ProtonDB | Game Details for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Works fine after set to proton 4.11-13 and PROTON_NO_D3D11=1 flag on startup

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: 4.11-13, Set launch options

PROTON_NO_D3D11=1

Works fine after set to proton 4.11-13 and PROTON_NO_D3D11=1 flag on startup

Custom Proton: 4.11-13

Distro:KDE neon User - Plasma 25th Anniversary Edition

Kernel:5.11.0-46-generic

RAM:10 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.0.3

GPU:AMD Radeon Vega 10 (RAVEN, DRM 3.40.0, 5.11.0-46-generic, LLVM 12.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx

douglaseusilva(31 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Custom Proton: 4.11-13

Distro:KDE neon User - Plasma 25th Anniversary Edition

Kernel:5.11.0-46-generic

RAM:10 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.0.3

GPU:AMD Radeon Vega 10 (RAVEN, DRM 3.40.0, 5.11.0-46-generic, LLVM 12.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3700U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx

ull(3 reports)

ull (3 reports)

Proton 7.0-5

ull(3 reports)

Proton 7.0-5

FS2020(4 reports)

1 hour overall1 hour on Linux

FS2020 (4 reports)

1 hour overall1 hour on Linux

The game works perfectly with the version of Proton 4 that I have used. I recommend playing it with a joystick instead of the keyboard.

Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 4.11-13

The game did not work with the default version of Proton.

Proton 4.11-13

Distro:Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid

Kernel:6.0.0-5-amd64

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 22.3.3

GPU:AMD KAVERI (, LLVM 15.0.6, DRM 2.50, 6.0.0-5-amd64)

CPU:AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G

FS2020(4 reports)

1 hour overall1 hour on Linux

Proton 4.11-13

Distro:Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid

Kernel:6.0.0-5-amd64

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 22.3.3

GPU:AMD KAVERI (, LLVM 15.0.6, DRM 2.50, 6.0.0-5-amd64)

CPU:AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G

Adrianodl(16 reports)

Adrianodl (16 reports)

Runs great by default, just click to paly and enjoy it!

Proton 7.0-5

Adrianodl(16 reports)

Proton 7.0-5

Rincewind(5 reports)

15 hours overall15 hours on Linux

Rincewind (5 reports)

15 hours overall15 hours on Linux

Plays great

Played to completion without major bugs or performance issues. Note: You can press the GPU quite low (>1000mhz) while still running at a perfect 60FPs to extend battery life.

Proton 7.0-4

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

Rincewind(5 reports)

15 hours overall15 hours on Linux

Proton 7.0-4

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

LDSky(17 reports)

19 hours overall10 hours on Linux

LDSky (17 reports)

19 hours overall10 hours on Linux

Works out of the box. No issues at all found

Proton 7.0-4

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

LDSky(17 reports)

19 hours overall10 hours on Linux

Proton 7.0-4

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

BinaryMessiah(19 reports)

2 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux

BinaryMessiah (19 reports)

2 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux

Everything set to Max. Throttle GPU to 1200 to maintain 60FPS and save battery

Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve

Throttle GPU clock to 1200 to still maintain 60FPS

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

BinaryMessiah(19 reports)

2 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

KidIcarus(243 reports)

KidIcarus (243 reports)

Works fine out of the box

Proton 7.0-3

KidIcarus(243 reports)

Proton 7.0-3

KDJ on Deck(24 reports)

21 hours overall19 hours on Linux

KDJ on Deck (24 reports)

21 hours overall19 hours on Linux

Should be Deck Verified

Played through the game from start to finish without any problems. It runs flawless and looks gorgeous on Deck.

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

KDJ on Deck(24 reports)

21 hours overall19 hours on Linux

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

RetroGamerAndrew(15 reports)

6 hours overall6 hours on Linux

RetroGamerAndrew (15 reports)

6 hours overall6 hours on Linux

The game runs flawlessly out of the box, no tinkering required.

Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve

You can decrease TDP up to 6W to decrease battery consumption a bit.

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

RetroGamerAndrew(15 reports)

6 hours overall6 hours on Linux

Proton 7.0-2

Distro:SteamOS Holo

Kernel:5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb

RAM:15 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.0.0-devel (git-676ccacebc)

GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 13.0.0, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve10.1-1-neptune-02144-g7fffaf925dfb)

CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405

apeguy(150 reports)

apeguy (150 reports)

Runs perfect. Like a native Windows game.

Proton 7.0-2

apeguy(150 reports)

Proton 7.0-2

tsujigiri_nin(32 reports)

tsujigiri_nin (32 reports)

Proton 7.0-2

tsujigiri_nin(32 reports)

Proton 7.0-2

Rechtiw(12 reports)

Rechtiw (12 reports)

Works well, no problems found

Proton 7.0-2

Rechtiw(12 reports)

Proton 7.0-2

Rocklee do pagode namora demais(7 reports)

Rocklee do pagode namora demais (7 reports)

Runs very well without any hack.

Proton 5.0-10

Rocklee do pagode namora demais(7 reports)

Proton 5.0-10

khriss(1 report)

khriss (1 report)

Game runs just perfect, no issues at all

Proton 6.3-5

khriss(1 report)

Proton 6.3-5

Mithrandir95(44 reports)

Mithrandir95 (44 reports)

Instability:Frequently

Had to disable D3D11 or it would crash often.

After adding "PROTON_NO_D3D11=1 %command%" to Steam Launch Options it runs perfect, no issues.

Proton 6.3-2

Mithrandir95(44 reports)

Proton 6.3-2

MeDiCastrO(23 reports)

MeDiCastrO (23 reports)

just runs

Proton 5.13-5

MeDiCastrO(23 reports)

Proton 5.13-5

Omelettetuner(8 reports)

4 hours overall(2+ hours with Proton)

Omelettetuner (8 reports)

4 hours overall(2+ hours with Proton)

Game runs perfectly. No crashes, freezing, or anything of the sort.

Launch Flags:Use Wine D3D

My GPU doesn't support Vulkan

Proton 5.13-4

Distro:Obarun Linux

Kernel:5.9.14-arch1-1

RAM:2 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 340.108

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce 210

CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz

Omelettetuner(8 reports)

4 hours overall(2+ hours with Proton)

Proton 5.13-4

Distro:Obarun Linux

Kernel:5.9.14-arch1-1

RAM:2 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 340.108

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce 210

CPU:Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz

rafagar96(47 reports)

rafagar96 (47 reports)

Works perfectly

Proton 5.13-1

rafagar96(47 reports)

Proton 5.13-1

Artur Wróblewski(38 reports)

< 1 hour overall(an hour with Proton)

Artur Wróblewski (38 reports)

< 1 hour overall(an hour with Proton)

The game works perfectly. It's worth playing.

See gameplay on Ubuntu 20.04 with PS4 Pad https://youtu.be/7NiImYOQgwg

Proton 5.0-7

Distro:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Kernel:5.4.0-29-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.82

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core

Artur Wróblewski(38 reports)

< 1 hour overall(an hour with Proton)

Proton 5.0-7

Distro:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Kernel:5.4.0-29-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.82

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core

Franco(62 reports)

Franco (62 reports)

Flawless

Proton 5.0-5

Franco(62 reports)

Proton 5.0-5

vent_rentfield(3 reports)

vent_rentfield (3 reports)

Runs flawlessly on maximum settings with controller (xbox).

Proton 4.11-11

vent_rentfield(3 reports)

Proton 4.11-11

evanigma(1 report)

evanigma (1 report)

Platinum

evanigma(1 report)

Unknown

(an hour with Proton)

Unknown

(an hour with Proton)

Platinum

Runs perfect. Full screen, max settings. No further hacks needed.

