Linux & Mac Gaming

This site publishes Linux game news and reviews, with additional coverage of SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Linux wrapper tool for use with the Steam client for custom launch options and 3rd party programs

Faugus Launcher supports running Windows games on Linux through UMU-Launcher and offers installation guidance.

Check Proton and Steam Deck compatibility from the Steam Store with this Chrome or Firefox extension.

Written in Go, Gameboy.Live emulates Game Boy titles on desktop or terminal with cloud play.

Run SteamCMD from a terminal through steam-tui, a client written in Rust.

Linux users can manage mods from several titles in Amethyst Mod Manager's Mod Organizer-style interface.

Run DirectX 9, DirectX 11, and Vulkan games under Wine and Wayland with wine-wayland.

Mythic provides an open-source macOS launcher for running Windows titles through Apple's Game Porting Toolkit.

The list tracks games that use anti-cheat systems and rates compatibility with GNU/Linux or Wine/Proton.

Simplify configuration of GPU passthrough for QEMU virtual machines with QuickPassthrough.

LeShade manages ReShade installations on Linux, according to its project description.

Report issues with Valve’s Steam for Linux beta client through its public tracking repository.

The Luxtorpeda compatibility tool enables Steam Play titles to use native Linux engines.

Use Heroic to launch Epic, GOG, and Amazon Prime titles on Linux, Windows, or macOS; it is free and open source.

Record gameplay, replay recent moments, and create clips with Vice, a game recording tool for Linux.

DXVK translates Direct3D 8 through 11 to Vulkan so 3D applications can run on Linux through Wine.

Manage Proton, Wine, and other compatibility tools used to run Windows titles on Linux with ProtonPlus.

CryoUtilities includes scripts and utilities for improving performance and managing storage on Steam Deck.

Apply Vulkan post-processing effects to graphics on Linux with vkBasalt.

Limo provides a Qt-based mod manager with Nexus Mods API and LOOT support, developed primarily for Linux.

ProtonUp-Qt installs and manages Proton-GE and Luxtorpeda for Steam, plus Wine-GE for Lutris.

Generate frames for Linux games with lsfg-vk, a Lossless Scaling frame generation implementation.

Mac Source Ports offers native builds of game source ports for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.