Proton Experimental brings fixes for Crimson Desert, Steam Overlay with EA games, Death Stranding 2

Valve just pushed out another excellent update for Proton Experimental - further improving Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS.

What is Proton Experimental? It's like a staging ground for faster updates to their Windows -> Linux compatibility layer for gaming. There's a bit less testing, and sometimes there's breakages. But eventually after a while all the updates get rolled out to a numbered Proton version like the latest stable version being Proton 10.0-4. See more about all the Proton versions in the GamingOnLinux guide.

Noted to be now playable include:

• Blaite
• Don't Die Dateless, Dummy!

Other fixes and improvements include:

• Fixed Rei and the Floating City not being playable with gamescope.
• Fixed intro video playback in Crimson Desert - previously available via Proton Hotfix.
• Fixed Steam Overlay not working correctly with many EA games.
• Fixed mouse movement behavior in Call of Duty 2.
• Improved emoji support in Idle Trillionaire.
• Disabled Xalia for DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH as the launcher has native controller support.
• Fixed rendering issue in launcher of DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH.
• Fixed high CPU usage of DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH.
• Fixed Proton Experimental regression that caused Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to crash on launch.

Fixed experimental-10 Regressions:

• Fixed DLSS support in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection.

Source: Valve GitHub

Pictured - Death Stranding 2 on Linux (Fedora KDE)

If you already have it downloaded it will show as an update in your Steam Downloads, otherwise you can search for it to install it manually. To use Proton Experimental, go into the game Properties and into the Compatibility menu. Tick the box at the top, then select Proton Experimental from the drop-down box that appears and it will be set for that specific game.