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Valve Software has released an updated version of Proton 8.0 with various updates. Proton is a tool based on WINE for use with the Steam client, which allows games that are exclusive to Windows to run on the Linux operating system.



Proton 8.0-3

  • Previously playable only with Proton Experimental:
    • Propnight
    • Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy
    • Bloodrayne Terminal Cut 1/2
    • Breakout 13
    • Murasaki Tsurugi
    • PooShooter: Toilet Invaders
    • Purgo Box
    • Olympia Rising
    • Summoners War: Chronicles
    • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint
    • Minecraft Legends
    • Company of Heroes: Battle of Crete
    • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN
    • Gunfire: Reborn
    • Super Bomberman R
  • Newly playable: StreetStep: 21st Century Basketball.
  • Fixed Battle.net not starting.
  • Fixed EA launcher crashing.
  • Fixed Ubisoft Connect intermittently having an invisible window.
  • Fixed scroll bar in Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher.
  • Fixed EOS error message with Returnal and other EOS games.
  • Fixed a few Proton 8.0 regressions:
    • DJMAX RESPECT V is playable again.
    • Halo: The Master Chief Collection menus no longer are broken.
    • BeamNG.drive no longer crashes when a steering wheel is connected.
    • Cafe Stella no longer crashes with 2 elements on the flowchart.
    • Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered no longer ignores controller input.
    • Indiana Jones and The Emperor no longer crashes on the splash screen.
    • Grand Theft Auto V no longer freezes on keyboard input.
    • TRAHA Global no longer crashes at end of second cutscene
    • Logging in online in Gears 5 works again.
    • Doom Eternal no longer crashes with ray-tracing enabled on AMDVLK / NVIDIA.
  • Fixed Creativerse hanging while exiting from a local game.
  • Fixed Call of Duty 2 hanging when loading maps.
  • Fixed New World not starting after a recent game update.
  • Fixed game stutter in Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.
  • Fixed Last Labyrinth displaying only a black screen on the Steam Deck.
  • Fixed Creativerse not being able to connect to a local game with a VPN connection active.
  • Fixed The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing not rendering text in Polish correctly.
  • Fixed game looking dark and improved performance with Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi.
  • Fixed DXVK HUD not showing the correct git revision used.
  • Improved video playback in Roboquest.
  • Fixed various memory leaks during video playback that were affecting Street Fighter 6.
  • Enabled nvapi for many more games: Chernobylite Enhanced Edition, Dead Space (Remake), Forspoken, Forza Horizon 5, Hi-Fi Rush, Marvel's Avengers, Monster Hunter Rise, Need For Speed Unbound, Nioh 2, Propnight, Redfall, Returnal, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, SCP: 5K, Scum, The Last Of Us Part I, Watch Dogs Legion.
  • Fixed Tales of Berseria suffering from screen tearing with vsync turned on while in fullscreen / borderless.
  • Improved Final Fantasy XIII loading times.
  • Fixed Red Dead Redemption 2 taking long time to exit with Alt+F4.
  • Fixed multiple Unity titles flickering on the Steam Deck when switching display window options.
  • Fixed The Elder Scrolls Online wrongly claiming not enough space.
  • Fixed The Elder Scrolls Online launcher showing blank window.
  • Fixed Madballs in Babo: Invasion claiming the game wasn't purchased.
  • Fixed PlanetSide 2 launcher.
  • Fixed various Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty issues around video playback.
  • Fixed video playback in Nioh: Complete Edition.
  • Fixed Pentiment not being playable on desktop.
  • Fixed Grounded not being playable on desktop.
  • Improved cutscene desync in Immortals Fenyx Rising.
  • Fixed Witcher 3 launcher rendering issues.
  • Fixed Call of Duty: Black Ops III graphical glitches when loading Hex Tower.
  • Fixed video playback speed issues in METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN.
  • Fixed Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut hanging on exit.
  • Fixed connection error at the end of Chapter 2 in Life is Strange Remastered.
  • Fixed rendering issues in Uru: Complete Chronicles on Steam Deck.
  • Fixed Richman: Classic not starting in OpenGL mode.
  • Updated dxvk to v2.2-34-g4d254b13.
  • Updated dxvk-nvapi to v0.6.3-4-g2483eac.
  • Updated vkd3d-proton to v2.9-21-gf52e6482.


Release Proton 8.0-3 · ValveSoftware/Proton