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Is there any way to play the games I installed in windows in Linux? (kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago by milkytoast@kbin.social to c/linux_gaming@kbin.social

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I'm looking to try out Linux, but I don't want to have to re install all my games for it. I've got a 500 GB boot drive, and a 2tb where all my games are. I'd install Linux on a 250 GB partition of the boot drive. ty all :)

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[–] milkytoast@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

awysome, thanks. what about save files? those are usually on the c drive. do I have to copy them over to wines "c" drive?

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If they don't have cloud sync, yes. But most games have that nowadays, so it should be fine. Just make sure not to delete proton prefixes (which are what you call wines C drive) if they contain saves. I lost my borderlands 2 progress that way.

[–] milkytoast@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

capitain jack sparrows editions usually don't have could save lol. ill make sure to save a copy of the files on an external drive just to be safe. to :)

[–] amzd@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I’ve heard people say you shouldn’t do this but I often just symlink the saves folder of games into the steam compatdata folder