on Linux.
Also, I have no idea how realistic it is to play in a virtual machine? Maybe you will have to install Linux alongside Windows in a dual boot configuration not as a virtual machine (you can search info about 'dual booting'), but not before you have made a backup of all your data on the Windows installation (worth searching more info about that too)
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It will feel uncomfortable for a while, that's the point, but as long as you're ok to accept that it's unavoidable nut normal and that it should not last that long you should be ok ;)
Almost all of my games are on Steam and from what I've read most of them work fine on Linux.
I think I'll take the leap and switch, after I backup my Windows of course.
Your data, sorry to insist but Windows itself should be easy to download and to reinstall. Your personal files (photos, texts, passwords, and so on aka your data) not so much. Once they're gone you can't download a new copy. Installing Linux should go fine but there is always a real risk something goes wrong, even more so as a complete beginner.
That's what I meant, just worded it badly.