Valve Software has released a new version of Proton. Proton is a tool based on WINE for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on the Linux operating system.

Proton is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on the Linux operating system. It uses Wine to facilitate this.

Most users will prefer to use Proton provided by the Steam client itself. The source code is provided to enable advanced users the ability to alter Proton. For example, some users may wish to use a different version of Wine with a particular title.

New in Proton 5.13-1:

• Newly playable games include:
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • DEATH STRANDING
  • Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes
  • Final Fantasy XV
  • Sea of Thieves
  • Star Wars: Battlefront II
  • Call of Duty: WWII
  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Asssassin's Creed: Rogue
  • Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
  • South Park: The Fractured But Whole
  • DiRT Rally 2
  • Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
  • Age of Empires III
  • Dragon Quest Builders 2
  • Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
  • Tron 2.0
  • AO Tennis 2
  • Fight'N Rage
  • Woolfe - The Red Hood Diaries
• Improved Steam client integration, which fixes many Call of Duty titles as well as Spelunky 2, Torchlight III, Path of Exile, and RPG Maker MZ.
• Beginnings of real support for all types of video playback. Games that use older video libraries should start working with this build. We are working on improving support for newer video libraries.
• Improved support for systems with multiple monitors.
• Improvements to audio playback in Halo 3, Beyond: Two Souls and Tomb Raider 2.
• Improvements to rFactor 2 multiplayer and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer.
• Fixed text rendering in SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS.
• Updated Wine to version 5.13. 256 changes in Proton 5.0 were either upstreamed or are no longer needed.
• Updated DXVK to v1.7.2.
• Updated FAudio to 20.10.
• Updated to latest vkd3d-proton.
• Built against the next generation of the Steam Linux Runtime.
• Notes for users who build Proton:
  • This branch has new submodules. Please use git submodule update --init --recursive when updating.
  • The build system now depends on being able to build Rust code.
  • If you use the Vagrant VM, you will need to destroy and rebuild it.

Download Proton 5.13-1 from GitHub