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

submitted 1 day ago by steam@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

You can use protondb as a guide to what will and will not work. If it is pirate or original usually doesn't really matter. You can use lutris to make your life easier. If you download from a site that needs you to install extra programs to run the game, just choose them as if they are the game.exe, run it to install, repeat with all needed programs, then change back to the game.exe and play

[-] araneae@beehaw.org 14 points 1 day ago

If anyone reading this cares, Faugus/UMU for a replacement to Lutris if you're bothered by Lutris using AI in their project.

[-] Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 4 points 1 day ago

I care, thanks for sharing i'll check that when i need to install windows game in the future !

[-] Mordikan@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

Honestly I don't really care so long as Lutris is a viable backend for Cartridges, but Faugus appears to be a lot more streamlined in terms of setting up programs. So, regardless one's opinion of AI, I think your suggestion is the better of the two options.

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

Pretty much this. ProtonDB already has people telling you which games work on Linux and any issues that you might run into. Pirated or legit isn't really relevant.

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