Gaming via x86 Steam with Box86, Box64 and Proton (x86) on Raspberry Pi 5 8GB

[Ringla]

Since I moved to another city for college and I don't have money for a good laptop, I decided to bring my Raspberry pi 5 with 8GB RAM to play games via GeForce Now (it works without any problems, except that the raspberry pi heats up a bit more). It occurred to me can some games work if I downloaded directly to the raspberry pi via steam. This is some of my "research" that I did, maybe it will be useful to someone. I downloaded Box86, Box64 and Steam via PiApps, I use Raspbian Bookworm, my monitor has a resolution of 1366 * 768.

This is games I tested that work:

Alien Swarm

The Beguinner's Guide

Bloons TD Battles

Classic Marathon

Classic Marathon 2

Classic Marathon Infinity

Counter - Strike 1.6 (with proton, native doesn't work)

Counter - Strike: Condition Zero (with proton, native doesn't work)

Counter - Strike: Source

Day of Defeat (with proton, native doesn't work)

Day of Defeat: Source

Deathmatch Classic (with proton, native doesn't work)

Doki Doki literature club

Half - Life (with proton, native doesn't work)

Half - Life 2

Half - Life 2: Deathmatch

Half - Life 2: Episode 1

Half - Life 2: Episode 2

Half - Life 2: Lost Coast

Half - Life: Blue Shift (with proton, native doesn't work)

Half - Life Deathmatch: Source

Half - Life: Opposing Force (with proton, native doesn't work)

Half - Life: Source

Hotline Miami

I have no mouth, and I must scream

Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead 2

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk (with proton, native doesn't work)

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Neighbours from Hell

Neighbours from Hell 2

Old School Rune Scape

Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

Portal

Portal 2

Postal

Postal 2 (native works, but for some reason mouse doesn't work properly. Proton version work without any problems)

Postal 3

Ricochet (with proton, native doesn't work)

Sally Face

Shotgun King: The final Checkmate

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Sven Co-op

Team Fortress: Classic

Team Fortress 2

Undertale

Basically, all 2D indie games and older games mostly work without problems. All Source engine games work, but very poorly. The lowest graphics settings and the lowest resolution must be set in order to achieve some stable 60-70 fps. My recommendation would be 720p on low settings for about 25 - 30 fps stable. GoldSrc engine games work without problems (except Cry of Fear), but for some reason the Linux native version won't start. The Windows version via Proton works without any problems. I don't know why.

If you want me to test some games, feel free to write in the comments.

[lonesh33p]

Fascinating and impressive (assuming I even understand what you have done). I guess I will say I went through a phase where I thought I might use an odroid for everyday desktop activity, but never quite got there. I'm curious about

• Mindustry
  
• Creeper World 3

[Xkkarin3]

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[Ratconned]

FTL-Faster Than Light worked properly for me when my laptop wouldn't detect my graphics card on trying a new distribution. That might work.