do all pirated games work in linux? (programming.dev)

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obv excluding uwp games and hv based cracks(may change in the future,as hv team said they are working on it) from my post bec they dont work. so do all normal game cracks work on linux? ie. denuvo based voices38,empress,and others cracks? steam cracks of goldberg? and others?

i want to hear the experince of people here with pirated gaming on linux.

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[-] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 12 points 1 day ago

If the original game runs on Linux, sure.

Otherwise if the original game runs on proton/wine/bottles whatever, I guess it depends and you need to try.

My two cents: if the game already run on Linux, doesn't matter if it's emulated native or what, will run both original and pirated.

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