Does this run on Windows 7?

[Winterous]

Yes I know the store page says windows 10 minimum, but I've found that that's not always true.
I'm definitely interested in the game but I refuse to change OS until I'm dragged kicking and screaming; so has anyone confirmed whether 7 works?

[OIympicAssEater]

Why are you still on unsupported Windows 7?!

[M@rek Van Helden]

Better install windows 95 😂☝️👍

[Winterous]

Diposting pertama kali oleh celtor:

why are you using windows 7 though (no hate just curious)

Honestly, mostly because I hate needing to change my computer.
Whenever I need to reformat or get a new hard drive or whatever it's a huge hassle, stresses me out something fierce for months. Gotta get all the settings right, make sure stuff is where I want it to be, transfer files over, blah blah.

OCD is a hell of a drug.

Also they'll have to drag me kicking and screaming to make me install their bloated spyware. I'm REALLY hoping the impending "steam no work on 7 >:(" date is more like "steam have some features stop working lol"
I can't remember the reason I got rid of windows XP, but I think 8 or 10 may have been out already when I did.

[Wibble]

Don't use Windows 7, it has tons of security flaws due to it no longer being a supported...

[Qua2ar]

Not for long, even if it worked, steam will stop support soon. meaning your entire gaming library on steam will be forfeit. Especially if it's online multiplayer games.

[Lip My Stockings]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Winterous:

Diposting pertama kali oleh celtor:

why are you using windows 7 though (no hate just curious)

Honestly, mostly because I hate needing to change my computer.
Whenever I need to reformat or get a new hard drive or whatever it's a huge hassle, stresses me out something fierce for months. Gotta get all the settings right, make sure stuff is where I want it to be, transfer files over, blah blah.

OCD is a hell of a drug.

Also they'll have to drag me kicking and screaming to make me install their bloated spyware. I'm REALLY hoping the impending "steam no work on 7 >:(" date is more like "steam have some features stop working lol"
I can't remember the reason I got rid of windows XP, but I think 8 or 10 may have been out already when I did.

Not to worry you but if it's telemetry that you're worried about, then you must be really worried about dormant security holes that will never be patched in an ancient OS like Win7.

Unless your computer never goes online (which i doubt) its just waiting for known exploits to be used for your pc to be part of a botnet, hacked or otherwise compromised.

My advise would be to check online for some guides on how to create a custom Win11 ISO where you can remove the bloatware, telemetry etc. I've created mine using NTLite. There are also ways to circumvent the Win11 hardware requirements (TPM, processor) so you can install it on older hardware.

[Scarrab]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Qua2ar:

Not for long, even if it worked, steam will stop support soon. meaning your entire gaming library on steam will be forfeit. Especially if it's online multiplayer games.

I predicted this would happen long before it was announced. I already took measures to ensure that I would always have access to all of my purchased games, even if Steam completely shut down.

The only games that will be forfeit are ones like Rust. Online-only, server-based multiplayer games, that require Steam to run.

Those of us still using Windows 7 don't expect modern games to support Windows 7. It's still a pleasant surprise when they do. In the same vein, most multiplayer games don't have a LAN option but Lethal Company does.

[GeraltoDaRiviano]

W7 is outdated in security, hardware and system features that help run games.
You can try DXVK, depends on what Anti-Cheat the game is using.

[RealEgg]

Diposting pertama kali oleh TheAfkAaron:

these are the types of people that complain a games to gpu aggressive

Maybe devs shouldn't make games that run like cryptominers.

[Maréchal Miraak]

Yes the game is working perfectly fine on W7.

[Dunkatron]

Thanks a ton Marechal Miraak

[insertname]

prolly not, it might work on my windows xp laptop lemme try :D

[Hex6Studios]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Winterous:

Yes I know the store page says windows 10 minimum, but I've found that that's not always true.
I'm definitely interested in the game but I refuse to change OS until I'm dragged kicking and screaming; so has anyone confirmed whether 7 works?

The game is ass, play the free roblox clone instead.

[Kriegsman]

yes it is

[r.linder]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Winterous:

Diposting pertama kali oleh celtor:

why are you using windows 7 though (no hate just curious)

Honestly, mostly because I hate needing to change my computer.
Whenever I need to reformat or get a new hard drive or whatever it's a huge hassle, stresses me out something fierce for months. Gotta get all the settings right, make sure stuff is where I want it to be, transfer files over, blah blah.

OCD is a hell of a drug.

Also they'll have to drag me kicking and screaming to make me install their bloated spyware. I'm REALLY hoping the impending "steam no work on 7 >:(" date is more like "steam have some features stop working lol"
I can't remember the reason I got rid of windows XP, but I think 8 or 10 may have been out already when I did.

Seems like you'd have better luck keeping things the way you want it without having to make compromises in software support over time if you just moved over to Linux. A lot more people are switching nowadays because they've grown tired of Microsoft's ways, and Valve helped gaming on Linux massively by developing Proton and integrating it seamlessly with the Linux client, most games on Steam now run either fine with tweaks or perfectly out of the box because of their efforts.

Windows 7 has bloat and spyware too, just not as much as 10, but it's still slower despite that. Anyone that claims Windows 7 is faster than 10 and 11 are biased and huffing pure copium, but all versions of Windows are slower than a properly configured Linux distribution like Arch Linux and its forks like EndeavourOS (literally Arch but with a GUI installer and a few extra packages included out of the box) and Garuda Linux (largely modified Arch with custom programs that make some features easier to use, though the OS is more costly on system resources so it's not as good for weaker or older systems with little RAM)
Arch distros are great for customisation and support, because so it's so widely used.
https://garudalinux.org/
https://endeavouros.com/
https://manjaro.org/

Distributions based on Ubuntu are extremely common and often the first stop for beginners to Linux; Mint is one of the most popular distros, Pop!_OS by System76 is another one that's more focused on gaming in particular, but heavier on resources because the only supplied desktop environment (DE) is GNOME, whereas Mint allows for a few different DEs: xfce, Cinnamon, MATE, etc. But there more limited in customisation, and because they're more focused on stability, they keep to older kernels and drivers that make them less suitable for newer hardware.
https://www.linuxmint.com/
https://pop.system76.com/

Other useful resources:
https://www.protondb.com/ (a database of crowd-sourced compatibility reports)
https://areweanticheatyet.com/ (a database of anti-cheat support statuses for Wine/Proton)

Arch User Repository (AUR)[aur.archlinux.org]
ArchWiki[wiki.archlinux.org]