ProtonDB | Game Details for Bloons TD Battles

Works perfectly

Tinker Steps:Switch to experimental

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton Experimental

46620(255 reports)

Proton Experimental

OverTheVeloper(3 reports)

OverTheVeloper (3 reports)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 7.0-1

OverTheVeloper(3 reports)

Proton 7.0-1

TheDantee(16 reports)

39 hours overall15 hours on Linux

TheDantee (16 reports)

39 hours overall15 hours on Linux

Runs out of the box with Proton enabled.

Tinker Steps:Custom Proton: GE-Proton7.5-1

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Custom Proton: GE-Proton7.5-1

Distro:Gentoo Base System release 2.8

Kernel:5.16.23-gentoo

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.5

GPU:AMD RX 6600 (DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.23-gentoo, LLVM 13.0.1)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

TheDantee(16 reports)

39 hours overall15 hours on Linux

Custom Proton: GE-Proton7.5-1

Distro:Gentoo Base System release 2.8

Kernel:5.16.23-gentoo

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.5

GPU:AMD RX 6600 (DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.23-gentoo, LLVM 13.0.1)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core

huskyp783(1 report)

huskyp783 (1 report)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 7.0-1

huskyp783(1 report)

Proton 7.0-1

cutiecactus(4 reports)

cutiecactus (4 reports)

Works perfectly

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 6.3-8

cutiecactus(4 reports)

Proton 6.3-8

jedrek(7 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

jedrek (7 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Runs very well.

Customizations:Custom Proton

Proton-7.1-GE-2

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 6.3-8

Distro:openSUSE Tumbleweed

Kernel:5.16.1-1-default

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.4

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (NAVI14, DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.1-1-default, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz

jedrek(7 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Proton 6.3-8

Distro:openSUSE Tumbleweed

Kernel:5.16.1-1-default

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 21.3.4

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (NAVI14, DRM 3.44.0, 5.16.1-1-default, LLVM 13.0.0)

CPU:Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz

zombie(12 reports)

zombie (12 reports)

Crashes after a few seconds

Installs:Yes

Opens:Yes

Starts Play:No

Proton 6.3-8

zombie(12 reports)

Proton 6.3-8

Hydral(33 reports)

Hydral (33 reports)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 6.3-8

Hydral(33 reports)

Proton 6.3-8

LinsaFTW(288 reports)

LinsaFTW (288 reports)

Perfectly working

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 6.3-8

LinsaFTW(288 reports)

Proton 6.3-8

LinsaFTW(288 reports)

LinsaFTW (288 reports)

Good experience

Proton 6.3-8

LinsaFTW(288 reports)

Proton 6.3-8

Mike Ox Long | trade.tf(1 report)

Mike Ox Long | trade.tf (1 report)

Ran at a constant 60+ fps on my modified chromebook

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 6.3-7

Mike Ox Long | trade.tf(1 report)

Proton 6.3-7

zombie(12 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

zombie (12 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Would be great if it didn't crash.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Crashes after a few minutes of playing on Proton Experimental

Proton 6.3-7

Distro:Devuan GNU/Linux 3 (beowulf)

Kernel:4.19.0-17-amd64

RAM:12 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.197.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST

CPU:AMD Phenom II X4 965

zombie(12 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Proton 6.3-7

Distro:Devuan GNU/Linux 3 (beowulf)

Kernel:4.19.0-17-amd64

RAM:12 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 418.197.02

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST

CPU:AMD Phenom II X4 965

Tommy Li(8 reports)

Tommy Li (8 reports)

works OOTB smoothly without issues

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 6.3-6

Tommy Li(8 reports)

Proton 6.3-6

Zeyphros(1 report)

Zeyphros (1 report)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 6.3-5

Zeyphros(1 report)

Proton 6.3-5

badlou101(4 reports)

badlou101 (4 reports)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 6.3-5

badlou101(4 reports)

Proton 6.3-5

tektek(6 reports)

8 hours overall(an hour with Proton)

tektek (6 reports)

8 hours overall(an hour with Proton)

Works right out the box.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Everything runs completely fine on the latest stable release of Proton.

Proton 5.13-6

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.9.16-1-MANJARO

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 460.56

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

CPU:Intel Pentium Gold G5400 @ 3.70GHz

tektek(6 reports)

8 hours overall(an hour with Proton)

Proton 5.13-6

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.9.16-1-MANJARO

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 460.56

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

CPU:Intel Pentium Gold G5400 @ 3.70GHz

RetronEletron(66 reports)

1 hour overall(2+ hours with Proton)

RetronEletron (66 reports)

1 hour overall(2+ hours with Proton)

Works like an native version played for sometime like i was an window user audio was perfect no lag no issues at all

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Used Proton Ge 6.1-2

Proton 5.13-6

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.9.16-1-MANJARO

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 20.3.4

GPU:AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.50.0, 5.9.16-1-MANJARO, LLVM 11.0.1)

CPU:AMD Phenom II X6 1075T

RetronEletron(66 reports)

1 hour overall(2+ hours with Proton)

Proton 5.13-6

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:5.9.16-1-MANJARO

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 20.3.4

GPU:AMD HAWAII (DRM 2.50.0, 5.9.16-1-MANJARO, LLVM 11.0.1)

CPU:AMD Phenom II X6 1075T

LDA(2 reports)

37 hours overall

LDA (2 reports)

37 hours overall

It crashes after a few minutes

Installs:Yes

Opens:Yes

Starts Play:No

The game starts but crashes after a few minutes under Proton 5. (retried several times)

Additionally has no audio under Proton 5.21-GE-1.

