Linux

Edit: ah, i believe you hadn't enabled Proton. Yeah, i can see why you'd have the misconception that Linux sucks for gaming (well, if you ONLY play certain multiplayer games and don't branch out to others, yeah you might have a rough time).

A lotta distros don't even work with Steam

Having been a chronic distrohopper since I joined Linux a couple of years ago, this is wrong. I've had some hiccups with Steam, yeah, but that was more the version of Steam I installed (Flatpak. Learned right quick to just install what was on the repos) and it didn't not outright work on any of the distros I used: be they Fedora, Ubuntu-based, Arch-based, or OpenSUSE. Steam's always worked

I don't think a single Bethesda Release works on Linux

They do. I regularly play and mod Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas, and Skyrim and can play as well as one does on Windows. It's not limited to those either: Doom, Evil Within, Ghostwire, Rage...all those work with very little configuration (which honestly is just personal prefrences on my part. They'll still work by enabling Proton in the Steam settings, and in the game properties if you wanna be extra sure or are using a GE version of Proton). Starfield also works. So it's not just oldies either.

No Fromsoftware...Lies of P doesn't.

Except I play Souls and Souls-likes all the time, and I'm currently playing Lies of P with no problems on Linux. If anything I had more problems with when i tried playing a Soulsborn on Windows. Elden Ring stuttered like crazy on Windows, but i had next to zero problem playing on my Arch install, even playing Multiplayer.

The other games you mentioned are also playable on Linux. Don't know who told you they don't but 90% of Steam works on Limux and Steam Deck. Just go to account settings and in compatibility, check "Enable Steam Play for all titles" and restart Steam. Otherwise, you get ONLY games with a native Linux version (which are...hit or miss at times). The only games you'd actually have trouble running on Linux would be ones that were given a hard "we're not supporting Linux" like Fortnite and those with heavy Anti-Cheats like Rainbow 6 Seige, Black Desert, or Valorant (and even those are getting Linux compatability: Dead By Daylight works now, Master Cheif collection apparantly works now, but I haven't played it in a while to check, Apex has worked for a while, etc)

Elden Ring, Uncharted, and God of War absolutely work because on Linux is the only way I've played any of them. Starfield has been the only game recently that did not (still doesn't) work on Linux via Steam without issue. And Starfield is a Nvidia issue not really a Linux issue.

Edit: Oh sorry, I missed the other reply thread.

EA games and such sound plausible, but

No fromsoft

I have probably played their whole steam catalogue on linux. They work fine.

Same for TES and Fallout.

Just to make sure, you did enable proton for "unsupported" games, right?

Idk man a ton of distros don’t even work with steam

Name one. I don't know of any.

I don’t think a single Bethesda release works on Linux

Personally I've never had one not work, and that includes Starfield on launch day.

No PlayStation ports do either iirc

Elder Scrolls on Linux didn't have the stutter it had on Windows at launch. It was literally a better experience and it continues to run great. God of War runs great on Linux. Returnal runs great on Linux.

Seriously, the number one issue for Linux gaming right now is people in comments telling other people it doesn't work.