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ProtonDB documents Linux compatibility

Summary

ProtonDB collects player reports on Windows games under Proton and makes working versions, launch options and known bugs easy to find. ProtonDB is a community project. Reports relate to games from Steam.

Ideas

  • User reports link game version, hardware and Proton version.
  • Ratings condense different experiences into compatibility tiers.
  • Launch parameters and workarounds help with recurring problems.
  • Recent reports show regressions after updates.

Insights

  • Crowdsourcing complements lab tests with a variety of real configurations.
  • Compatibility is a moving interplay of several software and hardware layers.
  • Structured environment data is what makes experience reports comparable.

Facts

  • Proton is based on Wine and DXVK, among others.

Recommendations

  • Report complete system and version data with every report.
  • Keep working Proton versions for important games.

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HN · 2020

ProtonDB makes Linux playability traceable

ProtonDB collects structured reports on Windows games under Proton and links compatibility with concrete hardware and software versions. ProtonDB is a community-maintained project. The database focuses on Steam games under Proton.

HN · 2021

Proton brings around 7,000 Windows games to Linux

Boiling Steam analyses ProtonDB again and describes the growth in playable titles thanks to progress in Proton, Wine, DXVK and drivers. The analysis cited about 7,000 working Windows games. At the time Proton had been available for about two and a half years.

HN · 2020

Proton reaches around 6,000 Windows games

Boiling Steam analyses ProtonDB and shows how Wine, DXVK, Mesa and Valve together greatly broaden what can be played on Linux. The analysis cited about 6,000 working games. The underlying data came from ProtonDB.