action games

Bioshock 2 is the second installment of the underwater euphoria franchise. Visit Rapture once again but 10 years later, this time as a Big Daddy! Adopt a LittleSister and save Adam to upgrade your skills but as always, you are not alone! Fight again all kinds of splicers, turrets and even a Big Sister. Learn to wield your skills along with your drill and guns! This ain't your first rodeo, so get out there and save Rapture!


I originally posted a PlayOnLinux guide back in 2014 and it has a ungodly amount of steps... there was also a memory leak with the textures on high that would crash the game. Ten years later Bioshock 2 Remastered runs PERFECTLY in Proton and you only need one launch option to bypass the "launcher".


Mint 21.1 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 535 Proton
Experimental 8

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Enter the world of memory as Nilin where your emotions and memories are digitized and can be exploited! Will the world be a better place if we can erase all the bad memories? Nilin starts with no memory of who she is, but her brother hacked the system and allows her to escape. Explore the future with memory control where robots rule and the underworld is full of manic zombies.


Melee you way through hordes of zombies, soldiers, robots and mini-bosses using Proton. I was able to finish the game without any serious issues or repeated crashing. I enabled the super-sampling and set all video settings on high. The only real issue I had was mouse control. Remember Me feels more like a console game with the mouse because I couldn't fully control the camera like most 3rd person games. It works, but gets stuck when moving the camera around. No huge deal because its not a game breaker.

Mint 21.1 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 535 Proton...

Black Mesa is modder-built total conversion of Half-Life using the source engine. Anyone who has played a First Person Shooter on PC knows about Half-Life. It is one of the most original linear action sci-fi games ever made! Crowbar Collective has taken it upon themselves to create a reboot of Half-Life using more modern Source engine the entire game from beginning to end!


Black Mesa is so well done that I won't ever play the original Half-Life again! You will see some content from Half-Life 2 series but there is a lot of original content as well. I'm amazed at how detailed the models, objects and level design is... each level is so close to the original game but with beautiful lighting and detailed textures... I'm hooked! And for our bonus, they made a native port for Linux!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/362890/Black_Mesa/

I am still playing through the entire game with my daughter and so far its a bit easier than the...

Darksiders Genesis is the 3rd installment of the Darksiders franchise and provides a new top-down world view. Not only that, co-op has been implemented so you can jump, shoot, slice and combo all the minions at your noteworthy desire! Play War and Strife in singleplayer or co-op as War and Strife in this prequel to Darksiders 1. Work together to solve level puzzles, find secret areas and slay every single minion and boss!


Genesis ran perfectly from the first time I clicked Play! Of course I checked protondb to be sure it would run before I purchased two copies. I am able to play the campaign with my wife and no serious bugs or issues. In fact some of the protondb posts say there are game-stopping bugs, but I haven't seen any yet and we made it through 3 chapters so far. Also, my Xbox controller works perfectly in Steam and Proton.
No launch options here, just select Proton Experimental or Proton 8 and enjoy!

Mint 21.1 64-bit
GeForce GTX...

Play as Kate Wilson during the Great Population Flood and take on the terrorist group the Malthusians in a Tomb Raider-ish game with action, puzzles, climbing and amazing water effects.
The Hydro Engine was designed for Hydrophobia to create realistic water effects as you find your way through epic linear maps completely flooded in water. Kate even wields an interesting physics water gun with unlimited ammo cool down. This makes for some interesting puzzle solving with the surroundings.



https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/92000/

Hydrophobia is a pretty short game, but full off action and crazy waves of water everywhere. Proton was able to handle this 2011 engine without any serious issues. There were a few random crashes, but the game auto-saves everywhere, so just launch and continue playing. I've made a step-by-step guide for Hydrophobia years ago in PlayOnLinux, but now with Proton, it just runs without any extra...

In the Titanfall 2 campaign you will learn the bond between human and titan. Play as Jack Cooper and fight to save your commanders abandoned titan BT-7274. You will experience first person shooter and mech styles of gameplay throughout the campaign. Fight in your titan and also fight alongside your titan. Both styles bring unique gameplay as you communicated with BT-7274 and escape the enemy.


I initially tested Titanfall 2 with stable versions of Proton and EA Play failed to launch the game. But as expected... Proton Experimental paved the way! Now the game runs beautifully and the singleplayer campaign is pretty amazing! I was able to play with most settings on high and hardly any frame stuttering or frame rate issues. What a beautiful game!

Specs:
Mint 21.1 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 535
Proton Experimental 8




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Gunslinger is another instance of the Call Of Juarez franchise with a story-tellin emphasis. Literally! Play as the narrator who slays famous outlaws of the old west. Utilize old classic weapons like The Winchester, Colt, shotgun and more... Play epic one-on-one showdown shootouts in slow motion!


