Proton Experimental brings fixes for Gears 5, Overwatch 2, Phasmophobia

Valve released a fresh upgrade to Proton Experimental to get more games like Gears 5, Overwatch 2 and Phasmophobia working better on Linux and Steam Deck.

This update was released July 7th and here's what changed:

• Fixed game stutter in Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.
• Fixed keyboard input registering with a delay and getting stuck in Wild Hearts.
• Fixed Escape from Monkey Island getting minimized on a mouse click.
• Fixed Overwatch 2 stopping to register controller inputs after an online match has started.
• Implemented English speech recognition for Phasmophobia.
• Fixed Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition failing to launch after a recent game update.
• Fixed Microsoft Flight Simulator crashing in accessibility settings.
• Fixed a few Proton 8.0 regressions:
  • Logging in online in Gears 5 works again.
  • Doom Eternal no longer crashes with ray-tracing enabled on AMDVLK / Nvidia.

The changelog can be found here.

How to change your Proton version:

Steam Deck:

• Pick a game in your Library and head to the little cog icon on the right.
• Click Properties, then Compatibility on the left.
• Make sure the tickbox is done, then select Proton Experimental from the dropdown.

On a Linux desktop:

• Right click a game, go to Properties.
• Compatibility on the left.
• Make sure the tickbox is done, then select Proton Experimental from the dropdown.