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 What happened?
I mean “good astounding”, as in what they’ve managed to achieve with it.
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.
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.
Mindustry, sort of like factorio but open source and free on itch. Although you can also buy it on steam
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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 😢
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Sounds like non-free data is allowed. Then surely ioQuake is the native game I spent the most time with.
I know you are specifically asking for natives, but with the awesome work Valve has put into proton so many games play well with linux now!
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Rimworld and Factorio are both great Linux games.
I go back to Battle for Wesnoth a few times a year. There are many new scenarios over the recent years.
0ad, Wesnoth, Endless Sky, Mindustry
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The Talos Principle must be mentioned here. It was the first major game to provide Vulkan support, running just incredibly well.
And of course, Minecraft.
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.
@privsecfoss Starsector has a Linux build, and is an excellent game.
