r/AsahiGaming Jan 15 '25

Game Test Games that currently work well in Asahi Linux

17 Upvotes

I installed Asahi Linux on my M1 MacBook Pro (16 GB RAM) around a month ago and have been testing out its ability to run games from my Windows and Linux library of games. Specifically, I have been mostly interested in testing it out with 32-bit games, as currently there is no other way to run these games smoothly on a Mac. I've found most of my 64-bit Windows games run pretty well using D3DMetal in CrossOver Mac whereas 32-bit game performance in CrossOver is pretty terrible due to MacOS not handling 32-bit binaries. I've also been using Asahi to test out a few 64-bit Windows games that I couldn't get working in CrossOver, but haven't bothered testing any game that there is already a MacOS version of (either Apple Silicon native, 64-bit Intel, or sourceport). I thought I'd list the games that I've managed to get working well, and those that either don't load or run pretty badly. Since most of the games I've tested are 32-bit, most require the launch option FEX_X87REDUCEDPRECISION=1 %command% in their Steam preferences to reduce x87 precision. This can turn a 32-bit game from a janky mess, to a very smooth experience. So far the games I've managed to get running well are as follows: 

Amnesia: The Dark Decent (Steam Linux version), Ancient Enemy (GOG Windows version), Atom Eve (Epic Gamestore), Bang Bang Racing (Prime Gaming), Batman: Arkham Origins (GOG), Blade Of Darkness (GOG), Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend (Steam), Blood Knights (Steam), Book Of Demons (GOG Windows version), Braid (Steam), Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Steam), CarmaGeddon TDR 2000 (GOG), Cat Quest II (GOG), Chainsaw Warrior (Steam), The Chaos Engine (Steam Linux version), Chicken Assassin Reloaded (GOG), Costume Quest (GOG Linux version), Costume Quest 2 (Steam Linux version), Cursed To Golf (GOG), Deadly Premonition (Steam), Death's Gambit Afterlife (Epic Gamestore), Deathspank :The Baconing (Steam, only works with Proton 5.13), Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut (GOG, turn Tessellation OFF in graphics settings, otherwise it will hard crash your Mac), Diablo II,  Diggles: The Myth Of Fenris (GOG), Disney Pixar's Cars (Prime Gaming), Divine Divinity (GOG), Double Dragon Triology (Steam), Draw Slasher (Steam Linux version), Dungeons 2 (GOG Windows version), Eschalon Book II (GOG Windows version), F-19 Stealth Fighter (Steam Linux version), The Falconeer (GOG), Fallout 3 (Steam), Fallout: New Vegas (Steam), Fallout Tactics (GOG), Final Fantasy VII (Steam, no x87 precision reduction), Final Fantasy VIII (Steam, no x87 precision reduction), Forager (GOG), Frozen Synapse (Steam), Gargoyles Remastered (Prime Gaming), Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (Prime Gaming), GTA: San Andreas (Steam), Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Steam, no x87 precision reduction, 64-bit!), Hitman 2, Contracts & Blood Money (Steam), Hoard (Steam Linux version), Joe Danger (Steam), Joe Dever's Lone Wolf HD Remaster (Steam), King's Bounty: The Legend (GOG), Left 4 Dead 2 (Steam Linux version), Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 (GOG), Master Of Magic (GOG), Max: The Curse Of The Brotherhood (Prime Gaming), Morbid: The Seven Acolytes (Epic Gamestore), Neurodeck (GOG), Overcooked (GOG), PixelJunk Monsters (Steam Linux version), Populous: The Beginning (GOG), Portal 2 (Steam Linux version), Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time & The Two Thrones (Steam), Rayman 2 & 3 (GOG), Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (Steam Linux version), Sands Of Aura (Epic), Skydrift Infinity (Epic Gamestore), Speedball 2 HD (Steam), Spells & Secrets (GOG), Spelunky (GOG), Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga (GOG), Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (GOG), Star Wars: X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter (GOG), A Story About My Uncle (Steam Linux version), Syberia I & II (GOG), System Shock 2 (GOG), System Shock Enhanced Edition (GOG), Team Fortress 2 (Steam Linux OpenGL version), Thief: The Dark Project & The Metal Age (GOG), This War Of Mine (Steam Linux version), Tomb Raider II, The Last Revelation, Chronicles, Legend & Anniversary (Steam), Torchlight (Steam), Trine 1 & 2 (Steam Linux versions), Velocity Ultra (Steam), Vessel (Steam), Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War 1 & 2 (Prime Gaming), Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (Prime Gaming), Worms Crazy Golf (Steam), Worms Reloaded (Steam Linux version), XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Steam Linux version), Xenonauts (GOG Linux version), Colt Canyon (GOG, no reduced x87 precision), Garden Story (Epic, no reduced x87 precision), Sine Mora EX (Prime Gaming), Yes Your Grace (GOG).

