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r/linux_gaming is a subreddit with 310k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has crazy activity.
A subreddit for discussions and news about gaming on the GNU/Linux family of operating systems (including the Steam Deck).
Popular Themes in r/linux_gaming
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Hardware Unboxed misinforming viewers about Linux gaming :("
21 posts
#2
News
: "Announcement from Marvel Rivals CM on Discord regarding players being banned for using compatibility layer programs (proton etc)"
13 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "ProtonDB Peek - A ProtonDB browser extension for the steam store"
9 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "GPU Screen Recorder has launched its 5.0.0 version with a new Shadowplay-like experimental UI"
5 posts
#5
Advice Requests
: "Wayland gaming is in a better state than what you might think"
3 posts
#6
Ideas
: "The Mecha Comet was definitely one of the coolest devices shown at CES! It's a little handheld linux computer and even has ethernet."
1 post
#7
Opportunities
: "Windows vs Linux Performance on 7900 XTX Garuda vs CachyOS vs Windows 11..."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/linux_gaming
#1
Linux
: "Just made the full switch to Linux! (Endeavour btw)"
190 posts
#2
Gaming
: "I Can’t Keep Waiting for SteamOS! - Linux Gaming Update 2025"
99 posts
#3
Steam
: "last Steam survey of 2024"
95 posts
#4
Made
48 posts
#5
Budget
45 posts
#6
Games
: "ScummVM 2.9.0 "Close Encounters of the 2.9th Kind" has landed with tons of new Games!"
36 posts
#7
Game
: "Friendly reminder that our cyberpunk Game has a live demo, runs natively on Linux, and it's very resource friendly :) Why don't you give it a try this weekend and leave us some feedback? (details in comment)"
29 posts
#8
Proton
: "Thanks for Proton/Wine, in this year, i only used windows less than 20 times. I only use it for dual booting, so i can play that one game with my friends. Oh, and huge thanks for the community for the insane amount of documentation. Happy holidays and happy new year to everyone! "
29 posts
#9
Price
24 posts
#10
Gpu
: "Gpu offloading finally works with both Vulkan and OpenGL and native Wayland applications on NVidia driver 565 (Using KWin 6.1.5)"
23 posts
Member Growth in r/linux_gaming
Daily
+115 members(0.0%)
Monthly
+4k members(1.4%)
Yearly
+42k members(15.7%)
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