I have switched from windows to linux a few years ago and I don't plan to go back. Steam has the advantage of the integrated proton-service which allows playing many windows games on linux.

Do we have something similar?

~ sp3ctre

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[–] 79luca79@lemm.ee 49 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

only gog

[–] DaseinPickle@leminal.space 12 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

I wish the GoG client supported Linux the same way Steam do.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Lutris really makes it a non-issue.

[–] cron@feddit.org 15 points 6 hours ago

Heroic launcher and lutris are both decent and work well with gog. I'm currently playing Cyberpunk 2077 from gog on ubuntu with heroic.

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Good luck. Their website said it's coming for years, then they quietly dropped the promise.

Didn't even have the decency to publicly admit they were never going to care about Linux support.

[–] DaseinPickle@leminal.space 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Too bad. One can hope that when Valve release SteamOS for general use, a decent amount of those forced to upgrade to Windows 11 later this year will use SteamOS instead.. and maybe that will give Linux some traction amongst gamers. But it might also not.

[–] AntY@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Last weekend I upgraded my gaming pc from windows 10 to EndeavorOS. It works great and I can run all my games. Pillars of eternity never worked for me with windows since I’m using a weird TV as a screen, but with Linux everything works.

My reason for upgrading was the W10 EOL and the fact that my computer couldn’t run W11 due to no tpm.

[–] DaseinPickle@leminal.space 1 points 5 hours ago

I know there is workarounds, but it would be nice with official support.

[–] TeutonenThrasher@feddit.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Minigalaxy might be an option

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 26 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

GOG is the closest we got. All games on there are DRM-free. No direct Proton- or Linux-integration but you can use Heroic Launcher for that.

[–] sp3ctre@feddit.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Thanks! It's something. I will take a look at this!

[–] Kualdir 6 points 6 hours ago

While an alternative except GOG doesn't really exist. What you can do is buy your keys from any site linked by https://isthereanydeal.com/

These sites sell keys but money still goes to the developer, its just that steam does not get a cut and the companies on there do.

The companies that I know for a fact are EU based Greenman and Fanatical (UK), Gamesplanet (France)

There's also GamersGate (Swedish)

[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Similar in what nuance? You need some place to pay money to? Try GOG. You can use Heroic UI if you want. It also helps with wine/proton managing.

[–] sp3ctre@feddit.org 3 points 6 hours ago

Basically I'm interested in a service, where I can buy games with a linux support. And without having to sail the high seas 🏴‍☠️.

It seems GOG will be it.

[–] Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 hours ago

I run a lot of games from GOG, and you can install them/configure them in lutris. You can log into your gog account and see your library there, and select what to install in it.

[–] Sailing7@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 hours ago

As others suggested GOG + some FOSS Gamelauncher. There was one posted a few months back. Looked pretty nice but cant remember the name.

Though community stuff and such obviously wont be the same as in steam

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Yer see that mighty ol boat ove ther, she aching to leve the doks

[–] vesi@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

Gog

[–] Obelix@feddit.org -1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

You can still buy games in stores.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Triple A games sure but basically no indie games.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

A lot of the time it's a box with a code for some online store these days. And yeah, no indies.