ProtonDB | Game Details for Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds

Swtich to Proton 7.0.6 and single player runs perfectly. (I didn't try online)

Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 7.0-6

Significant Bugs:Yes

Game was closing right after launching without even getting to the main menu. Switched to Proton 7.0.6 because from other reviews it sounded like it had no problems before Proton 8, and it is working fine on 7.0.6.

It launches surprisingly slow considering it's a 2D game and only 3gb in size. It's not terrible but it is very noticeable every time you start it. I don't if that's because of Steam Deck, or if the game is just like that.

I was playing on the micro SD but I wouldn't expect that to be much of a factor for a game like this.

Proton 7.0-6

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

Oh The Folly(9 reports)

4 hours overall

Proton 7.0-6

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

Konato(40 reports)

Konato (40 reports)

No issues, works great

► Multiplayer

Overall (local):Excellent

Proton 7.0-5

Konato(40 reports)

Proton 7.0-5

L8(215 reports)

14 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux

L8 (215 reports)

14 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux

Runs perfectly fine OOTB.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Multiplayer worked just fine.

Overall (local):Excellent

Local multiplayer works fine.

Played in single player, online & local multiplayer and had zero issues. Game works flawlessly OOTB with no modifications necessary.

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.15.55-1-MANJARO

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.1.3

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 (dimgrey_cavefish, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.42, 5.15.55-1-MANJARO)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core

L8(215 reports)

14 hours overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 7.0-3

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.15.55-1-MANJARO

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 22.1.3

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 6600 (dimgrey_cavefish, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.42, 5.15.55-1-MANJARO)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core

douglaseusilva(31 reports)

douglaseusilva (31 reports)

Runs fine

Proton 7.0-3

douglaseusilva(31 reports)

Proton 7.0-3

Fl4v1en(25 reports)

1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Fl4v1en (25 reports)

1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Could not test online, did not find plays

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

Fl4v1en(25 reports)

1 hour 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

Supified(28 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Supified (28 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Graphics:Other

The initial loading screen doesn't work, but everything after that is fine.

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

Supified(28 reports)

< 1 hour overall< 1 hour 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

sesese9(10 reports)

1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

sesese9 (10 reports)

1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Tinker Steps:Switch to older version: 4.2-9

Picked up my DS4 perfectly fine. Forgot when I set it to this version of Proton but it has been the one which has worked for me.

Proton 4.2-9

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.16.5-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.5

GPU:AMD Radeon RX Vega (VEGA10, DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.5-arch1-1, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

sesese9(10 reports)

1 hour overall< 1 hour on Linux

Proton 4.2-9

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.16.5-arch1-1

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.5

GPU:AMD Radeon RX Vega (VEGA10, DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.5-arch1-1, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core

Boxieharp(14 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Boxieharp (14 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Customizations:

tl;dr You need to install wmp11 under a prefix created with proton 5.0-10.

Input:Controller Detection

► Multiplayer

Overall (local):Excellent

Delete the already existing prefix.

Navigate to the location of your proton prefixes (I believe the default is ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata)
Delete the game's prefix folder; 329490

Change the version of proton the game is using to run.

Properties>Compatibility>5.0-10

Run the game.

Run the game, it will start setting everything up.
Once it's done, the game will launch. It should get stuck into a black screen. You can close it now.

Install wmp11 in the new prefix

protontricks 329490 -q wmp11

The command will install wmp11 in the prefix just created by the game.

Launch the game

At this point the game should work, it will show the stupid video logos that made it crash up to this point.

Change the version of proton to your proffered one.

You can just continue playing under version 5.0-10, or you can change the version of proton the game is using. I changed to the newest GE version since 5.0-10 wasn't recognizing my steam, ds4, or bone controller.
As long as you DON'T DELETE the prefix, wmp11 should remain installed on it and you can change proton versions without issues.

Enjoy your dumb waifu beat em up.

Proton 5.0-10

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.15.12-arch1-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.3

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (POLARIS10, DRM 3.42.0, 5.15.12-arch1-1, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core

Boxieharp(14 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Proton 5.0-10

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.15.12-arch1-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.3

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (POLARIS10, DRM 3.42.0, 5.15.12-arch1-1, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core

998km(2 reports)

7 hours overall

998km (2 reports)

7 hours overall

Blackscreen after start

Installs:Yes

Opens:No

trying several versions of proton, tinkering with steam parameters, still no luck.

Proton 6.3-7

Distro:EndeavourOS Linux

Kernel:5.15.2-arch1-1

RAM:14 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.2.5

GPU:AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.42.0, 5.15.2-arch1-1, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics

998km(2 reports)

7 hours overall

Proton 6.3-7

Distro:EndeavourOS Linux

Kernel:5.15.2-arch1-1

RAM:14 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.2.5

GPU:AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.42.0, 5.15.2-arch1-1, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics

Trisimiton(3 reports)

Trisimiton (3 reports)

Starts but hangs on loading screen.

