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In Sound Mind is a first person psychological thriller that takes place in the mind of the main character. Discover fears, solve puzzles, hide from past demons and discover a path to sanity... well maybe.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1119980/In_Sound_Mind/

In Sound Mind demo ran well in Proton at first, but there is a large grocery store area that ended up killing my frame rate down to unplayable. I tried tweaking the game video settings but nothing worked. It is a clever game with spooky dream sequences, but unfortunately my video card couldn't handle the large areas.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 450.80
Proton 5.0-9

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Ghostrunner is a speedrun melee slasher bundled with parkour elements. You are a rogue robot running for your life, but this isn't the end... is it? Jump and run across walls, climb up ledges and slow down time to avoid projectiles. Find who you are and why you were created!


https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1139900/

Ghostrunner demo runs in Proton perfectly on my GeForce GTX 1060. After the game downloaded there was an initial directx installation that took a few minutes, but when it was done I could play without any problems. After I removed the game and re-downloaded, it wouldn't launch. So I had to delete the wineprefix in the compadata folder. Interesting that it doesn't have the same name as the steapowered.com path. Make sure to delete: 1249200

Honestly, this is not my type of game. I love parkour games like Mirror's Edge, but in the demo a single shot from a soldier will end your life, then return you...

Waking up in a hotel not knowing what happened is disturbing enough, but to find a hostile ghost child is horrific! Fobia St. Dinfa Hotel is a first person psychological horror puzzle game with beautiful design, effects and graphics. Pay close attention to your inventory and search every corner. The puzzles are fairly logical, but you can only hold so many items at once and you will need to heal yourself in the process.



What happened in this hotel?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1298140/FOBIA__St_Dinfna_Hotel/

Fobia is a native Linux game and the demo is available for free on Steam. It played fairly nicely on my GeForce GTX 1060 in Mint. It is a very dark game, so make sure you turn the lights off as you will have to find items in the dark and open every drawer. The graphics are amazingly real! Lighting, shadows and textures are top notch professional and the level design is very realistic. Every object looks naturally in its...

Estranged: The Departure is a final act of the series. Continue the journey of the mysterious island and uncover conspiracies of Arque Corporation. But this is not going to be easy... There are forces who will stop you in your tracks and puzzles to solve, but you are not alone...



https://store.steampowered.com/app/582890/Estranged_The_Departure/

You will be thoroughly immersed into the beautifully detailed island environments. Some actually almost look real. Discover cliff-sides and corporate offices with zombies and soldiers in your way. I haven't seen graphics this epic in a long time. I found myself admiring the natural stone walls in a cave, the small puddles on the ground and edges of walls reflecting light. Its pretty amazing!

This is a native Linux port and it ran beautifully on my GeForce GTX 1060

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100

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Superliminal is a first person puzzle game with some fancy depth perception special effects. I can't really explain how it works, but its amazing... you have to try it yourself. You awaken in what appears to be a test chamber and a bunch of random objects. Move to the next room by completing the puzzle. The thing is... why? What are you doing here and how do you escape?



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1049410/Superliminal/

Play the demo for free in Proton, but the full version will be full Linux support. Proton didn't have any problems playing this game with my GeForce GTX 1060.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a story-driven side-scrolling kung fu beat-em up game with beautiful low poly graphics. The story begins as Wei Cheng is the only survivor of his village after a brutal slaughter. The Shaolin monks save and revive him almost from death its-self. Begin training to take revenge on the ruthless evil who slayed his family! Wield melee weapons and upgrade them as you progress.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1425880/9_Monkeys_of_Shaolin_Prologue/


The Prologue is currently available for free on Steam and runs perfectly in Proton on my GeForce GTX 1060. Made in Unreal Engine, there didn't need to be any workaround or overrides necessary. I did install Media Foundation just to be safe as its very common for Unreal game to utilize it for videos and cut-scenes. There is even a co-op feature over local network or split-screen available.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9...

