Linux gaming continues to grow in popularity valve and its Proton compatibility layer. with the release of Proton 10.0-4Steam users on Linux can now play 19 additional games that previously required experimental builds, as well as several bug fixes that improve stability and performance across the board.
What is a proton and why does it matter?
Proton is Valve’s Windows compatibility layer for Linux, built on top of open-source Liquor Project. It allows Windows-only PC games to run on Linux via Steam with minimal setup, translating DirectX calls to Vulkan and handling Windows APIs behind the scenes.
For Linux gamers, Proton is the main reason thousands of Windows titles are now playable without dual-booting or virtualization.
Proton 10.0-4: What’s new
The latest update doesn’t make any changes to the foundation of Proton yet – it’s still based on Wine 10 rather than the newly released Wine 11 – but it does bring meaningful improvements.
19 new playable games
All of the following titles were previously functional in Proton Experimental and are now officially supported in Proton 10.0-4:
- Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality
- Changeling VR
- Summoners War: Rush
- quantum threshold
- reach
- Fellowship
- Metal Slug: Awakening
- obsessive shadow
- Drop Dead: The Cabin
- Zero Calibur 2 Remastered
- Lost Memories 3 Side Stories
- death by scrolling
- stellar access
- girls front line
- module
- distant world 2
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- Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages
- chronology
The list includes a mix of standard PC titles and VR games, further cementing Linux’s position as a viable gaming platform.
Major bug fixes and improvements
In addition to new game support, Proton 10.0-4 addresses issues affecting several well-known titles, including:
- far cry 5
- Age of Empires IV Anniversary Edition
- marvel rival
- shadow of assassin’s creed
- chrono trigger
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Valve also fixed a long-standing bug that was causing increased launch times for some people xbox game studio Titles that influence games, such as Accepted, grounded 2, Indiana Jones and the Great CircleAnd the outside world 2.
Audio enthusiasts will also appreciate the improvements to 7.1 channel audio mapping in titles Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut And Chiaroscuro: Campaign 33.
Under-the-hood update
Proton 10.0-4 comes with updated components that enable these improvements, including new versions of VKD3D (the Vulkan translation layer from Direct3D 12) and Wine Mono 10.4.1. Although the leap to Wine 11 isn’t here yet, this update lays a solid foundation for future benefits.
How to get updates
Update rolling out automatically Steam On Linux. If you want to manually select a specific Proton version for a game, you can do so by right-clicking on the title in your Library and navigating to Property ? compatibility.
Linux gaming keeps getting better
Each Proton release refutes the old notion that Linux is not suitable for gaming. With more titles becoming playable and fixes to long-standing issues, Proton 10.0-4 is another strong step forward – especially for players who want a console-like experience on PC without leaving Linux behind.