Gunslinger has a great graphics style almost like Borderlands and it runs really well in Proton! Unfortunately the game is fairly linear and sometimes the story halts right in the middle of a firefight to introduce an enemy animation, dialog or simply change the story. Other than that, you won't get to use a lot of creative weapons or loot... mostly run-n-gun using classic western guns. Which is still pretty fun!

Specs:
Mint 21.1 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 535
Proton GE 8-4

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Deep Rock Galactic is a Dwarf-ish spelunking mining extravaganza where you and 3 friends will dig for resources while surviving mobs of alien/bug-like monsters. Each Dwarf has a unique blend of weapons and tools, so it is important to work together! As you explore massive caverns or twisting caves keep an eye out for health because you will be attacked with random monster invasion and even bosses.


Its been about a year since I played over a free weekend and since then I've been waiting for a Steam sale. It finally happened and I picked up 3 copies! With 3 PCs running Linux Mint I didn't have any issues with two of them, but the third one caused a bunch of issues with Vulkan Shaders. Every time we ran it, those stinking "Processing Vulkan Shaders"!!! Then the game would freeze or crash! After some research and setting Processing to background we set Proton to version 7 and ran as "Safe Mode" it finally worked.
Now works flawlessly every...

Once again, Dunwall is under threat but this time the empresses half-sister Delilah is threatening to take power as an evil sorceress. Play as Corvo or Emily and explore a whole new world: Karnaca capital of Serkonos. A new enemy lurks in the form of robotic soldiers and witches, but expect to learn some new deadly stealth skills as well.


I picked up Dishonored 2 on a GOG sale and naturally tried to play using PlayOnLinux. But I was unable to even launch the game with Wine or Proton. So I tried Steam "non-steam" game and it ran fairly well. Every once in a while I would get a stuttering frame rate issue probably related to Vulkan shaders, but other than that it was a beautiful game! I was able to run almost all the settings on high. Also one of the best looking skulls I've ever seen in a video game!

Specs:
Mint 21.164-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 530
Proton Experimental 8.0

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Valheim has sold millions of copies with millions of players exploring the massive map, creating Viking cities, slaying monsters, collecting loot and crafting gear. But where did it all start? The free-to-play beta of course!


Sadly I've had a hard time tracking down a download for Valheim Linux beta. I've kept it from years ago and it still runs pretty well and is still a lot of LAN co-op fun! If you still don't want to spend money on Valheim and want to play with limited features, give it a go, but have fun finding an installer.

I was able to host a listenserver and my daughters both joined on Mint PCs
Every once in a while there is a slight performance stutter. Part of it is the automatic save, but the other part may just be optimization issues. Either way, a lot of fun!

Specs:
Mint 21.164-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 530

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Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor was an amazing action game following the epic adventures of Talion. In Shadow of War its basically the same game but with some new skills and ability to recruit captains into your own army and take over strongholds. Play again as Talion and utilize the wraith skills of Elven Lord Celebrimbor. Slay thousands of orks, ride caragors and encounter drakes. Even the nemesis system still exists when you are executed by a captains, warchiefs or overlords. Discover their weaknesses by interrogating worms and exploit them by slaying with fire, stealth-kill, poison, creatures and even cause them to run in fear!

When you recruit a captain into your own army, later they can be upgraded and moved from stronghold to other strongholds. The combinations are limitless. Even the combinations of wraith skills are limitless.


Specs:
Mint 21 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia...

Helldivers is a 3rd person twin-stick action shooter with upgrades, co-op and medium sized maps with missions. One interesting element is the online players help each other overcome enemy solar systems by completing objectives on each planet. If you play co-op with 3 friends and complete all the planets in the solar system, then online players no longer get to play these maps until all of them are complete. If your team dies and you quit the game, other players can try the objectives themselves. So the war continues as long as players are online beating maps.


Helldivers is made by the same developer who brought us Magicka and Magicka 2. Unfortunately there is no native Linux port so we have to play with Proton. As expected it runs beautifully on 3 of my computers as I've been playing co-op with my daughters. I was unable to grab screenshots due to the game engine capturing the mouse so operating system keyboard shortcuts didn't work. At...

Magica is a unique and original sandbox action game with 100s of spell combinations in a co-operative wizard of magic and comedy. There is no other game like Magicka! This is no typical dual-stick or RPG this is magic chaos at its best!


Use QWER & ASDF keys to weild water, heal, sheild, ice, shock, death, earth and of course... Fire!
But the real trick is to combine these elements by loading up to 5 slots of available spell combinations. The results are fantastic and epic! Not to mention each of the enemies also have strenghts and weaknesses related to these elements. You will fight other wizards, bosses and engage in a quirky story with clever dialog.

About 10 years ago I tested and posted a exausting step-by-step guide on how to run Magicka in PlayOnLinux with Wine
https://www.gamersonlinux.com/forum/threads/magicka-guide.354/

Today, it runs OUT-OF-THE-BOX with Proton! Its unbelievable, but don't take my word for it, try...