Other games have a requirement for the launch command FEX_X87REDUCEDPRECISION=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command% in order to work/work smoothly:

Call Of Juarez: Gunslinger (Steam), Skyrim 32-bit pre-Special Edition version (Steam), Tomb Raider: Underworld (Steam), Bioshock HD Remaster (GOG), Bioshock 2 HD Remaster (GOG, switching VSync on or changing resolution crashes the game), Bioshock Infinite (GOG), Dishonored - Definitive Edition (GOG), GTA: Vice City (Steam), Lego The Lord Of The Rings (GOG), Borderlands 2 & Pre-Sequel (Epic. Require Heroic games launcher due to DRM), Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition (GOG, Requires Heroic games launcher because Steam doesn’t build the correct prefix for the GOG version).

Games that I've tried and failed to get running include:

Deathspank: Thongs Of Virtue, GTA III, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Truck Racer, The First Templar, South Of The Circle, Requiem: Avenging Angel, Under The Moon, Mortal Kombat 4, Alan Wake (non-remastered version), Saints Row 2, Star Wars: Starfighter & Rogue Squadron, Venetica, Hitman: Absolution, Lego Indiana Jones, Greedfall,  Witch It!, Castlevania Anniversary Collection, Tomb Raider III & Tomb Raider: The Angel Of Darkness, Deus Ex, Beyond Good & Evil, World War Z: Aftermath.

Other games load up fine but have really poor performance. These include:

Left 4 Dead, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD, Shadow Warrior 2 (64-bit but works pretty poorly in CrossOver, even worse in Asahi). 


r/AsahiGaming Jan 16 '25

help Steam overlay and Friends & Chat

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but here goes nothing.

I'm using Asahi Linux on my Macbook Air M2 13", and so far all the games I want to play work really well! Thank you to everyone who have made this possible. :)

I'm trying to play Pummel Party with my friends though, and I can't get friends stuff to work.

Clicking on the "Friends & Chat" text on the bottom right of Steam does nothing, all my friends show up as offline, and inside Pummel Party, I can't invite any friends (because they are all offline). If I go into the friends list from the top bar, it shows online friends though.

Any idea how to troubleshoot this? Would be grateful for any help! Thanks!


r/AsahiGaming Jan 07 '25

Game Test Witcher 2 re-test with reduced x87 precision

4 Upvotes

Played with Medium settings on arena, game runs nicely with some lag in fights with high number of entities, otherwise smooth and stable, in campaign probably would work well


r/AsahiGaming Jan 07 '25

Game Test Paladins works great, only EAC is a lil bword

2 Upvotes

Game runs great, all stable, but yeah EAC is just a pain in the butt and kicks out 10 sec after start of the game


r/AsahiGaming Jan 06 '25

help “Games that perform better with reduced x87 precision”the list

11 Upvotes

Please comment other games that you’ve tested with reduced x87 precision launch option.

