The best ways to run Windows games new and old on Linux, updated for 2019.

For years, game support on Linux has seriously lagged behind Windows, to the point that the OS was basically a non-option for anyone who wanted to game on a PC. In recent years, that's begun to ...

Native Port . Thanks to the popularity of the Steam Deck—which runs on Linux—more and more developers are actually shipping their games with na ...

Win4Lin—Running Windows inside Linux Win4Lin is a commercial product (see Resources), and this section focuses on Win4Lin Pro, which allows you to install Windows 2000 or XP inside a Win4Lin framework ...

Many games that can be played on a PC are developed based on Windows, so you may not be able to play some games on Linux. Valve, which operates Steam, a PC game sales platform, is developing ...

Linu-xCloud Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming looks worse on Linux than Windows Ars tests show a distinct visual downgrade when a Linux browser is detected.

Linux gamers do much more effective bug reporting for games than their Windows counterparts, according to game dev Kodera Software. The number of bugs as well the quality of reporting are superior.

The life of a Linux user can be a bit difficult. Sometimes you have to — or want to — run Windows. Why Windows? Sometimes you have a work computer or a laptop that Linux doesn’t s… ...

I converted my Windows living room PC into a Linux desktop, and I game a bit on that without many issues. I think SteamOS would be worth a try, and there are a few gaming-oriented distributions.