Linux users, which Steam game would you recommend and why?

Grim Dawn -- if you're into Diablo or Path of Exile like ARPG's

It's hands-down one of the best games I've ever played. What makes it so unique is how in-depth the builds and play styles can be. Endless combinations and replayability.

It's an "M x N" combinatorial thing.

There's something like ~10 classes, with 3 "skill trees" each.

You can (and should) choose a second class after first few levels.

Now you've got (10 ^ 2) class combinations, with 3 skill trees for each that you can freely use.

Then there's a whole thing with types of damage (fire, poison, lightning, etc) and you can tailor builds around this, with both skills and equipment bonuses.

On top of it all, it's moddable. So people have released mods to add Diablo classes into it, plus the classes from another game by the same publisher (Titan Quest).

Can play solo, or co-op (LAN or online)

I can't do the game justice with a single text comment tbh. Just have to try it, if it's your kind of game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/219990/Grim_Dawn/

Buy the entire set though if you really want to experience it, not just the base game.

Recommending a good game is like recommending a good book. It helps if you told us what you actually liked.

In any case, if you like games I like, then maybe Factorio and OpenTTD are all you need. OpenTTD is free download (not on steam). Factorio is on steam, but I recommend you buy its straight from the developer instead, so you can get the DRM-free headless version and run servers (and other such benefits).

It's better to just look for a game /you want to play/. Chances are, it'll "just work" via proton even if there's no native version. Right click game -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Pick any recent version.

Or, to answer more directly, I've recently played on linux via steam and can recommend:

- Total War Warhammer II (native, don't need the DLC unless you want to play specific factions)

- Frostpunk (proton)

- Don't Starve (native)

- Civilization VI (native)

- Factorio (native)

- Crusader Kings II / III (native)

- Valheim (native)

- Pathfinder: Kingmaker (native)

I’m a fan of Mindustry (https://mindustrygame.github.io/) which is a mixture of tower defence and rts

Also, if you want to play through the story mode of an rts, I’d recommend Zero-K (https://zero-k.info/)

Both have worked well on an X220 for me

Oldies but goldies: Have you played Portal 1 and 2? Amazing story and voice actors. Lots of humor. Tricky puzzles. Loads of fun.

Check out Hades. It's a roguelike and one of my favorite games of the past few years. Amazing music too. Won some game of the year awards I think.

I played it on Mac, so I assume it works on Linux too.

Factorio.

Aside from that, don't be afraid of using proton to play windows games. If the game has been out for a while, Steam should make everything "Just work" (assuming no online play)

Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn

It may be old, but it's a true masterpiece of the RPG genre.

Deep Rock Galactic [0]. It's reminiscent of Infiniminer and Dwarf Fortress but 3D. Being very similar to Minecraft, except DRG is not very open-ended, instead you have fixed tasks with open-ended approaches, and is also a challenging game at the top level. Recently the developer introduced modding support, and you can run some really crazy mission in the scale of Starship Troopers.

Shenzhen I/O [1]. It's one of the most hardcore and nerdiest EE simulation game out in the wild. You have to consult the manual and get the registers, DRAM and communication ports right. Trust me, the details of this game would even make a real engineer impressed.

[0]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic...

[1]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/504210/SHENZHEN_IO/

Kerbal space program and in a year or 2 kerbal space program 2. Why? Why not! (basically the motto of KSP)

Could you tell us more about what kind of game you like? There are enough Linux-native games that you can find several in any genre.

The best Linux-native game I've played recently has been "Sunless Sea"[0]. It's basically an interactive novel with a fascinating subterranean setting.

But, Sunless Sea might be totally wrong for you -- it depends what you're looking for!

[0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/304650/SUNLESS_SEA/

Disclaimer : I work at Square Enix/Eidos Montreal so this is shameless self-promotion.

The three games in the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy can currently be had for very little money on Steam since they're on sale for the 25th anniversary of the franchise. They all have Linux builds and they'll run great on the RTX 2070 while also using it fully. They're one of the few AAA single player action/adventure titles available on the platform and they're good fun if you enjoy that kind of game.

I don't have a steam account so I'm mostly playing RTS games that are fun to play when other people are around.

0AD, OpenRA, Widelands are some nice improved remakes of the genre, and can fully recommend to check them out.

Other than that I'd recommend to check the appdb of wine and proton in case you want to run Windows games, their database usually contains helpful fixes and patches.

Classic racing and flight sims such as Grand Prix Legends, Mig Alley/Battle of Britain and Falcon 4 are available for linux here:

https://github.com/sim-museum/esports-for-engineers

(this is free, and does not use steam)

You can play Dota2 with bots, so technically a "single player" mode. It runs very smoothly on Linux. (There is a slight hiccup after the splash screen after hero selection, but the game hasn't started at that point, so it's not significant).

Extreme Tuxracer is all you need

https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.sourceforge.ExtremeTuxR...

Terraria, Factorio, Satisfactory and Oxygen Not Included are all really great.

Try Stellaris. The Linux port works incredibly well, in fact it seems to work better than the Windows port. It also will run on even low spec hardware and iGPUs.

Dishonored 2 : first person shooter with unique level design, can be won without killing any enemies.

XCOM2 : turn based combat

Darkest Dungeon : turn based roguelike

I have a lot of fun playing the FOSS "clone" of Age of Empires: 0 A.D.

https://play0ad.com

Poly Bridge (1 and 2). It’s really great.

I don't remember needing to install anything extra for civ5 or civ6.

xkoules, your nvidia card may be juuust powerful enough to play it ;)

Give Terraria a try, It's really awesome and versatile!

CSGO CSS CS1.6 Cities Skylines Portals Portals 2

FTL: Faster Than Light is simple but great.

Disco Elysium

Dota 2 it's fun

Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Tear spaceships apart in zeroG while your suit runs out of oxygen. Totally awesome physics.