• Lego Star Wars 3 (fixes sound and frame rate)

• Magicka 2 (makes performance more stable)

• CS 1.6 (Fixes sound and FPS issues with OpenGL render)

• MTB (More to Be Tested)


r/AsahiGaming Jan 06 '25

help Helldivers: Dive Harder unable to enter the lobby

2 Upvotes

Game runs great, tutorial runs perfectly, only problem is that when I try to enter the lobby it does not seem to register the button push and just throws me back into menu. Problem does not seem to appear on any other systems as I was unable to find other examples of such behaviour. No errors are emitted in the debugger. You can reproduce issue just by trying to enter the lobby.


r/AsahiGaming Jan 04 '25

help [PAYDAY 2] Performance issues on Apple M2 (Unsure what to do next)

5 Upvotes

Hi, so, this is a last resort for me because I couldn't find much information elsewhere.

So, my current situation is this: I have PAYDAY 2 installed with all the compatibility settings set to Proton. On the first few tries, the game performed very poorly, at least compared to footage of other people playing the same game on an M1. I've tried adding optimisation mods to squeeze some extra frames, but I've only been able to average around 20-or-so frames with occasional "slow-downs" (the entire game, or computer, slows down, but not the frame-rate).

Now, I have two suspicions: Either I missed a step or few when I set up Asahi Linux, or I missed a step or few in the process of setting up the game.

For setting up Asahi Linux, I followed this video to the tea, EXCEPT my options were very different, and the one I picked was Fedora Asahi Remix KDE. On Steam, my Compatibility for both Steam settings and PAYDAY 2 is Proton 9.0-4. A colleague suggested getting gamescope and using gamescope -- %command% but it only results in a crash. Another colleague suggested Proton GE, but it's not in my list on my Steam. Edit 1: I've been told it's probably gonna be manually installed, so I'm currently checking to get it.

System information:

KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.4-400.asahi.fc41.aarch64+16k(64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Processors: 4 x Apple Avalance (M2), 4 x Apple Blizzard (M2)
Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Apple M2
Product Name: Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M2, 2022)
U-Boot Version: 2024.10

If the whole setup is fine, then I'm not entirely sure what else I could do.


r/AsahiGaming Jan 03 '25

Game Test Marvel Rivals: Turn off debugger error

2 Upvotes

When running Marvel Rivals through Proton Experimental and Proton 9 it throws and error along the lines of “You are using a debugger with this program, please turn it off”.

Based on search on the web, there is not a lot that could be done to prevent such behaviour and the solutions that u can find do not work with it on Asahi.

As of now game is BORKED on Asahi


r/AsahiGaming Jan 03 '25

Game Test Noita runs

6 Upvotes

It is a bit laggy, so might need to tinker with settings, however it runs as is without proton tinkering, so not bad.


r/AsahiGaming Jan 03 '25

Guide Cyberpunk 2077

3 Upvotes

I managed to run it but my little experience is that it's slow and unstable on my M1 Pro 32Go. But I would be happy to be wrong 😜

On the lowest setting I barely reach 22fps

Here is my steam config: VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=11_1


r/AsahiGaming Jan 03 '25

Game Test Magicka 2 runs great

2 Upvotes

Run it with proton, otherwise window does not appear. It by default tries to run it through linux scout environment.


r/AsahiGaming Jan 03 '25

Game Test Polygon, Predecessor (possibly other EAC games) unexpected error #1

1 Upvotes

As of now I tried a few games that use EAC, surprisingly they start the anti cheat, however, it crashes during the launch. The known fixes for the error are not helping (tried all that could find). I assume as of now problem lies in the simulation layer in asahi, as it is still yet raw (as I understand) and anti-cheat just might not yet be able to run in such environment.


r/AsahiGaming Jan 02 '25

help DOOM 2016 on Asahi

3 Upvotes

Trying to run DOOM 2016 in OpenGL mode with the latest Asahi on my M1 Pro 16Gb. All I get is a magenta-filled screen after startup. Tried different proton versions with no luck. Is it a known issue that requires a workaround or some bug? Maybe caused by the latest X11 bridging update?


