The State of Open Source Games and Open Source Gaming Tools in 2021
summary
Survey of open source games shows 101 notable titles with only 19 still in active development in 2021, and Steam reports 1.02% Linux usage (~163k users) from a 19.9M current / 24.2M peak player base. Compatibility stack centers on Wine, commercial forks like CrossOver, launch managers like Lutris, translation layers such as DXVK, and Valve’s Proton. Examples: Diablo II Remake runs after updating DXVK in Lutris, Half‑Life 2 runs on a Chromebook VM, and Proton+SteamOS/Steam Deck target “every game” support.
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- 0:00Start
- 0:55Agenda
- 3:31Tux Racer
- 3:54Quake 3
- 5:35Number of Open Source Games Released per Year and by Decade
- 8:55What Is Wine
- 9:45Crossover
- 12:28Appdb
- 16:58Diablo 2's Remake
- 21:02Direct3d
- 25:11Proton
- 27:48A Linux Virtual Machine with Chromebooks
- 29:19Half-Life 2
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