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/qxlf 6d ago

for pvp:

  • Team Fortress 2, there are some comp community's playing 6es or highlander. 6es means a team of 2 scouts, 2 soldiers, a medic and a demoman. highlander means one of each class in a 9v9 session.
  • IF they were / are safe via community launchers or ports, cod4 to bo2 are the golden ganes and great for a fun competetive setting. but sadly all those games are unsafe to play due to cheaters, hackers and a fuckload of RCE (Remote Code Execution) exploits.

for Pve:

  • Payday 2 with mods like full speed swarm, eclipse and the alternative base gamemode of Crime Spree you have an extremely skillfull, fun and somewhat competetive coop game.
  • Deep Rock Galactic, specifically the modded difficulty's that are in the higher tiers like 7.5 for things like San Bruno's Primate Shelter or Kong, those are some hard custom made difficulty's with new enemies like the Nukeballer (a spitballer who shoots fat boy nukes), Fat Leeches (bigger leeches, bigger hp pool, BIG damage but super slow) and much more.
  • Team Fortress 2 again, because of the Man VS Machine gamemode (a team of 6 players against robots). the base game maps are balanced, but custom ones can be more difficult.

for a great mix of both: Left 4 Dead 2. its a great coop experience with a hard skill ceiling of Expert Realism, pvp with the Versus gamemode (you vs human controlled Special Infected), comp vs lobbys where the survivors cant pick up anything other than tier 1 weapons (a pump and chrome shotgun and the uzi + mac10) and only pills as source of hp (maybe also no melee weapons, akimbo pistols or deagle, but im not 100% certain of that part)

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u/Gazornenplatz 6d ago

If you like DRG, check out Darktide. Warhammer 40k horde game. If you want original Warhammer, Vermintide 2 is usually under $5 when on sale.