The only game I have ever played is FIFA on a PS4. Now I have a gaming laptop but have no idea how I should go about playing games on Linux. Appreciate your help in advance!

  • FergleFFergleson
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    7 months ago

    That, as others have mentioned, is a moderately difficult question for us without knowing what you like or what the specs on your laptop are.

    If you install Steam, they have a pretty generous return policy. You just need to act within 2 weeks of the purchase OR before you hit a total of two hours played in that game - whichever comes first. I like Steam because the Proton compatibility layer built in makes gaming on Linux so incredibly easy.

    I’m hesitant to do so because you undoubtedly like different things, but here is a short list of some of the games I’ve played that I really enjoyed based on total time played.

    Sid Meier’s Civilization (the whole series is good, but 5 is my favorite)
    Stellaris
    Battletech
    Satisfactory
    Valheim
    Football Manager (think of this title as the complex strategy game to FIFA’s action game)

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      7 months ago

      I’ve played Stellaris for 12 hours straight, only stopping to go to the bathroom, from 7pm to 7am multiple times. I don’t work nights.

      It’s a problem.

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        7 months ago

        I had similar problems at the height of my addiction to that game. I should thank them for breaking things that I liked, because they freed me