Are you tired of having your GPU driver being updated without your permission? Do you hate adjusting lots of system settings to disable OS (operating system) features that interfere with usage of your PC? Are you fed up with having to deal with mandatory system updates when restarting your PC? If you are an avid PC gamer, chances are you are using Windows 10 and you probablyย have experienced (or still experiencing) the annoying situations just mentioned. There is no denying that some of the most-played games today such as PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, Rainbow Six Siege, and Warframe are only available on Windows. You can use Linux for gaming but that means not being able to play some games. It is just a matter of deciding whether being able to play “popular” games is more important than being able to use an OS wherein you are in control.
If you are the type of PC gamer who is not tied to game franchises, we have a good news for you. Ditching Windows 10 does not mean giving up PC gaming. There are many developers who make their games like judi online available on Linux and Windows but people are just not aware that they have a choice. Partly to blame for the ignorance are some of the online publications. Try searching for “F1 2017 Vulkan” and “Rise of the Tomb Raider Vulkan” in Google and you won’t find anything from popular online publications such as Eurogamer, PC Gamer, and Tech Spot. To make transitioning to Linux gaming easier for our fellow PC gamers, we made a list of game developers who have a history of consistently releasing games with Linux support. Start building your library of cross-platform PC games so you can gradually switch from Windows to Linux. This list is not yet final and we will continue to update it as more games become available on Linux.
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| Company Name | Number of Games with Linux Support | Notable Games with Linux Support |
| Feral Interactive | 23 | F1 2017, DiRT Rally, Mad Max Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Rise of the Tomb Raider XCOM 2, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |
| Croteam | 6 | Serious Sam 3: BFE The Talos Principle Serious Sam 3: BFE (VR) The Talos Principle (VR) |
| Aspyr Media | 10 | Civilization VI, Civilization V Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Borderlands 2 |
| Virtual Programming | 11 | BioShock Infinite, Arma 3, Saints Row: The Third Spec Ops: The Line, The Witcher 2 Overlord II |
| Techland | 3 | Dying Light |
| 4A Games | 2 | Metro: Last Light, Metro 2033 |
| Valve | 22 | DOTA 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2 Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2 |
| Paradox Interactive | 16 | Hearts of Iron IV, Stellaris Cities: Skylines, Europa Universalis IV Crusader Kings II |
| SCS Software | 2 | American Truck Simulator Euro Truck Simulator 2 |
| Klei Entertainment | 8 | Oxygen Not Included Don’t Starve Together Don’t Starve, Mark of the Ninja |
| New World Interactive | 2 | Day of Infamy, Insurgency |
| Supergiant Games | 3 | Pyre, Transistor, Bastion |
| M2H | 4 | Tannenberg, Verdun |
| Sports Interactive | 5 | Football Manager 2018 Football Manager 2017 Football Manager 2016 |
| Laminar Research | 2 | X-Plane 11, X-Plane 10 |
Some game developers make excuses like “we’re a small company” or “Linux has a small market share” when asked why their game is not available on Linux. Here are some of the start-up game development companies whose 1st game had a simultaneous release on Linux and Windows.
| Company Name | Title | Game Engine |
| Squad | Kerbal Space Program | Unity |
| Hinterland Studio | The Long Dark | Unity |
| Monomi Park | Slime Rancher | Unity |
| Campo Santo | Firewatch | Unity |
| Heart Machine | Hyper Light Drifter | GameMaker Studio |
| Lince Works | Aragami | Unity |
| Acid Wizard Studio | Darkwood | Unity |
| Osumia Games | RUNNING WITH RIFLES | Ogre3D |
| Playtonic Games | Yooka-Laylee | Unity |
| Aquiris Game Studio | Ballistic Overkill | Unity |
| Crema Games | Immortal Redneck | Unity |
| JetCat Games | Heliborne | Unity |
| Caracal Games | Downward | Unreal Engine |
As honorable mention, here are the start-up game development companies whose 1st game was initially released only for Windows but was later brought to Linux in less than 6 months after the initial release.
| Company Name | Title | Game Engine |
| ConcernedApe | Stardew Valley | ??? |
| Team Cherry | Hollow Knight | Unity |
| ROCKFISH Games | EVERSPACE | Unreal Engine |
To prove that Linux really works for gaming and that we just don’t write articles about playing games on Linux, we make Linux game play videos using a GeForce GTX 970 4GB and a Radeon RX 480 8GB. The videos shown below are some of our work and you can find the rest on our YouTube channel.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
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I think you should add inXile and Obsidian, as well, since they both have released several high quality RPGs for Linux.
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