What can be more interesting than a typical day as a teenage boy? How about a teenagers brother with creepy telekinetic powers.... Play as Sean and his little brother Daniel in an epic adventure. This is no typical day goofing off... a fight with a bully turns into a tragic beginning.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/532210/Life_is_Strange_2/

The demo runs perfectly in Steam with Proton. My GeForce GTX 1060 handled the graphics all set on high and I was able to save and reload the game without any problems. This is an action adventure game with inventory and lists of objectives.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
Geforce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9


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Hypercharged: Unboxed is an arena wave-based tower-defense multi-player game. The theme? Toys!
Battle all kinds of house toys from robots to bouncing balls and defend your hyper cores. The demo is single-player but the full game has multi-player where you can defend your bases against and with your friends. Upgrade your characters weapons and abilities, then go out there and slay those TOYS!



https://store.steampowered.com/app/523660/HYPERCHARGE_Unboxed/

Proton was able to handle the demo perfectly on my GeForce GTX 1060. This is an Unreal Engine game and hopefully there will be a Linux port planned in the future... until then, play in Steam with Proton.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9

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Layers Of Fear is a horror adventure with almost unending rooms of jump scares. Play the role of a drunken artist who is trying to finish the masterpiece of his life... a portrait of his wife. But there was an accident and she was scarred from a fire. Live his drunken nightmare as he tries to find out what happened to his child, his wife and his house.



Playing Layers of Fear is a crazy psychedelic horror experience where you explore a massive house full of room with terror. Anything can happen and anything does! Search through cabinets riddled with wine bottles and hear the artists memories of items you find. Every room is different, but seems familiar... turn around and its different again. Are you afraid of dolls?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/391720/Layers_of_Fear/

Layers of Fear provides us with a native Linux port as it was developed in Unity 3D engine. So the game ran quite well on my GeForce GTX 1060. There are a few...

Blastronaut is a space procedurally generated resource gathering sci-fi game. Use your blue goo gun and jetpack to break apart blocks on the planet and find precious resources. Upgrade your machines in order to buy fuel and other abilities and tools.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1392650/BLASTRONAUT/

I played the beta demo in Steam and never saw a SteamPlay warning... so I'm not sure if it was a native version or not? But either way, the game played beautifully! I was able to maneuver with my jetpack and dig down into the planet to find the best resources. Be careful not to waste your fuel... otherwise you might not make it back to the surface.


Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100

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I first play Deiland on mobile a few years back and though it was interesting. Play as a boy on a small planet harvesting corn, crafting a camp and defending against aliens. Then I picked it up on Steam during a sale and found it to be even more fun! Not only are the graphics better but the interaction and controls seem more immersive on my large monitor.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/760620/Deiland/

Proton was able to handle Deiland without any issues on my GeForce GTX 1060. I was able to complete quests, load and save. If you like casual survival games with quests and action, this is a good one.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.59
Proton5.9

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Back in 2013 I posted a step-by-step guide on how to install Steam in PlayOnLinux and run Mirror's Edge. It was a lot of worked to get it setup. But today you can seriously just run it in Proton through Linux Steam.



Game Play

Mirror's Edge runs great in Proton as it is a DirectX 9 game. I was able to crank all the settings to high and play without any bugs or crashes. The game saved and continued without issues either. This is great for us gamers because Proton handles everything from DirectX & Visual C+ installation to Physx setup.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9

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Them and Us is a 3rd person action horror adventure made in Unreal Engine. Play as Alicia waking up in a mysterious room in a huge mansion. As she searches for clues and tools she quickly discovers she is not alone. Explore the mansion and find weapons and tools to survive. What happened to the people who lived here? Can she find her way out alive?



Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/915600/Them_and_Us/

Itch.io
https://tendogames.itch.io/them-and-us

I stumbled on Them and Us searching for horror games on itch.io
I was unable to extract the download, but found the demo was also available on Steam. I was able to download and play the whole demo with Proton in Steam.

This is an amazing Resident-Evilesque-Inspired action game! In fact you can choose to have static camera views just like the original Resident Evil games, or use over-the-shoulder views. The game is fairly slow but intense at the same time. Progress is...

I tested Fallout 4 a few years ago and found that there were some serious mouse and audio issues. Tried a bunch of workarounds and gave up. Test again later and same problems. Even the older Fallout games had some problems but could be resolved with a few hacks and overrides.

Today Fallout 4 runs great in Proton because of the DXVK efforts and faudio compatibility. I was able to run Fallout 4 with the following "launch options":


Fallout 4 plays almost perfectly on my GeForce GX 1060 with everything set to Ultra! There area few graphical bugs with loading textures/decals, but its rarely noticeable.


Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9

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Remember the old Chex Quest game in 1996 by Digital Café as a Chex cereal promotion? I don't, but I remember reading about it. This was an attempt to create a non-violent first person shooter for kids age 6-9 where you can shoot slimy aliens who are trying to take your Chex cereal away.



Team Chex Quest HD have re-created the original game in a modern game engine and its totally free!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/804270/Chex_Quest_HD/

Slay green slime aliens with your special laser weapons and even a spoon. Find the keys and navigate your way through the levels leaving no alien traces behind. There are secret areas, interactive elements and of course a non violent arsenal of cereal weapons.

Proton handled Chex Quest just fine in Steam. I was able to download, launch and play several levels without any bugs or artifacts.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9

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Every Assassin's Creed game I've played has run in Linux with the help of Wine and DXVK. I've always used PlayOnLinux and installed a legacy version of Uplay because of Windows XP compatibility. You can find those step-by-step guides here on GamersOnLinux. There are a LOT of steps and sometimes Uplay will run and other times you have to start over. Once you get the game downloaded you run Uplay offline otherwise a simple update will break it.



Not Any More!!!

Steam and Proton handle downloading Assassin's Creed Origins and running Uplay without issue. Somehow its painlessly compatible with Proton and I was able to run the game first try! That is impressive after all the previous steps I used to run one game.

Thank you Steam!


Assassin's Creed Origin runs great in Mint with my GeForce GTX 1060 and Proton. Frame rates are smooth and traversing around the cities is stunning! I have only taken time to explore...

Borderlands 3 initially released only on the Epic Store. Later it was released on Steam and of course we wanted to see if Proton could handle it. We prefer a native port like all the other Borderlands, but until then lets play in Proton?



My daughter and I have played through all of the Borderlands games in co-op modes over LAN. They all ran almost flawlessly. In Borderlands 3 they have introduced the ShiFT account which still includes LAN play and online as always. We were not able to play over LAN so I had to purchase two copies of the game. We were able to play in Proton 5 and the game ran decent after the initial stutter of loading shader cache.

As we played there was one serious problem... a video is supposed to play during an early quest with Lilith. The video on the TV never plays and the quest is stuck. After reading several post with Windows and Linux gamers having the same problem, turns out Borderlands is using Media Foundation...

A Story About My Uncle is not a read-along adventure... or a children's book...
This is an epic first person physics adventure where your grappling hook and jump tricks allow you to traverse amazing terrain. Jump super high with your suit and grapple floating islands, rocks and structures. Fling yourself around cliffs and waterfalls above bottomless worlds. Meet alien creatures who inhibit these mysterious floating lands and use energy crystals fly themselves across the landscape. All in the name of finding uncle Fred.


A Story About My Uncle ran great in Steam with my GeForce GTX 1060. I never had any performance issues and the graphics settings were cranked to high. This Linux port made with UDK (Unreal Development Kit) in 2012 by a group of students at Södertörn University.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100

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Manual Samuel is a clever comedy 2D puzzle/action game where you are forced to control every single one of Samuel's extremities:

• Eyes
• Breathing
• Hands
• Feet
• Balance

This is no easy task because you have to do multiple things at once using multiple keys. Its hilarious watching him fall over or throw hot coffee in his own face. Each scene is a new challenge to make Samuel do normal every day things manually.


Proton in Steam runs the game almost perfectly. The only problem I had was fullscreen. The game thinks its in fullscreen, but the top of the window is visible and the Linux panel is still visible. So I minimized the panel and just left it like in the video.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 440.100
Proton 5.0-9

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https://joeydrewstudios.com/batim

Bendy And The Ink Machine base on a cartoon made back in the 30's where you (an animator) re-visits the old studio and find that something has gone terribly wrong. Expect jump scares, spooky cartoon-esque environments, survival elements and puzzles. This first person horror adventure doesn't disappoint. It may be short, but currently on sale during the Steam summer sale.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/622650/Bendy_and_the_Ink_Machine/

The best part? Its a native Linux game available on Steam.

You can also download the demo in itch.io as well
https://joeydrewstudios.itch.io/batim-demo

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