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As someone who still does LAN weekends with a few friends a couple of times a year, this is a hard one especially if you have 6+ players, however here are my suggestions.

Supreme Commander using the FAF Client - huge scale RTS with up to 16 people in a single map (8v8).

Left4Dead Versus - 8 people go 4v4 so two teams in your case. Dedicated server recommend.

Unreal Tournament 2005/3 - lots of games modes and supports a lot of people but you may need a dedicated server.

Gary's Mod PropHunt, Bomberman etc - Great sandbox game - can be a bit junky to setup up but excellent if you get it right

Blur - racing game which may be hard to find as it is not being sold anywhere but an excellent multiplayer one

Factorio - way slower pace than any games mentioned, but if you play Deathworld is an adrenaline rush and fun coop. Up to 500 people so 15-16 people is no sweat. Also good for long term goals for continuing play.

Human Fall Flat - funny physics puzzle game up to 4 people. Great for competition as you can make it 4 teams of 4 and have a leaderboard.

Planetside 2 - FPSMMO - epic battles and still very active

That's a lot of typing already - let me know if you want more suggestions - happy gaming

Not on my PC but I will update later.

Thank you this is the kind of thing that I was after.

I haven't used prime video for well over 2 years as it has become sluggish, bloated and full of junk.

However, I have come to realise that the savings of postage in my case far outweighs the cost of the annual prime subscription.

To the people that say it's bad for the environment. Amazon is a shity corporation but they have introduced the "package all items together" (well here on the UK at least). So what I do, is that I will only order a maximum of 2 times a week and I accumulate everything I need. If I can get away with one a week or longer, I'll wait.

But in the end of the day it is up to you on how much you use the delivery service vs any of the "other" prime benefits.

Bought the game when it came to Steam a couple of years back and put 100 or so hours and uninstalled it feeling that it needs way more content.

Re-installed last week just because without reading the latest update news and boy oh boy was I genuinely surprised to see the combat and new QoS stuff been added. Highly recommend to anyone that has enjoyed Factories and/satisfactory. The build is somewhere in between both.

One of us, one of us. I did the same only 2-3 hours into my first ever Linux install.

I would recommend something just outside your area but with a lot of fun movement mechanics.

Warframe It's an online/instanced 3rd person shoot em up but the movement is the best out there. PvE focused but there are PvP elements too. Very good and long progression but it is grindy.

Titanfall 2 The campaign is single player but one of the best told stories. The movement is just behind Warframe. The online multiplayer is absolutely epic as you get to take out Titans and also call down your own. However, there is quite a lot of cheaters unfortunately which may spoil your experience.

Closer to your request.

Orcs Must Die Fun tower defence with traps and 3rd person action.

Deep Rock Galactic Mining space dwarfs and beer. That is all you need to know.

Gunfire Reborn Roguelike FPS with lota of characters and abilities. The aim is to kill the final boss and then try to do it faster and faster.

Got more if you want to know more, but that will be a very good start.

I do enjoy a challenge and having to use cli is what got me into my profession. I did my research and found Arch to be one of the better distros out there, but I didn't want to start at the deep end as I don't have time like to fully delve into it like I used to.

I'm already thinking of Nobara....

I only launched the vanilla version but I haven't installed connect manager and the near 200gb of as ones yet.

As an IT tech, have you considered cleaning the vents and also re-pasting the thermal paste? I have a lot of friends that have gaming laptops that after a year or so they start to overheat and that is the fix every time.

It is a noob answer, but I set the compatibility to the latest Proton 8.0.4 and after an update and verification I was able to launch to the launcher, sign in and play. I don't think I changed anything else. Maybe something that is installed with the distro that enables it to work?

I have the same experience. It's amazing how easy we to switch for gaming that is. I don't really use my personal pc for productivity but I do some video and pic editing so I'll cross that bridge then.