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So how do I install/play cracked games? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 days ago by darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I don't even know if this is allowed here but frankly, I don't care. I have seen conflicting guides on how to play cracked games. Some say to use lutris/wine, some say to use proton with steam and add the cracked games to steam though that carries a significant risk of a ban. So to all Linux pirates, how do you do this?

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[–] cevn@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You shouldn’t need Steam but protonup-qt can be used to manage lutris proton

[–] darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry for asking too many questions but is lutris's version of proton different from Steam's proton? Like if a game has, say platinum rank, on protondb, should I expect that game to run on lutris with proton as well?

[–] cevn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

There are some differences in what can be installed, like steam has a list and lutris has a list of which orotons can be installed, some of those are in common. I would recommend downloading protonupqt lutris and steam and play with them for a bit.