As the title says: What is the best native Linux games?
Kerbal Space Program!
This is the right answer. CKAN is also on Linux and makes modding a breeze.
Sadly KSP2 does not have a Linux build and also doesn’t run well in Proton. But then again, it’s also a bit hot garbage.
Good game but I think I would recommend paying through proton anyway because the native realise seems rather forgotten about.
@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… 😄
It is honestly astounding what they’ve done with proton.
@flibbertigibbet It really is. It blows my mind. And because it’s so good, it basically makes it possible for most people to run Linux with no real compromises. Albeit some more specific needs that might prevent that for a smaller number of people.
Guess the devs were too focused on trying to make KSP2 less of a clusterfuck
I wouldn’t give the original devs a hard time. It seems like they did an amazing job with very few resources. I don’t even blame them for releasing a Linux native port as an afterthought, even that is better than most.
I will be very very surprised if KSP2 sees any meaningful improvement before being shut down.
Oh I was meaning to throw shade at the new developers who are running KSP2 into the ground.
I took it as such. :-)
I just wanted to show the original devs a little love.
Damn so many great ones to choose from. I am big fan of Paradox strategy games, kinda in that order: Stellaris, Hearts of iron IV and Europa Universalis IV.
Savage 2 was so good. The memories 😢
Ah yes I remember playing Savage in school. There is still Savage XR but it’s best played through wine.
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.
I love Dead Cells and me and my wife have been playing a lot of Out of Space lately. Other than that Paradox games are awesome, and one that I’ve played a lot years and years ago was Project Zomboid. On the more AAA front I loved Deus Ex and Borderlands 2.
Mindustry, sort of like factorio but open source and free on itch. Although you can also buy it on steam
Aside from some of the things mentioned here, Death Trash is a pretty neat indev rpg.
I really like Golf With Your Friends.
Mount & Blade Warband is fantastic and I highly recommend it if you haven’t played it.
Unrailed! is a neat little coop game to play with friends. If you buy this one on Steam you can use remote play together so only one person in your group needs to buy it.
Ultimate Chicken Horse is fun for a while with friends. Same deal with remote play together with this game.
Both Hotline Miami games are really fun.
Removed by mod
FTL
Sounds like non-free data is allowed. Then surely ioQuake is the native game I spent the most time with.
Don’t know about them being the best, but I’ve been playing Valheim and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and having a good time with both.
I have a long list :)
Dota2 & CS GO Paradox strategy games (JRepin had listed)
Many non-strategy games published (not developed by) by Paradox Interactive are also providing native Linux games, incl. Cities: Skylines, Surviving Mars, Tyranny
@privsecfoss Starsector has a Linux build, and is an excellent game.
Counterstrike and Project Zomboid are my main Linux native games right now.
On the proton side of things I’m playing POLYGON. It’s a great little multiplayer shooter being worked on by a single dev. It’s running EAC with (currently at least) working proton support.
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…