Does not start at all under Proton 3 and 4.

Proton 5.13-5

Distro:Artix Linux

Kernel:5.10.4-artix2-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 20.3.2

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (POLARIS10, DRM 3.40.0, 5.10.4-artix2-1, LLVM 11.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core

LDA(2 reports)

37 hours overall

Proton 5.13-5

Distro:Artix Linux

Kernel:5.10.4-artix2-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 20.3.2

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 580 (POLARIS10, DRM 3.40.0, 5.10.4-artix2-1, LLVM 11.0.0)

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core

potatoa(2 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

potatoa (2 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

On this system, found Proton 4.11-13 worked the best

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Trying different versions of proton on older hardware,

Bloons TD Battles ~

Proton 5.13-4: Does not launch, GE fork (5.21-GE-1): doesn't either

Proton 5.0-10: Works perfectly, GE fork (5.9-GE-6-ST): runs perfectly but without audio

Proton 4.11-13: Works perfectly, for whatever reason launches nearly 4 times faster then Proton 5.0

Proton 4.2-9: Launches just as quickly as 4.11 but crashes almost immediately

Proton 5.13-4

Distro:Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

Kernel:5.4.0-58-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 340.108

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce 320M/integrated/SSE2

CPU:Intel Core2 Duo L9600 @ 2.13GHz

potatoa(2 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Proton 5.13-4

Distro:Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

Kernel:5.4.0-58-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 340.108

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce 320M/integrated/SSE2

CPU:Intel Core2 Duo L9600 @ 2.13GHz

potatoa(2 reports)

potatoa (2 reports)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 5.13-4

potatoa(2 reports)

Proton 5.13-4

Gosho Deredjeto(10 reports)

Gosho Deredjeto (10 reports)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 5.13-4

Gosho Deredjeto(10 reports)

Proton 5.13-4

Hydral(33 reports)

Hydral (33 reports)

Dont use proton 5 !!! only proton 4 and 3 , all good work :)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 5.13-1

Hydral(33 reports)

Proton 5.13-1

Talking Panda(16 reports)

Talking Panda (16 reports)

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 5.0-9

Talking Panda(16 reports)

Proton 5.0-9

Steffo(86 reports)

< 1 hour overall(< 1 hour with Proton)

Steffo (86 reports)

< 1 hour overall(< 1 hour with Proton)

Flawless.

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Not a Proton bug, but be careful if connecting to the Ninja Kiwi cloud as the game will basically decide randomly which account (local or cloud) to keep, and will ignore your selection.

Proton 5.0-9

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.7.9-arch1-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 450.57

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core

Steffo(86 reports)

< 1 hour overall(< 1 hour with Proton)

Proton 5.0-9

Distro:Arch Linux

Kernel:5.7.9-arch1-1

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 450.57

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core

SliweQ(39 reports)

SliweQ (39 reports)

The game is very pleasant. There are literally no differences between playing on Windows or Linux

► Multiplayer

Overall (online):Excellent

Proton 5.0-9

SliweQ(39 reports)

Proton 5.0-9

Jackojc(1 report)

< 1 hour overall(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Jackojc (1 report)

< 1 hour overall(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Due to the instability I'm getting, I can't recommend it.

Instability:Frequently

The game crashes every 5 minutes or so.

Proton 4.11-12

Distro:Void Linux

Kernel:5.3.15_1

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 19.3.2

GPU:Intel Ivybridge Mobile

CPU:Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz

Jackojc(1 report)

< 1 hour overall(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Proton 4.11-12

Distro:Void Linux

Kernel:5.3.15_1

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 19.3.2

GPU:Intel Ivybridge Mobile

CPU:Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz

TheLastMage [BR](4 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

TheLastMage [BR] (4 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Platinum

Works perfectly. No lag, no network issues... nothing.

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:4.19.66-1-MANJARO

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.40

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

CPU:Pentium Dual-Core E6700 @ 3.20GHz

TheLastMage [BR](4 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Distro:Manjaro Linux

Kernel:4.19.66-1-MANJARO

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 430.40

GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

CPU:Pentium Dual-Core E6700 @ 3.20GHz

James M(7 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

James M (7 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Platinum

10/10 would pop again

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:4.15.0-54-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 19.0.2

GPU:Radeon RX 580

CPU:Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz

James M(7 reports)

(an hour with Proton)

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:4.15.0-54-generic

RAM:32 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 19.0.2

GPU:Radeon RX 580

CPU:Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz

JAROSLAV_KACZYNSKY3000(2 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

JAROSLAV_KACZYNSKY3000 (2 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Platinum

It works perfectly.

