Proton is an essential part to every game without a Linux native build on Steam Deck and Valve has just updated their main branch! The new update makes 7 new games playable, as well as fixing a bunch of other games and updating dxvk and vkd3d:

  • The following games are now playable:
    • Aquarist - My First Job
    • Trove
    • Chuzzle Deluxe
    • Zuma's Revenge!
    • Karmaflow The Rock Opera Videogame - Act I & Act II
    • The Rising of the Shield Hero: Relive The Animation
    • Disgaea 5
  • Fix Elden Ring getting stuck on a white screen on first launch.
  • Support automatically bringing up on screen keyboard on Steam Deck in the Final Fantasy XIV launcher.
  • Fix Final Fantasy XIV launcher exiting silently when there's not enough space to download the update.
  • Fix Chrono Trigger, Adventure Pals crashing during cutscenes.
  • Fix The Ball displaying error message on the first launch.
  • Fix video playback in: POSTAL: Brain Damaged, Lost Ember.
  • Fix Hardspace: Shipbreaker failing to connect to online services.
  • Fix Azur Lane: Crosswave hanging on a black screen for some users.
  • Fix Dokyusei Bangin' Summer showing only flickering black window on desktop.
  • Fix Bloons TD 6 crashing on touch input.
  • Fix Sid Meier's Civilization IV crashing on world creation.
  • Fix Assassin's Creed Origins hanging during gameplay after recent game update.
  • Fix Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Zombies and Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Multiplayer crashing after connecting online.
  • Fix graphical glitches in Cossacs 3 on desktop.
  • Fix garbled audio in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.
  • Fix Elite Dangerous and other launchers not working properly when cloned displays are present.
  • Implement Vulkan other process rendering (used by nw.js games).
  • Improve performance of HROT.
  • Improve video playback for many games that previously required targeted hacks.
  • Reduce space used by game prefixes if filesystem supports copy on write.
  • Update dxvk to v1.10.3.
  • Update vkd3d-proton to v2.6-1-gc05900da.

You can view the changelog from Valve directly on their Github release. It is great to see Proton updates continue to come in with consistent fixes for more games!

Noah Kupetsky
A lover of gaming since 4, Noah has grown up with a love and passion for the industry. From there, he started to travel a lot and develop a joy for handheld and PC gaming. When the Steam Deck released, it just all clicked.
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