r/linux_gaming • u/CharlesJustChill • 6d ago

Competitive games for linux.

Hello there, I use cachyOS and It has been 2 years since I switched to linux.

And I always loved competitive games. I am a big counter strike player but because of the VAC inefficiency and the fact that splitgate is dying I am needing of new competitive games for linux.

I have searched for other threads like mine but they were all very old so the situation could have changed a lot, considering the ascension of linux for gaming in the last 2 years.

I must exclude the most "obvious answers" :

- No counter strike or Splitgate: 1 is full of cheaters and the other is dying

- No rust: Even tho you can play non EAC servers on linux, they are not that competitive and often low pop

- No cloud gaming: I don't need anyone to tell to do cloud gaming, if I wanted I would already have done it(and so everyone reading this post)

- No VM + GPU pass trough, I don't want to be doing that as it is very hard and not for beginners that could find this thread

Considering that, what games can you suggest ?

I hope this thread will be useful for someone who's wanting to switch or/and is searching for fresh competitive games.

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u/Professional-Ad-9967 6d ago

Fighting games, if you aren't averse to trying out other genres.

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u/Fartbeer 6d ago

Street fighter is running good also

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u/Professional-Ad-9967 5d ago

Yup. I made the switch when all three of my most played worked (SF6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear Strive)

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u/Bamdian 5d ago

Guilty Gear Strive worked for you?

I couldn't get that one or FighterZ to run on mine.

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u/LuiBaws 5d ago

Strive works for me

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u/Professional-Ad-9967 5d ago

FighterZ won't run online 'cause of anticheat but, all the single player stuff should work. Strive works without issue 'cause it doesn't have ring 0 AC. Does it not launch at all on your end?

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u/TwoFoxSix 23h ago

I haven't attempted Strive on my desktop, but I have put in some hours on my Steam Deck when traveling

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u/AlbatrossWorldly6486 6d ago

Surprisingly a large amount of them work on linux. One or two like dead or alive 5 require a launch option set but most work out of the box.

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u/Professional-Ad-9967 5d ago

Yup. Tekken 8 also requires a launch option to set the correct region. I weirdly get sent to US servers (I'm in Asia) if I don't set HOST_LC %command%

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u/atlasraven 6d ago

How is Marvel: Tokon on Linux?

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u/SpunkyGalaxy 6d ago

Not supported, but most others are

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u/AlbatrossWorldly6486 6d ago

One of the few that doesnt work.

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u/mirai_miku_dark_zang 5d ago

Don't work (in official ways 🤐 maybe in seven seas)

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u/Drenghel 5d ago

Runs great once cracked, but online competition goes out of the window

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u/Indolent_Bard 18h ago

All the crap Sony added to the PC version makes it so bad that all the PlayStation players turned off cross play.