Distro:Ubuntu 19.04

Kernel:5.0.0-17-generic

RAM:6 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 19.0.2

GPU:AMD RAVEN

CPU:AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics

JAROSLAV_KACZYNSKY3000(2 reports)

(> 10 hours with Proton)

Distro:Ubuntu 19.04

Kernel:5.0.0-17-generic

RAM:6 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 19.0.2

GPU:AMD RAVEN

CPU:AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics

SteveHeist(23 reports)

SteveHeist (23 reports)

Platinum

SteveHeist(23 reports)

Unknown

(an hour with Proton)

Unknown

(an hour with Proton)

Platinum

Everything worked very well out of the box. I'm surprised how good it ran on an old i3-3229y. The game was running at a smooth 60FPS. With the latest Steam Proton, the audio in this game now works.

Distro:Ubuntu Disco Dingo (development branch)

Kernel:4.20.0-042000-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 19.0.0

GPU:Intel Ivybridge Mobile

CPU:Intel Core i3-3229Y @ 1.40GHz

Unknown

(an hour with Proton)

Distro:Ubuntu Disco Dingo (development branch)

Kernel:4.20.0-042000-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 19.0.0

GPU:Intel Ivybridge Mobile

CPU:Intel Core i3-3229Y @ 1.40GHz

aaba2004(4 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

aaba2004 (4 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Platinum

Everything works including audio.

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:5.0.0-050000-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 18.3.3 - padoka PPA

GPU:Radeon RX 570

CPU:AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics

aaba2004(4 reports)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:5.0.0-050000-generic

RAM:16 GB

GPU Driver:4.5 Mesa 18.3.3 - padoka PPA

GPU:Radeon RX 570

CPU:AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics

Unknown

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Unknown

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Platinum

Seems to work fine so far, including sound

Distro:Linux 4.x

Kernel:4.20.10-artix1-1-ARTIX

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.3.2

GPU:Intel UHD 620 (Kabylake GT2)

CPU:Intel Core i5-8250U @ 1.60GHz

Unknown

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Distro:Linux 4.x

Kernel:4.20.10-artix1-1-ARTIX

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.3.2

GPU:Intel UHD 620 (Kabylake GT2)

CPU:Intel Core i5-8250U @ 1.60GHz

FryPan(63 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

FryPan (63 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Silver

Game tuns just fine but no sound.

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:4.15.0-43-generic

RAM:7 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.0.5

GPU:AMD KAVERI

CPU:AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G

FryPan(63 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Distro:Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Kernel:4.15.0-43-generic

RAM:7 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.0.5

GPU:AMD KAVERI

CPU:AMD A10-7870K Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G

louis_irl(13 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

louis_irl (13 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Silver

Sound does not work at all. Other than that, the game runs perfectly.

Distro:Ubuntu 18.10

Kernel:4.18.0-11-generic

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:4.4 Mesa 18.2.2

GPU:Radeon RX 580

CPU:Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz

louis_irl(13 reports)

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Distro:Ubuntu 18.10

Kernel:4.18.0-11-generic

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:4.4 Mesa 18.2.2

GPU:Radeon RX 580

CPU:Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.20GHz

Unknown

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Unknown

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Silver

Seems to run ok. No sound.

Distro:Linux 4.x

Kernel:4.19.1-zen2-2-zen

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:4.4 Mesa 18.2.4

GPU:AMD OLAND

CPU:Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.60GHz

Unknown

(< 15 minutes with Proton)

Distro:Linux 4.x

Kernel:4.19.1-zen2-2-zen

RAM:8 GB

GPU Driver:4.4 Mesa 18.2.4

GPU:AMD OLAND

CPU:Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.60GHz

DownloadPizza(1 report)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

DownloadPizza (1 report)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Silver

No Audio, couldnt fix with no esync, no 3d11 or use w 3d11 (also tried to kill pulseaudio, no succes), performance: same as windows on same machine

Distro:Pop!_OS 18.04 LTS

Kernel:4.15.0-38-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.2.3 - padoka PPA

GPU:Intel Sandybridge Mobile

CPU:Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

DownloadPizza(1 report)

(< 1 hour with Proton)

Distro:Pop!_OS 18.04 LTS

Kernel:4.15.0-38-generic

RAM:4 GB

GPU Driver:3.0 Mesa 18.2.3 - padoka PPA

GPU:Intel Sandybridge Mobile

CPU:Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz

Unknown

Silver

Crashes silently in main menu after ~10 minutes of inactivity. Sound is not functioning (pavucontrol shows no output from the program). Other functions work as intended; game is entirely playable.

Distro:Arch Linux (Kernel 4.18.5)

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54

Unknown

Distro:Arch Linux (Kernel 4.18.5)

GPU Driver:NVIDIA 396.54

Unknown

Silver