this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2023
20 points (95.5% liked)

Linux Questions

1149 readers
13 users here now

Linux questions Rules (in addition of the Lemmy.zip rules)

Tips for giving and receiving help

Any rule violations will result in disciplinary actions

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
20
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/linuxquestions
 

How to run/install a game repacked for windows on Linux? Is it possible?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You can add a non-steam game if it is "installed" (read extracted), then in steam select to use compatibility mode in settings for the game. That will run it with proton and has a very high sucess rate. So far think i came across 2 that did not work. One of the civ games and another. Ironically both i actually bought rather than pirate, but if you install a game via wine, you can add it via steam. Actually i do this with a bunch of legally bought games as its an easy way to manage a library.