There are 1,500 Linux compatible games on Steam
While that number is significant, there's still a way to go before there is anything near parity. By just July this year, there were 1,592 new games added to Steam, which is already more than how many support Linux. Steam averages at eight new games added every day. How's that pile of shame looking now?
Still, it's a nice step in the right direction, with Linux users able to narrow the store by operating system. If you browse the store and select only Windows-compatible games - for comparison's sake - the store shows a lofty 13,621 games.
With services like Steam Greenlight and Kickstarter getting more studios onto the platform, the amount of games added to Steam every day is only going up. Hopefully more developers see that there's much less competition on Steam for games compatible with Linux. It seems like a no-brainer when you look at it like that.
With Steam Machines releasing soon and being powered by a Debian-based SteamOS GNU/Linux operating system, it's likely we'll see many more games become compatible sooner rather than later.
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GT-RPosted:
PotionGT-R I don't think Linux is going to really get bigger when it comes to gaming until there is a distro that has the same compatibility as windows. I dual boot windows 10 and debian testing and while it's fun to tinker with I still spend 90% of my time in windows. It's a real pain when something decides it doesn't want to work. Also, most people don't want to run their favorite games through wine because the performance really isn't as great as a lot of Linux users like to make it out to be. Bigger titles will have to get linux ports before anyone decides to make the switch and even then they might not see a reason to if they're fine with windows.
Every distro has the capability of running windows software by using Wine or PlayOnLinux with passthrough
I guess you didn't read the part where I said no one wants to have to run their games through wine. Why would they do that when they can just use windows?
rghmodzPosted:
Whom Not many people even use Linux, I know I certainly don't.
A lot do. As many as windows or os x? No, but Linux distros are becoming more popular. I use Ubuntu. I prefer it over windows and OS X.
However I do use windows when I am gaming since most of my games only run on windows.
GaryPosted:
GT-R I don't think Linux is going to really get bigger when it comes to gaming until there is a distro that has the same compatibility as windows. I dual boot windows 10 and debian testing and while it's fun to tinker with I still spend 90% of my time in windows. It's a real pain when something decides it doesn't want to work. Also, most people don't want to run their favorite games through wine because the performance really isn't as great as a lot of Linux users like to make it out to be. Bigger titles will have to get linux ports before anyone decides to make the switch and even then they might not see a reason to if they're fine with windows.
Every distro has the capability of running windows software by using Wine or PlayOnLinux with passthrough
GT-RPosted:
I don't think Linux is going to really get bigger when it comes to gaming until there is a distro that has the same compatibility as windows. I dual boot windows 10 and debian testing and while it's fun to tinker with I still spend 90% of my time in windows. It's a real pain when something decides it doesn't want to work. Also, most people don't want to run their favorite games through wine because the performance really isn't as great as a lot of Linux users like to make it out to be. Bigger titles will have to get linux ports before anyone decides to make the switch and even then they might not see a reason to if they're fine with windows.
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