Co-Op PC Games For (Ubuntu) Linux

My main PC is a Ubuntu machine that I use for work (development) and gaming. Over the last several years, PC gaming on Linux has graduated from a long-shot to a nearly commonplace certainty. Games working well, and working for multiplayer are the norm even if some of them need some tinkering – made easy by sites like protondb.com. Even more shocking is that for one of my main gaming groups, they often like to mod games and while I generally resist doing that, in the cases where it was necessary I’ve even managed to get mods working. It’s been so nice to no longer be left out of the cooperative gaming scene, and my husband and I have really enjoyed adding cooperative PC gaming to our console gaming origins.

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Baldur’s Gate 3 on Ubuntu Linux

It’s difficult to be a gamer or a D&D fan these days and not be inundated with news and information about how great Baldur’s Gate 3 is. Happily I have a great group of gamer friends always up for trying new games. My husband was a big fan of the Divinity games so we’re giving BG3 a go. Since I use a Ubuntu PC there’s always a bit of stress and tinkering required for games, although thanks to Valve’s incredible work on their Proton compatibility layer, it’s now rare to encounter a game I want to play but can’t get working through Steam. Baldur’s Gate however is $80 CAD so I definitely had to make sure I could get it working before the refund period passes (less than 2 weeks or 2 hours of gameplay). I did end up having to pour through the info for BG3 on ProtonDB to get it working.

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