I just tried running a shmup called Strania which has a Platinum rating on the Proton DB. When I first bought it, I had no problems getting it to work. Now it won't work. The compatibility was set to 7.0-6. You'd think newer Proton versions would be better, but they aren't. Just tried GE-Proton9-27. Nope. I've had issues with other games that once worked fine. What's causing these games to lose their platinum compatibility?...

On windows, there's SAM, which can be used to launch a game on Steam, while playing the other one. I know there's ASF, but you can't idle games and play online at the same time. I've tried Samira, which is supposed to be like SAM for Linux, but I didn't find a option to launch a game there, only unlock achievements. Maybe there is some other tool which can do it?...

I have troubles with all my linux games since a couple of weeks : they don't start anymore. System : "Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS" NVIDIA : GeForce GTX 1050 Ti using 570.133.07 driver Games : CS2, Sanctom 2, Team Fortress 2 Behaviour : same for all games When launching the game, nothing is displayed and after few seconds, start button becomes available again. I launch steam in a terminal to search for errors and didn found any , except the classical fake ubuntu12_3 ones. Trials : I tried to parameter the games ...

Since i have Nobara Linux, i am really enjoying this OS, everything is smooth, works better than on Windows, many things changed after years, but i can't play all games unfortunately, because they are not native as Steam to Linux. I can't play my Ubisoft games, partially is possible to play, but i would rather to launch these launchers without struggling...

Just wanted to post 2 workarounds I found during my switch away from Windows that I am currently undergoing. Maybe it helps someone: a) Ubuntu based Install (Kubuntu) when creating the first account and entering password that password was not accepted for updates (you can't update the system or install anything). Probable Reason: Keyboard Layout/Characters used. Workaround: Create Password consisting of only letters (for me: German locale and Keyboard, but english system language). b) Steam App often (no...