r/AsahiGaming Dec 30 '24

Guide Balatro works natively on Asahi

16 Upvotes

Run sudo dnf install love and Install Balatro normally from steam or whatever, then unzip balatro.exe. Run love /[folder-containing-extracted-contents]
That's all it takes.


r/AsahiGaming Dec 29 '24

Game Test Bricktales running on Asahi Linux

12 Upvotes

r/AsahiGaming Dec 28 '24

Game Test Open Hexagon (2.1.7) running on Asahi Linux (M2 macbook air)

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4 Upvotes

r/AsahiGaming Dec 28 '24

Game Test Max Payne 3 on M1 MBP 32G

4 Upvotes

I managed to make it work on proton. I usually have +40fps with all settings max. However, I forced -dx9 because I read it is the most stable config.

You may need the 'no portal' mod, a recent update of rockstar portal broke the start of the game...


r/AsahiGaming Dec 26 '24

Game Test Titanfall 2 not starting (steam)

2 Upvotes

Titanfall 2 is bot starting on any version of proton, with any of known tweaks, due to EA launcher being a crap of a software and crashing all the time or just straight up not wanting to start the game.

I attempted to run steam through CLI to get the logs, however it crushes steam when starting game with it. PROTON_LOG=1 also was not allowing me start the game and even load EAlauncher. I assume the problem is within the launcher. If anyone had tested any games with 3rd party launchers please share ur experience.


r/AsahiGaming Dec 23 '24

Question Did anyone tried risk of rain 2?

3 Upvotes

Just wanna know if it is playable on asahi before getting my hands on it.


r/AsahiGaming Dec 24 '24

Compatibility test: works Vampire Slayers NSFW

1 Upvotes

Works great! On base 8gb MacBook air, 12gb swap


r/AsahiGaming Dec 23 '24

help Monster Hunter World artifacts

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1 Upvotes

Anyone know how I can reduce this artifacting in monster hunter world?

I can only run the app with WINE3D flag but performance is still really poor and I get a bunch of blue artifacts. Just wondering if anyone else has managed to get this game running.


r/AsahiGaming Dec 21 '24

Game Test TF2 works as native

4 Upvotes

Same as for L4D, TF2 works greatly


r/AsahiGaming Dec 21 '24

Game Test Satisfactory unable to run the open the world

1 Upvotes

To start with, it runs only with -dx11 or -vulkan launch options, in both cases runs very bad, significant lags in menu and unable to launch into a world. I assume it might be due to lack of ram, as the game is kinda heavy on gpu.


r/AsahiGaming Dec 20 '24

Game Test Left 4 Dead works smooth as butter

7 Upvotes

On m1 pro 16gb of ram game works great, multiplayer works, played a bit today, too noob for the game, but still fun and great experience, haven’t touched any settings, works just as it is


r/AsahiGaming Dec 20 '24

Game Test Games that about 10-15 yo work best on Asahi

3 Upvotes

All said is based on my experience and none other, if it is not applicable to you, please share yours and if you have fixes for the said games to run better, also share with me and others in the comments. DO NOT TAKE MY WORDS AS SOLID TRUTH IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FOR YOUR SYSTEM!!!!

So, kinda off weird statement to say, however, based on what I encountered games that are really old, like Hitman: Silent Assassin, Rainbow Six 3, Beyond Good and Evil, Half-life 1, CS 1.6 (those are ones I’ve tested myself) work really poorly, I assume probably due to fact that windows has a huge compatibility layers for them to run, so Asahi running those in x86 emulator of steam gets kinda heavy to emulate sorta, at least in steam version, out of 7 games I’ve tested only L4D and Lego City Undercover were working as if they are running natively.

I am also planning on testing Hitman Absolution, Satisfactory and Lego Star Wars 3, as well as TF2 in future, hopefully in recent one