Not all games will work, but in my case, 2/3's of my steam library works with Linux, some other games work with Wine, and for some games you really need Windows (unfortunatly).

You'd better take a look at your Steam library and figure out what works and what doesn't before you make the plunge.

Yeah, Windows is by far the best PC OS for gaming.

Well Linux support is growing but most AAA games are not compatible, even though you can make some of them work with Wine.

Japanese games support is infinitely close to zero, which is the main reason I'm still running a bloated spyware OS in 2017.

Linux is not gaming friendly in general, like at all so far. There's been indication that this might change, but not for some time.


Yes, there are around 2500+ Steam titles that work on Linux, but many popular titles don't support Linux (GTA V, Witcher 3, Doom ect.) and need to be ran through software like Wine, which indicates unstable performance at compared to Windows at times or glitches, but should be stable if you have a good rig. All games from Valve will work on Linux if you play any of those though.


The rest are mostly indie titles or older games. As for the native Linux game library, it is much smaller outside of Steam, with most being yet again indie titles or Quake clones.


In general, if you're looking to game, Linux is not a good option at all (especially if you want to play AAA titles like Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Doom, GTA V). I would highly recommend investing in Windows 10.

Most old Windows-exclusive games can be run on Linux quite easily, and relatively many modern games come with Linux support. Games released during the 7th console generation don't support Linux that well and can be more painful to run under Linux. I think that's a rough outline of the situation. If you want to be able to play most games, your best bet is almost certainly Windows. If you don't mind missing out some games (including a lot of AAA games), Linux could be a good choice, but you should probably do some research on whether the games you're interested in support Linux.

I've installed Linux Mint on the laptops of both my girlfriend and her father, and neither of them has had any trouble with it. Of course it depends on what you need and for some needs, it can get quite unfriendly, but for basic use, Linux is extremely easy (assuming a good distro choice of course).

Yeah I haven't really messed with Linux for years now, I remember trying a bunch of them out nearly a decade ago and they seemed like something I really wanted to support but I had trouble finding resources on how to install programs or use the command line for everything lol

Well, I installed Steam OS just to mess around with it. If they actually added most of the library to it then it would be a decent option. I believe there was only 24 out of 102 games that I could download and play. Let alone there didn't seem to be many options available including the right to choose download path which it allows you to do easily on Windows. So I decided to go ahead and get Windows 10 pro. Computer is running great (there was a few hiccups at first but nothing major). Seems like they wasted Steam OS potential. I know they have plans to keep adding games but I'm not going to sit around and hope they add support to a majority of the games in my library.