There's now over 6,000 Linux games on Steam plus thousands more playable with Steam Play Proton | Linux Today

There’s now over 6,000 Linux games on Steam plus thousands more playable with Steam Play Proton

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Liam Dawe
Apr 24, 2020

Seven years ago, Valve officially released the Steam client for the Linux desktop and since then the amount of games playable on Linux has continued rising. Thanks to Steam Play Proton, that’s grown drastically too. Here’s a brief look at how Linux gaming is doing right now.

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Liam Dawe

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