The only reason I boot up Windows at this point is to play shooters with EAC. What do you guys play if you’re looking for a quick 20-minute firefight?
My go-tos are tf2 and tf2 - that is Team Fortress 2 and Titanfall 2. Both work great on Linux and have really dedicated communities. Titanfall 2 even has the Northstar client.
Oh wow, I used to play tons of Titanfall. I’ll check out Northstar. Thank you.
Older game but red orchestra 2 is a classic ww2 shooter with a decent online community. Matches are around the 20 - 30 minute mark.
I didn’t know it was still active. I have it in my Steam library. Thanks!
I play a lot of Apex Legends. It works very well on Linux.
Splitgate
Xonotic is always a good one.
Full agree on Xonotic! Has also a somewhat active online play.
Shatterline and Caliber
Both free to play, on Steam, and work using Proton.
I play halo mcc and infinite and also recently started playing warframe thats more of an mmo shooter
Hunt Showdown runs on Linux with Proton and it has EAC
It does!? Since when, this is news to me.
I play apex legends and sometimes overwatch. Csgo is also an option but i haven’t played it yet
Krunker is nice for a quick match. You can play it directly from your browser or download it from steam
Battlebit Remastered works on Linux atm. They’re switching to FaceIt which won’t work, but there will still be servers running EAC. Shatterline and Splitgate are good options too.
Keep an eye on Xdefiant, it is unfortunately made by Ubisoft, but it’s F2P and looks impressive so far. There’s also rumors of a native linux port thanks to some job postings, but even if that doesn’t happen it runs great with Wine/Proton.
Some EAC games support linux like halo. I played MCC and the performance was fine, but I found the game to be unstable when interacting with the menu/UI.
Why not just CS:GO? But I’m only saying this because I have no real recommendation tbh. For offline I can recommend Ravenfield. It’s really fun even though the native Linux version is kind of broken when using mods which is kinda the point of the game. Works fine using Proton though
Honestly, my only reason not to play CSGO is that I spent all of highschool playing it and just don’t enjoy it anymore.
hl2 Deathmatch
game is a crazy amount of fun
Not sure if you’re fine with a paid game, but Halo: The Master Chief Collection recently got Linux support for multiplayer - though they have the Steam launch options reversed so you have to select EAC disabled at launch, in order for it to be enabled lol (thus allowing you to play online)
Additionally, Halo Infinite’s multiplayer mode is free, and also works on Linux.