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.2.11-zen1-1-zen

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 435.21

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST

CPU:Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz

Unknown

(an hour with Proton)

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.2.11-zen1-1-zen

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 435.21

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST

CPU:Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz

Unknown

(an hour with Proton)

Unknown

(an hour with Proton)

Platinum

Perfect, no issues whatsoever. full-hd, max settings.

Distro:Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)

Kernel:4.19.0-5-amd64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 18.3.6

GPU:Radeon RX 580

CPU:Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz

Unknown

(an hour with Proton)

Distro:Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)

Kernel:4.19.0-5-amd64

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 18.3.6

GPU:Radeon RX 580

CPU:Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz

hps(1636 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

hps (1636 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Platinum

Finished game and dlc with native-like experience.

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.2.8-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.40

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz

hps(1636 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.2.8-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.40

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz

Unknown

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Unknown

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Platinum

Out of the box.. a few cutscenes sometimes have a fps drop. Works with D9VK set as well.

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.2.4-1-MANJARO

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.26

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

CPU:Intel Core i5-4690S @ 3.20GHz

Unknown

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.2.4-1-MANJARO

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.26

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

CPU:Intel Core i5-4690S @ 3.20GHz

Pie or Cake(4 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Pie or Cake (4 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Platinum

Worked perfectly out of the box. Played for about twenty minutes using a Steam Controller with no issues.

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:4.19.56-1-MANJARO

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.26

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

CPU:Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz

Pie or Cake(4 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:4.19.56-1-MANJARO

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.26

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

CPU:Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz

xn3k(2 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

xn3k (2 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Platinum

Runs great ootb

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.1.8-1-MANJARO

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 19.0.6

GPU:AMD Radeon HD 8600M

CPU:Intel Core i5-4300M @ 2.60GHz

xn3k(2 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.1.8-1-MANJARO

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 19.0.6

GPU:AMD Radeon HD 8600M

CPU:Intel Core i5-4300M @ 2.60GHz

Wino(2 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Wino (2 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Platinum

Works great out of the box - no issues, no crashes

Distro:Kubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

Kernel:4.15.0-46-generic

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 415.27

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

CPU:Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz

Wino(2 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Distro:Kubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

Kernel:4.15.0-46-generic

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 415.27

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

CPU:Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz

Wolfwood(30 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Wolfwood (30 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Gold

Launch Flags:Disable D3D11

Without disabling D3D11 it crashes instantly after launch. Once it's disabled it runs fine.

Distro:Antergos Linux

Kernel:4.20.12-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 18.3.4

GPU:Radeon RX Vega

CPU:Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.60GHz

Wolfwood(30 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Distro:Antergos Linux

Kernel:4.20.12-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 18.3.4

GPU:Radeon RX Vega

CPU:Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.60GHz

scratchy2005(88 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

scratchy2005 (88 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Gold

Launch Flags:Disable D3D11

Need disable D3D11. After that works nice

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

Kernel:4.15.0-46-generic

RAM:9 GB

GPU Driver:3.1 Mesa 19.1.0-devel - padoka PPA

GPU:AMD SUMO

CPU:AMD A8-3870 APU with Radeon HD Graphics

scratchy2005(88 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Distro:Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

Kernel:4.15.0-46-generic

RAM:9 GB

GPU Driver:3.1 Mesa 19.1.0-devel - padoka PPA

GPU:AMD SUMO

CPU:AMD A8-3870 APU with Radeon HD Graphics

Vitruvian Stick Figure(90 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Vitruvian Stick Figure (90 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Platinum

Ran beginning to end without any issue or sign of an issue, just like on Windows.

Distro:Linux Mint 19 Tara

Kernel:4.15.0-45-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 415.27

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

CPU:AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core

Vitruvian Stick Figure(90 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Distro:Linux Mint 19 Tara

Kernel:4.15.0-45-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 415.27

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

CPU:AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core

Jumbles(66 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Jumbles (66 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Platinum