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[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Many of their games do have native linux versions, and a lot do work under wine or proton, which can be used as a Non-steam game in Steam or even without Steam.

Their launcher doesn't yet have a native linux version but it's completely optional, and does still run under wine if you really want it.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If I'm not going to use their game manager, then why would I buy the game from them instead of just buying it directly from the game studio? I guess because game studios rarely distribute their own games anymore?

[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Exactly, the game publishers and distributors are often not the developers themselves. Only one to distribute direct in recent memory was World Of Goo 2, and even that was sold primarily through the Epic store.

[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Tarkov is only direct to my knowledge