TLDR: Yes

Linux is ready for mainstream gaming right now. Mainstream gaming doesn’t like it because they see Windows users as dumb money bags, and Linux users as annoying freeloaders. That’s not true, but that’s the general sentiment in a bunch of execs. That’s why anticheat is available for Linux, but companies refuse to enable it.

Most multiplayer games that use anticheat are the only kind of games Linux can’t handle these days it would seem. Proton changed the game man.

Combine that with the rise of indie titles, its a good time to be a Linux gamer. Timberborn and Ostranauts have been a blast.

Well mostly Timberborn, Ostranauts kept kicking my ass.

Been maining bazzite on the gaming rig for a while over here, legit love it, and works very very well for us use case!!

In a case like SteamOS where it’s custom built for the hardware, then yes. As a general set it up yourself situation on a desktop, then no.

I’m doing this daily so: yes

For me it’s ready since 2020.

It can run pretty much everything that I’ve thrown at it these days.

The only major game that I can’t run that I’d like to is Command: Modern Operations. There is some anti-cheat stuff for multiplayer games that may be an issue for some other players. And some mods in some games, like Bethesda’s, are more of a hassle to set up, because the Windows modding environment has more users.

I did discover, after trying for the first time the other day, that ReShade works fine in Linux (I tried it in Kenshi) using this script, which is neat. Was one of the few utilities that I wasn’t sure I could get functioning in Linux.

🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

If you have lower standards, even a $10 arm pc can be “mainstream”.