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As the title says: What is the best native Linux games?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There are a few that are really fun. My kids were getting interested in gaming, so I had to have a look into suitable games. So here is a kid-friendly list of great stuff that runs natively:

GCompris: A lot of nice learning mini games for the very young (also good to teach e.g. usage of mouse and keyboard)

Minetest: Very similar to Minecraft, but with its own twist. Highly customizable with mods and completely free and open. I am running my own minetest server with a customized non-survival world that is used by my family.

Widelands: A really great community adaption (and extension) of the Settlers II. My son totally loves it.

Unciv: Civilization game based on the Civ5 ruleset. I actually had to deinstall it again on my mobile phone (also available for Android) because it has the same addictive properties as the original...

And for non-free games: Lutris + GOG makes me happy. Currently playing some older Tomb Raider game. Although not really native, I think. Probably using Wine or so...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Right now I'm really getting into old school games or games that have the old school look. Here's a few which have native Linux support:

  • Stardew Valley
  • Broforce
  • Carrion
  • Dusk
  • FTL: Faster Than Light
  • Huntdown
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mindustry, sort of like factorio but open source and free on itch. Although you can also buy it on steam

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good game but I think I would recommend paying through proton anyway because the native realise seems rather forgotten about.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@flibbertigibbet @LlamaSutra yeah I found it to be a much better time through Proton... But then, that seems to be my experience in quite a few games with native versions... 😄

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It is honestly astounding what they've done with proton.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The games I keep coming back and playing since years are Factorio and Cities Skylines. And Minecraft if you call a Java program native. All because of the vast number of mods that exist. And Dota now and then for playing with friends.