Proton 7.0-5 RC gets more Windows games running on Linux

Valve is preparing to roll out Proton 7.0-5 as the latest version of this Wine software that powers Steam Play for enjoying Windows games on Linux. To facilitate some testing before the formal Proton 7.0-5, a release candidate was announced today.

Proton 7.0-5 is now available in Valve’s “release-candidate” branch for Steam Play. As with most Proton updates, 7.0-5 allows a number of additional games to run on this compatibility layer under Linux, as well as providing many bug fixes.

Games now known to work with Proton 7.0-5 on Linux include:

– Rift
– Dénouement 2
– Air kingdom
– ToGather: Island
– Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull
– Volt again
– Warhammer: Vermintide 2
– Aspire: Ina’s story
– Battle Realms: Zen Edition
– Deathsmiles II
– Primal Carnage: Extinction
– Pico Park Classic Edition
– Six ages: ride like the wind
– Darkstar One
– Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Emperor

Meanwhile, there are fixes for GTA V, Final Fantasy IV, Red Dead Redemption 2, Tekken 7 and numerous other games. The DXVK recording used for Direct3D 9/10/11 on top of Vulkan has also been revised.

More details on the Proton 7.0-5 release candidate via this ticket to GitHub.