Installs:Yes

Opens:No

I tried many versions of proton, but nothing i try works.

Proton 6.3-7

Distro:Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid

Kernel:5.14.0-3-amd64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 470.74

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz

Trisimiton(3 reports)

Proton 6.3-7

Distro:Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid

Kernel:5.14.0-3-amd64

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 470.74

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz

OxiD(25 reports)

OxiD (25 reports)

4 years ago

Works fine out of the box

4 years ago

Proton 5.0-9

OxiD(25 reports)

Proton 5.0-9

wintermute(2 reports)

< 1 hour overall(< 1 hour with Proton)

wintermute (2 reports)

< 1 hour overall(< 1 hour with Proton)

Graphics:Minor Artifacts

Windowing:Other

Switching between windowed and full screen crashed the game

Significant Bugs:

Did not work in recent Proton, had to use 4.2.9

Proton 5.0-5

Distro:EndeavourOS

Kernel:5.6.3-arch1-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.82

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:Intel Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.80GHz

wintermute(2 reports)

< 1 hour overall(< 1 hour with Proton)

Proton 5.0-5

Distro:EndeavourOS

Kernel:5.6.3-arch1-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.82

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:Intel Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.80GHz

the sea wants to take me(12 reports)

the sea wants to take me (12 reports)

Proton 4.11-10

the sea wants to take me(12 reports)

Proton 4.11-10

shabby(109 reports)

1 hour overall(an hour with Proton)

shabby (109 reports)

1 hour overall(an hour with Proton)

Switch to Proton 4.2-9 to play. Slightly wonky text, but everything else works. Could not find online match to test.

Graphics:Minor Artifacts

Menu text looks a bit garbled

► Multiplayer

Overall (local):Excellent

Proton 4.2-9

Distro:Pop!_OS 19.10

Kernel:5.3.0-20-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.26

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core

shabby(109 reports)

1 hour overall(an hour with Proton)

Proton 4.2-9

Distro:Pop!_OS 19.10

Kernel:5.3.0-20-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 440.26

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core

the sea wants to take me(12 reports)

the sea wants to take me (12 reports)

Black screen, menu doesn't show up.

Installs:Yes

Opens:No

Proton 4.11-7

the sea wants to take me(12 reports)

Proton 4.11-7

Wazz4657(155 reports)

Wazz4657 (155 reports)

Platinum

Wazz4657(155 reports)

Rycka(2 reports)

Rycka (2 reports)

Borked

The game launches then... a black screen and nothing that i can about it apart from restart the system.

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:4.15.0-55-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 415.27

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

CPU:Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz

Rycka(2 reports)

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:4.15.0-55-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 415.27

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

CPU:Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz

SickBoy(25 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

SickBoy (25 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Platinum

The only (slight) issue is the previously mentioned small lines above some of the menu text. It's all still perfectly legible and doesn't detract from the game. Performance is actually far better than on Windows for me.

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:4.15.0-46-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.56

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

CPU:Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz

SickBoy(25 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:4.15.0-46-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.56

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

CPU:Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz

ElizabethNoir(13 reports)

(2+ hours with Proton)

ElizabethNoir (13 reports)

(2+ hours with Proton)

Platinum

Everything runs fantastic, as mentioned below there are very minor visual glitches in the menus, other than that it's practically flawless. Controllers worked out of the box.

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.0.4-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.56

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

CPU:AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon HD Graphics

ElizabethNoir(13 reports)

(2+ hours with Proton)

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.0.4-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.56

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

CPU:AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon HD Graphics

Kiba(99 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Kiba (99 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Platinum

The game has minor glitches with menu text, some very little bars in top of some letters, but that's all, everything else works great.

Distro:Antergos Linux

Kernel:4.19.2-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 415.18

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz

Kiba(99 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Distro:Antergos Linux

Kernel:4.19.2-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 415.18

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz

Sickday(37 reports)

(2+ hours with Proton)

Sickday (37 reports)

(2+ hours with Proton)

Platinum

Requires no preconfiguration; this game will run perfectly out of the box.

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:4.18.14-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 410.57

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core

Sickday(37 reports)

(2+ hours with Proton)

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:4.18.14-arch1-1-ARCH

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 410.57

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core

Unknown

Platinum

Unknown

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Unknown

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Platinum

Runs perfectly. Tested in Big Picture Mode with Steam Controller (Steam Overlay worked also).

Distro:Linux Mint 19 Tara

Kernel:4.15.0-34-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

CPU:Intel Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.80GHz

Unknown

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Distro:Linux Mint 19 Tara

Kernel:4.15.0-34-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

CPU:Intel Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.80GHz

Unknown

Platinum

no issues

Distro:SteamOS

GPU Driver:NVIDIA

Unknown

Distro:SteamOS

GPU Driver:NVIDIA

Unknown

Platinum