&quot;- Linux is as far from a gaming platform as ever.&quot;<p>I will not make the mistake of claiming that Linux has solved the problem, but this really isn&#x27;t true. Even as recently as five years ago, if a game was published, Linux either couldn&#x27;t run it, or required crazy emulation schemes. This list is far better than it used to be: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;store.steampowered.com&#x2F;search&#x2F;#sort_by=Reviews_DESC&amp;tags=-1&amp;category1=998&amp;os=linux&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;store.steampowered.com&#x2F;search&#x2F;#sort_by=Reviews_DESC&amp;t...</a><p>If Valve wanted to keep pushing Linux gaming, it could probably make it a real thing. My guess is that they won&#x27;t, because the strategic point of their Linux support was to make Microsoft realizes there is indeed a viable alternative so the rent they can charge is not as much as they were threatening. Plus in the meantime Microsoft got a different CEO who has been <i>much</i> less belligerent. So, lest I sound like a fanboy, my prediction is that you are looking at the high point of Linux gaming right there in that link.<p>Still... who knows. Having done the work they&#x27;ve done, it may yet be in Valve&#x27;s interest to keep the threat alive for SteamOS, and a lot of the latest engines are growing Linux support. (When you support all the consoles, all the phones, all the portable consoles, and Mac and Windows, Linux is hardly a huge additional platform to support anymore, especially when you&#x27;re already supporting Android, which I know doesn&#x27;t mean you support &quot;linux&quot; but isn&#x27;t completely irrelevant either.)<p>But there is definitely stuff that works now, which means that it&#x27;s a big improvement over 5 years ago. If you like this is far more about how the situation was utterly hopeless 5 years ago than how it&#x27;s heaven-on-Earth now.