By install another distro, I meant install a distro that has a nonfree repo(I’m using pureos), and just boot from a usb. I’m not sure how steam is packaged, but I’d imagine it would go against the point of a distro like pureos.

Thanks for the invite, I decided to have a squizz at the github, and saw that

RUNNING NON-STEAM GAMES WITH PROTON OUTSIDE OF STEAM IS NOT SUPPORTED. DO NOT ASK FOR HELP WITH THIS:

Do you think that Wine-GE might be better for GOG games? I remember Wine-GE working fine for me before.

Thanks for the input, do you use the official steam client?

It’s just a preference, I prefer downloading from GOG, without the DRM or proprietary clients. Edit: I know steam has an open source command line tool

Proton is Wine with prefixes

Can you elaborate? Do you mean that it includes prefixes with it?

emulation for old games isn’t so demanding

By old, I meant 2010 to 2015, which is where my laptop reaches it’s limits. I’ve tried ps3 emulation and it couldn’t pull that off, and there is no emulator for 360 on linux(that I know of).

yeah i love RON, I hope a libre version of it gets made…

Thanks for the list! Urban Terror is a lot like Counter-strike but on steroids, bhopping is unbelievably buff, and it’s a bit faster paced than ideal. I’m ready to accept that there might not be the right game out there for me yet, but I appreciate the suggestions you’ve provided.

By tactical, I mean slower paced, usually with a lower time-to-kill and a higher emphasis on strategy.

Tactical as in slower paced, more strategic. SWAT4, Ready or Not, Arma, and R6 Siege come to mind.

Yes, I’ve played it before. Real fun game but not quite tactical.

A Compilation of the Games I’ve Found

• Tremulous (and forks)
  An asymmetric multiplayer game where you can either play as an alien or a soldier hunting the alien. Forks are Tremfusion and Unvanquished, with unvanquished being the most modern of the three. Tactical but not quite in the way I’m looking for

• Wolfenstein:Enemy Territory and ET:Legacy
  ET Legacy is a client for ET, and it brings modern features to it. Both are pretty fast paced and not very tactical.

• Übergame
  It looks pretty good for a libre game, and looks to play good too. About as tactical as ET.

Update: I found out that wolfenstein ET was released under the gplv3, so I’ll check that out. not quite tactical but I like the game

also check out libregamewiki its got lots of free games

its pretty complex and can be hard to learn, but flightgear is super fun once you get the hang of piloting.

Flightgear is a 🄯Copyleft, GNU General Public License(GPL) V2, Open-source and Freely Modifiable flight simulator that champions principles of user empowerment, community-driven development, and unrestricted customization. It embodies transparency, inclusivity, and the spirit of collaborative innovation in flight simulation.

I haven’t played jc3, but I plan on it. I mainly played jc4 cause I just love the environments, and the diversity that comes with them. I had a very distorted perception of just cause 4, though. I must be thinking of some other game, cause I’d always seen it as a more gritty, dark game, but from screenshots I’ve seen it looks really vibrant. might check it out sooner rather than later

yes, i installed dxvk from winetricks as opposed to manually. that solved my issue. thank you for the help.