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THE FINALS broken on Linux - again

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Last updated: 15 Aug 2025 at 2:48 pm UTC

Oh dear. A regular occurrence with THE FINALS after updates, as it's causing various problems with it kicking Linux players at the moment.

It might happen right away, it might take a few matches, but there's masses of reports from players on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck seeing error screens. The developers at Embark Studios have confirmed in their Discord that they're aware, and they're working on the problem as they've reached out to Proton developers and Easy Anti-Cheat developers about it.

Embark developer tvandijck on their Security team made it clear in their Discord that "I want to play on SteamDeck.. I am part of the security team, and so whatever we build... will work on steam deck" but hiccups like this will happen, since the Linux / Proton community is "less [than] 1% of our players".

So hopefully THE FINALS will be working properly again on Linux systems sometime soon but for now you'll have to sit tight and wait.

In my testing earlier it wouldn't even launch at all with Proton 9, but did run with Proton Experimental. At least until you see the issue where you get kicked.

Additionally, in the announcement for the 7.9 update on Steam, they confirmed Denuvo Anti Cheat is also in testing, with it potentially rolling out next season on Steam but with that "Compatibility with SteamDeck and Proton has been tested as well, and we are still committed to serving that part of our community".

For more info on various games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck with anti-cheat keep an eye on our dedicated page.

THE FINALS | Release Date: 8th December 2023

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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Purple Library Guy 2 hours ago
Thinking of Finals, I am starting to think the developers didn't study hard enough for theirs.
BigRob029 6 minutes ago
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They have a good track record of fixing Linux issues and *trying* to keep their "1%" happy with relatively quick fixes when they update and break compatibility.

Battlefield 6, Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Apex Legends are all on the anti-linux side of the fence. You'd think the Finals devs would want to keep that 1% from complaining on social media (and huge niche websites dedicated to linux)?
The Linux Finals players are VERY loud (I might be one of them) and that 1% of the player base is probably a lot more than 1% elsewhere.
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