Rage 2 is a second installment of the Rage franchise boasting epic firefights, car battles, bosses, and apacalyptic views!


There is no shortage of loot and action here... everything a FPS action gamer wants! If you have played the first Rage, then Rage 2 is an absolute upgrade! The open world is HUGE... many roads, biomes, elevations and loctions to slay bandits, mutants and soldiers.

In many ways I think Rage 2 is what ID Software wanted for the first game. Not sure if budgets were tight or the fact Bethesda was purchasing the developer, but Rage 2 is by all means EPIC!

Luckily I was able to pick it up for free on Epic store. I waited a few months as I was testing other games and had no idea how amazing this game was. Finally gave it a chance and found that it was buggy with a lot of crashing in Proton. I'm using Heroic Launcher which handles the download and Proton/Wine version perfectly. There are even other settings like...

Genesis Alpha One is a space management first person shooter adventure where you extract resources and craft to improve your ship and crew. Use the retractor beam or an away mission to gather all kinds of interstellar resources and then craft new items to power your ship and create new cloned crewmembers.
Keep a close eye on your ship as alien stowaways creep on board and start tearing it apart and infecting your crew.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/genesis_alpha_one_deluxe_edition


I was able to pick up Genesis Alpha One for free on GOG and finally gave it chance in PlayOnLinux. I never had any bugs or crashes and it ran beautifully with all the settings on high. If you love micromanaging your ship and gathering/crafting items, this is your space game! It is nice to have some action as well! The only missing piece is the intro videos which require Media Foundation, but no loss to the game play or training at all.

Specs:
Mint 20.3...

Shadow Of The Tomb Raider is the newest installment of the Tomb Raider series with all the eye-candy, puzzles and action you expect! In fact there are some newer tools and abilities added to the skill tree to help you hunt, find resources, kill enemies, stealthilize and solve puzzles. All the crafting needs for Laura are here as well. Go find the treasure, save the natives and eliminate Trinity! Can't be that hard right?


I was able to pick up "Shadow" during a free event at Epic Games. I'm using Heroic Launcher and Proton but there have been some frustrations. After trying several Proton versions and disabling DirectX 12 there are some performance issues and graphical glitches.

With DirectX 12 enabled the game seems to run fine, but you may see strange patterns and colors appearing the game textures like this...

pretty glitter on his jacket... he he


Also, there is some kind of memory leak and you will see...

Arkham Asylum is under control by the Joker and his crew, take out his minions as the Dark Knight with dive skills, stealth, combos and numerous skills. Solve detective work with exploration Arkham Asylum to find out what Joker is really up to.


I picked up this game for free on Epic Games and gave it a try in Heroic Launcher. I never had any issues with performance or bugs. This is an older game so it still runs on DirectX 9c and it shows... but still a fun title and great to see that Linux can handle it with Proton!

Specs:
Mint 20.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 515
Proton Experimental 7.0-100

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Re-live the epic Ghostbusters movies as a new recruit into the ghost-slaying team! Catch ghosts with Peter, Ray, Egon and Winston in classic memorable locations in New York! Just like in the movies you have to hunt down Slimer in a hotel, fight the State Puff Marshmallow boss and explore the city with classic and new monsters! It doesn't get any better than this!


I originally tested Ghostbusters years ago as I had the retail DVD ROM version and it ran pretty well. I was happy to see Epic Games release a free Remastered version and decided to give it a try in Heroic Launcher! I was not disappointed.

Specs:
Mint 20.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 515 Proton
Experimental 7.0-100
Heroic Launcher

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Drox Operative is a top-down space shooter with exploration, customization, upgrades, RPG elements, clan relations & a lot of enemies! Explore populated solar systems and complete missions for different alien clans. But be ware, too many favors for one sect will cause the others to go to war with you!

http://www.soldak.com/Drox-Operative-2/Overview.html


This action space series provides native Linux ports and full LAN co-operative capabilities! Conqueor the solar systems with your friends and gather loot to trade with planets! The action is unending and each game you start is completely procedurally generated.

Specs:
Mint 20.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 515

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SupraLand is a first person adventure, action, puzzle game with some stunning graphics and features.

Play as the hero of the back yard sandbox... help the red people to find out why the water stopped and explore huge detailed world made of sandbox toys. There are many hidden areas, powerups, coins and enemies. Spare no expense!


I picked up the game for free on Epic Store and was able to play perfectly with Heroic Launcher in Linux. Never experienced a crash or stutter. This game runs smoothly and its a lot of fun. I found myself exploring and finding all kinds of secrets. My GeForce GTX 1650 runs it just fine!

Specs:
Mint 20.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 515
Heroic Launcher
Proton Eperimental (version 7)

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