As the title says: What is the best native Linux games?

  • StefanT@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    The games I keep coming back and playing since years are Factorio and Cities Skylines. And Minecraft if you call a Java program native. All because of the vast number of mods that exist. And Dota now and then for playing with friends.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      This is the right answer. CKAN is also on Linux and makes modding a breeze.

      Sadly KSP2 does not have a Linux build and also doesn’t run well in Proton. But then again, it’s also a bit hot garbage.

    • flibbertigibbet@feddit.de
      0·
      1 year ago

      Good game but I think I would recommend paying through proton anyway because the native realise seems rather forgotten about.

        • flibbertigibbet@feddit.de
          2·
          1 year ago

          I wouldn’t give the original devs a hard time. It seems like they did an amazing job with very few resources. I don’t even blame them for releasing a Linux native port as an afterthought, even that is better than most.

          I will be very very surprised if KSP2 sees any meaningful improvement before being shut down.

  • Mister_Bald@lemmy.ca
    2·
    1 year ago

    Mindustry, sort of like factorio but open source and free on itch. Although you can also buy it on steam

  • Rexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    1 year ago

    There are a few that are really fun. My kids were getting interested in gaming, so I had to have a look into suitable games. So here is a kid-friendly list of great stuff that runs natively:

    GCompris: A lot of nice learning mini games for the very young (also good to teach e.g. usage of mouse and keyboard)

    Minetest: Very similar to Minecraft, but with its own twist. Highly customizable with mods and completely free and open. I am running my own minetest server with a customized non-survival world that is used by my family.

    Widelands: A really great community adaption (and extension) of the Settlers II. My son totally loves it.

    Unciv: Civilization game based on the Civ5 ruleset. I actually had to deinstall it again on my mobile phone (also available for Android) because it has the same addictive properties as the original…

    And for non-free games: Lutris + GOG makes me happy. Currently playing some older Tomb Raider game. Although not really native, I think. Probably using Wine or so…

    • Rexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.de
      0·
      1 year ago

      ioQuake is just the engine, isn’t it? There also have been a few community projects that have been using it, but they seem to bee mostly dead. I remember giving Smoking Guns a try and actually had a little fun with it. Some nice maps. But it gets boring really fast when only playing against the limited AI opponents.

      • copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        For a while, we had daily matches at work with the Quake 3 data. Terms like q3dm17 are still burned into my memory.

        Playing with friends was certainly part of the magic. Playing against bots or random internet strangers is not the same.

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    I love Dead Cells and me and my wife have been playing a lot of Out of Space lately. Other than that Paradox games are awesome, and one that I’ve played a lot years and years ago was Project Zomboid. On the more AAA front I loved Deus Ex and Borderlands 2.

  • tiny@midwest.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    Slay the spire and borderlands 2 are great but borderlands 2 doesn’t have all content available on the native port

  • Backsight@lemmy.world
    21·
    1 year ago

    I know you are specifically asking for natives, but with the awesome work Valve has put into proton so many games play well with linux now!

  • Ekis@beehaw.org
    1·
    1 year ago

    Right now I’m really getting into old school games or games that have the old school look. Here’s a few which have native Linux support:

    • Stardew Valley
    • Broforce
    • Carrion
    • Dusk
    • FTL: Faster Than Light
    • Huntdown
  • CadeJohnson@slrpnk.net
    1·
    1 year ago

    I go back to Battle for Wesnoth a few times a year. There are many new scenarios over the recent years.

  • GrogDamn@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    Don’t know about them being the best, but I’ve been playing Valheim and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and having a good time with both.

  • Gobbel2000@feddit.de
    1·
    1 year ago

    The Talos Principle must be mentioned here. It was the first major game to provide Vulkan support, running just incredibly well.

    And of course, Minecraft.