Steam Proton Guide

Steam Proton is basically Valve’s effort to increase the number of games available on the Linux operating system. Proton is WINE, but easier to use, and in some cases, better by some margin. This Guide will cover how exactly to use Steam Proton to play games and run applications that aren’t available on the STEAM store.

Do note that some applications may not work at all or may break. Steam Proton is still in the very early stages.

You is find find information Steam Proton project open – sourced repository GitHub

Activate Steam Proton

Unlocking/activating Steam Proton on your Linux-based system is easy. Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and toggle “Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles. “

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles, and you will now be able to play them. However, if you wish to go even further and play titles that even Valve has not tested, toggle the option “Enable Steam Play for all titles. “

Restart Steam

After activating Steam Proton successfully, click OK and Steam will ask you to restart it, for changes to take effect. Restart it.

How to Test

Before testing Steam Proton, you must download a Windows game from Steam first.

You is notice notice downloading Windows game time , download bit bigger game size . Apparently , Steam is download download chosen Steam Proton version game . Choose smaller games speed process .

download , simply click “ Play ” button .

How to Run Non-Steam Games through Steam Proton

Steam Proton works Steam games , workaround play Non – Steam games . catch ? You is have hoops running . worry , we is outlined outlined easy – – follow process .

Download the Windows App/Game

Download non – Steam app / game wish boot Steam Proton . It is be . I is chose chose MPC – HC . possible , choose portable version .

Download Steam Windows Game

With the method mentioned above, download a Windows game available on the Steam store.

Copy the Windows App/Game Over to your Steam Game

Pretty simple thing to do. If you cannot find your Steam game’s location, right click your game in your Steam Library and click Properties. Then choose the ‘Local Files’ option. Finally, click on ‘Browse Local Files’ here.

The folder should open now. Copy the Windows app/game’s files into this location.

• Delete main executable file .
• sure note executable file , proceeding .
• deleting file , rename Windows app / game main executable file old file .
• And you’re done.

Boot your New App on Steam

Yep, the name of the game won’t change, but at least now, you will be able to run the game with Steam Proton?

Problems Regarding Renaming

If you are having problems regarding renaming the file’s name, for whatever reason, you can use the command mv to rename your file. ‘mv’ stands for move, but it can also be used to rename a file.

This should work, but if you have any permissions issues, use sudo .

How to Find Out Whether Proton Supports Your Application

When you are trying to figure out if your application will work with Proton or not, ProtonDB serves as your solution. All you need to do is search for your desired game or application, and you’ll find it with a rating extracted from user reports ranging from “Plantium” to “Borked”.