https://steamcommunity.com/app/1295660/discussions/0/

I have looked at the Steam discussion board for the game and people seem to be unhappy (based on the official streaming to showcase): a) Denuvo is planned to be integrated (not sure if plans have changed), and b) game looks and plays much different than any Civ so far. So Denuvo might still be integrated, but game can be perfectly playable on Linux. Denuvo is not an anti cheat system, its an anti theft system against piracy.

Interesting. Thanks for digging up.

No, I’m not that guy. I also didn’t know about what the guy did, before you telling me here. Officially there was no plans on adding Kernel level anticheat to the game, right? So what the guy did was not based on real information. Or did I miss an official statement?

The previous Civilization games are playable on Linux, so its not really locking out Linux users. But I guess the online part does not work? I never played in online modes, so didn’t lookup or knew this.

I would totally ignore these specs for the moment. It’s not telling much.

System specs are meaningless without knowing what the terms refer to; the context is missing. Like what resolution and fps we are talking about here? What level of settings (graphics and such) are used for “minimum” or “recommended”? The problem why the devs do not a “proper” specs sheet is, because they could be liable for it. I mean the more detailed the list is, the more people get angry if it does not work as expected on their machine. Also nowadays we have handheld PCs like the Steam Deck, which is pretty standardized hardware. They could provide detailed information how well it runs on a device like this or if its not playable / supported.

That is longer that expected. But I don’t know what I even expected. Laptops can reach those times too (although laptops have bigger batteries).

Pre-configured hardware with pre-installed Linux is the best way to expand. The technical side of driver support and gaming support is solved already (besides one specific kind of games, but thats another topic for another day). The biggest hurdle for people is to try Linux and set it up themselves. Only a few nerds go this far. It’s amazing right now!

It would be nice to have direct comparison between Windows and SteamOS on same hardware, performance wise and also how many purchases.

OH right, now it works for me too. Must be a temporary thing. Thanks for the reply, everything fine now.

Edit: All fine now. It was only a temporary thing.

I get a bad Gateway error. Does this link work for anyone? Or did Valve take the document down / private?

It only shows up when you use the dropdown menu to filter for Linux only. Then you also will see Freedesktop SDK (Flatpak). For whatever reason Flatpak and SteamOS Holo are ignored if you look at all operating systems instead Linux only. If you compare the numbers, they are not added to Archlinux or anything else.

Where is this stated?? If that was the case, the difference to other distros would be much higher. SteamOS is usually listed separately as HoloISO: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=linux

The survey is just accepting to send some auto collected data. There is no “real survey” involved.

Does Archlinux include SteamOS? Why isn’t SteamOS not listed, but several versions of Ubuntu is listed separately? Wasn’t SteamOS making up about half the Steam users using Linux? I would like to see multiple ways and options to enable and disable for Linux grouping, and longer lists. It may be enough for MacOS or Windows, but not for Linux.