It's been quite a while since we had a community chat post for Linux gaming, so let's get it going again: what have you been gaming on Linux lately?
There's so many games releasing all the time, along with cloud gaming very much being a thing that you can game across all sorts of Linux devices now. New isn't always better though of course and I often go back to the comfort of a few "safety" games that I know I will enjoy. Lately, that's been a likely unhealthy amount of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
With the latest Operation named Broken Fang, it pulled in the a Retakes game mode and I have to say, I have been enjoying that massively. It's much quicker to get through, with the T side planting the bomb as soon as a round starts. Smaller levels along with picking your loadout from cards, it really has mixed up how to play CS:GO for the better. The Wingman mode is also a huge amount of fun with quick 2v2 rounds. Well worth looking into if you've not played either modes.
Apart from that, I can't get away without mentioning Valheim, the singleplayer and co-op Viking survival game. It's simply brilliant. I've been happily playing it alone, as I'm just constantly discovering new things and it's a real joy while now and then hopping into the community-run GamingOnLinux servers (info in our Discord) to see what amazing creations people have done with the building tools.
Over to you in the comments: what's been pulling you in lately and are you enjoying it? Give over your latest recommendation to fellow readers.
I just ended my Sisters of Twilight campaign and I'm on my road to 1k hours on it. My next Campaign will probably be Gor Rok on Mortal Empires.
Divinity: Original sin 1 & 2
Just completed the game 1 for the first time, and loved it! I'm starting a new campaign now on game 2.
* [TRI: Of Friendship and Madness](https://store.steampowered.com/app/293660/TRI_Of_Friendship_and_Madness/) I don't feel like this game has had the success it deserves! :wub:
* [Superliminal](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1049410/Superliminal/) Original and well executed overall but I did not appreciate it more than that in the end unfortunately... :neutral:
* [Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition](https://store.steampowered.com/app/231200/Kentucky_Route_Zero_PC_Edition/) A long verbose (and strange) point n 'click but very well executed! :heart:
* [Insurgency](https://store.steampowered.com/app/222880/Insurgency/) A classic and above all the only tactical military FPS (if your companions are also playing tactical) natively available under Linux! :happy:
* [GROUND BRANCH](https://store.steampowered.com/app/16900/GROUND_BRANCH/) Early access and via Proton / SteamPlay but this tactical military FPS is definitely on the right track if you like tactical and slow gameplay (it's still a bit rough, especially in terms of the animations that must be at the heart of the next update, 1032). The good thing about this game is that it is possible to host your own game without a dedicated server and to invite a few friends for coop or PVP (maximum 8 players I think). Runs very well with Proton 5.13-6 on the upcoming 1031 version of the game (tested via the Community Testing Environment) (Warning: small team of developers so slow development). :wub:
Last edited by riusma on 15 Feb 2021 at 3:53 pm UTC
Since then, I played through Superliminal, which is not terribly long, but is interesting and reminiscent of the Portal games, but with a different twist.
I am taking a bit of a break right now, even with my tremendous backlog of games. It's partly just a break, and partly trying to keep up on other responsibilities and hobbies (like playing the ocarina and reading fantasy, science fiction, and mystery novels). I've thought about picking up Valheim, but I'm afraid of it either becoming a huge time sink, or of it becoming just one more game in my backlog. I already have several games in my backlog that I know I like (or would like if I started on them).
Anno 1800 - after above, wanted to finally see the arctic dlc and the new africa dlc. I've never gotten to them before in my 300 hours yet. Get stuck on Crown Falls massiveness and end up burnt out. Until the next playthrough of course. This time I played campaign mode, and I enjoy the story and banter quite a bit compared to sandbox mode actually. Probably the best city building/trading sim game out there. Anno 1404 closely behind. Then Anno 2070. Only then maybe non-ANno games :) Got it working for the first time with a new Wine, since Wine 5.4. It broke after that with some unknown regression, and only started working on wine 6.0rc3. Who knows why what where. Not sure if multiplayer component works though - it used to and now it's greyed out, but I don't really mind, not my cup of tea with Anno games.
Next major game will be Witcher 3 (finally). I tested it and runs beautifully (GOG version with TkG's custom wine plus frills). Nobody spoil it for me!
I always been playing with KB&M on PC, the only console I ever been playing with was the Atari 2600 (Which I still have, with about 30-40 games cassettes!)




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