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LD_PRELOAD="" MANGOHUD=1 gamemoderun %command%
After ~1 hour of playing the framerate is dropped dramatically. Using this LD_PRELOAD="" fixed this issue most of the time.
The game crashed sometimes
Runs great. Game does have an issue with disconnecting on loading, but that is not a Linux issue.
There's a ~30% chance that the game launches properly. If it doesn't, Steam will show it as running but there's no game window. You can kill it via Steam and try again until it launches properly. Sometimes it works on first try, worst case I've needed about 10 attempts. I've tried the launch parameters other people have used in their reports, but none helped.
During long play sessions (3+ hours) the performance sometimes degrades (noticeably fewer FPS, sometimes even very brief freezes). This happens on Windows too as far as I know, but it's more noticeable on Linux. Can be fixed with a simple restart though.
LD_PRELOAD="" %COMMAND%
Essentially fine OOTB but sometimes fails to launch without proton experimental
LD_PRELOAD="" gamemoderun %COMMAND%
Game runs poorer than on Windows, gamemoderun increases performance a bit, but it doesn't match Windows
Game didn't start until I added LD_PRELOAD=""
LD_PRELOAD= %command%
Used Proton 10
No visible window until I forced the use of proton-cachyos, game started normally after that in windowed mode but going to settings u casn select fullscreen. Have played it for a bit, seems to work fine!
Good but not great on GE-Proton7-xx and 8-xx, bad on Proton Experimental and any GE-Proton since 9-xx
gamemoderun LD_PRELOAD="" PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 mangohud MANGOHUD_CONFIG="fps_limit=165,fps_limit_method=early" %command%
Getting very bad frametimes and framerates in a couple of echoes on Proton 9, Proton Experimental and any GE-Proton Version since version 9.xx. On GE-Proton7-55 or 8-27 it is much better, but not perfect.
LD_PRELOAD= %command%
Amazing experience. I had 2 crashes in over 60 hours of playtime and that's perfectly acceptible. I also had those occasionally on Windows on my old setup.
Definitely recommended.
Works out of the box, mostly
Periodically Steam will start the game but it will not actually start, requiring you to kill the game and restart it.
It also is subject to some performance loss after several hours, though I gather that this is true running under Windows as well.
LD_PRELOAD="" %COMMAND%
Had fps drops after 1hr of playing, fixed by launch options
good game - good performance
I hereby correct my post below. I had activated "Proton automatically activate" in Steam ... and it didn't notice it. lol
LD_PRELOAD="" %COMMAND%
Issues without LD_PRELOAD = ""
good game - good performance - native
I don't know why everyone plays the game with Proton ... it runs wonderfully as a native version, even if that is not indicated in Steam
LD_PRELOAD="" mangohud gamemoderun PROTON_LOG=1 %COMMAND% -d3d11
To add to my previous report: The issue with Alt+Tabbing to other windows seems to be fixed by switching to X11. It seems to be a bug of Wayland only. That's why I couldn't find anyone else who has it since X11 is mostly used.
LD_PRELOAD=“” PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 gamemoderun %command%
Be sure to add the launch options
Läuft soweit gut. Manchmal etwas langsam, was aber ggf auch am Server liegen kann.
Spiel ist tatsächlich etwas langsamer als es sein sollte. Dies kann aber auch auf Serverprobleme hindeuten. Offline Modus bisher nicht probiert.
LD_PRELOAD="" mangohud gamemoderun PROTON_LOG=1 %COMMAND% -d3d11
As long as I just play the game there's no problem at all, but when I want to Alt+Tab and use Discord or something else, their windows freezes (The game doesn't freeze, only the other windows being alt tabbed to) they need to be minimized and opened again. I'm on KDE and I haven't found a fix for that so far but there might be a way. As a workaround I can Alt+Enter before alt tabbing, the switch between fullscreen and windowed seems to release the other windows from getting stuck.
Much more than playable, very fun experience. Recommended for a linux gamer who likes or wants to try ARPGs.
mangohud %command%
After the 1.2.0.1 and additional hotfixs started getting really low FPS (Under 35 FPS), but since 2025-04-23 EHG patched something on the servers and FPS returned to normal(140+FPS).
LD_PRELOAD="" gamemoderun mangohud %command%
There seems to be an issue with grass (turn it off) and other visuals. Try setting the graphical preset to LOW, if you run into stutters, and work from there. If you have good fps, but still have occasional stutters, this can help.
LD_PRELOAD="" gamemoderun mangohud %command%
I experienced stutters, and bad performance after some time playing. It seems to be something related to grass quality (i've turned it off) and/or other graphic settings. After running on graphics preset "low" it works without problems.
PROTON_LOG=1 LD_PRELOAD="" game-performance %command%
logitech G305 side mouse buttons dont work - might be an issue on windows too
(Low setting) FPS can drop to below 50 I've even seen 5, black wukong benchmark shows 120fps average.
Fails to start sometimes, applied launch options. Will crash occasionally with 'using a lot of memory', seems to be resolved by the launch options though.
fluctuating fps is the tldr; still playable
Works flawlessly
Experienced launch issues before switching to Proton Experimental; the game would only launch about 1/5 times. The game was (and is still) flawless once launched, both in offline and online modes.
HOST_LC_ALL=ru_RU.UTF-8 %command%
Играется из коробки хорошо, для дека и для тех, у кого вместо русских букв ????? - в параметры запуска добавляйте HOST_LC_ALL=ru_RU.UTF-8 %command% При этом в систиме должна быть данная локаль, гуглить по /etc/locale.gen
Proton experimental, works out of the box. I've found sometimes the game doesn't actually launch, so I just 'Stop' it and run it again and it loads fine.
Stopped detecting right click or rendering attack after about an hour of play
Some framedrops when on the main city at the beginning. Nothing huge during gameplay.
No tinkering options. I do not know why all my reports are labeled as tinker reports.
Functional with very minor tweaks (under a minute of effort to get launched and working).
PROTON_LOG=1 %command%
Needs command listed to actually start, otherwise will just be set to look like it's starting on Steam but never actually doing so. Actually can work fine if you launch Steam in a terminal, it just seems like it needs a way to output stuff, I'm not sure.
The game is only at a playable performance level for 1--2 hours before degrading to the point of unplayability.
LD_PRELOAD="" gamemoderun %command%
Offline Mode. Severe performance degradation over time. Changing graphics settings does not affect degradation.
I have not had luck fixing these performance issues by changing my Nvidia driver—tried the whole suite from 550.xx to 570.xx. Nor does tinkering with my Proton version worked—tried experiemental, hotfix, and GE. This issue has always existed, but it is exponentially worse with patch 1.2.x.
LD_PRELOAD="" PROTON_LOG=1 %command%
Cities have some noticeable fps drops
After the latest patch 1.2.0.2 only way to get the game to launch is with debug launch option enabled, PROTON_LOG=1
PROTON_LOG=1 LD_PRELOAD="" mangohud %command%
Remember to delete the log files so they dont fill up your disk.
PROTON_LOG=1 gamemode mangohud %command%
At first I couldn't get the game to run no matter what I did, so I came here and someone had noted using PROTON_LOG=1 so I tried that, which worked for some reason.
LD_PRELOAD="" game-performance %command%
The game sometimes launches, sometimes it doesn't.
Proton GE fixes the stutters and I highly suggest people use this over Experimental when it comes to DX11 games.
PROTON_LOG=1 %command%
Game did not launch unless PROTON_LOG=1 %command% was put as an launch option. Otherwise played fine.
