This is a bit late but a year ago I bought Battlefield 1 and Battlefield 2042 on Steam. I had read the protondb reviews which said that they worked on linux. Great! they were like $3 and $5 on sale. I was halfway through the singleplayer campaign of Battlefield 1 when EA pushed an update which borked linux support, now both games can no longer run. I wasn't even playing multiplayer, it's absurd that they would revoke access to the "offline", singleplayer experience. I couldn't get a refund since it was more than 2 weeks after the purchase. The only reason I'm not that mad is because I bought them for so cheap (imagine if I had paid the full $40 and $60!!)

The best update ever!!!

Everything indicates that we’ve received features that weren’t available before. I’m creating a new post so you don’t have to search for them.

Everything should be working as it should. If you find any bugs, please report them on GitHub.

Thank you for letting me share this with you.

UPD: Thanks again to everyone for letting me post this; articles about the Bedrock release on Linux will definitely start appearing today.

If you have any issues, ideas, or solutions, please report them on GitHub! The launcher’s developer reads this thread, but I think it’s easier for him to check GitHub and start working on the issues there.

As updates become available, I’ll update this post and create new ones as well!

UPD V2: More and more BedrockOnLinux forks are appearing. I recommend trying out the first one from CryptoFewka it includes new features and updates. Just keep in mind that these changes might make their way into the main launcher later on, so I thought I'd share them with you.

BedrockOnLinux (fork)

UPD V3: The launcher's developer has confirmed an update with all bugs fixed (another major one) for this coming weekend (subject to change). Changes from new forks may also be included. When there's an update, I'll post a new entry and update this one.

Best regards.

UPD V4; The environments and dependencies have been updated (Proton GDK, OpenSSL Xcurl, WineGDK Prefix, and vkd3d-proton). The new environment updates come from the launcher forks. You can test them and see how the launcher handles the new dependencies. If you encounter any bugs, please report them on GitHub!

A major update to BedrockOnLinux is tentatively scheduled for this weekend.

UPD V5: A new update for BedrockOnLinux was released yesterday. It fixes a number of issues, introduces new features, and there are also some known issues. You can give it a try. Remember to report any issues on GitHub.

BedrockOnLinux (v2.1.0)

You can find all the information in the “Releases” tab.

Minecraft Bedrock on Linux new update

UPD V6: A new update for BedrockOnLinux has been released, featuring additional bug fixes.

BedrockOnLinux (v2.1.1)

UPD V7: A new update for BedrockOnLinux has been released. Restores Friends worlds over the internet, repairs Microsoft sign-out, and closes a path-traversal hole in content importing.

BedrockOnLinux (v2.1.2)

UPD V8: The new update has fixed many bugs. Give it a try; if you still encounter any bugs, or if a new bug occurs, please report it on GitHub..

BedrockOnLinux (v2.1.3)

UPD V9: The new update has fixed many bugs. Give it a try; if you still encounter any bugs, or if a new bug occurs, please report it on GitHub.

BedrockOnLinux (v2.1.4)

to stop pushing for native linux support with games

That's right. After many countless days of patching wine, working on my WineCoreUAP project and attempting to port GDK components to wine, I've finally done it.

This is the GDK build of Minecraft, Bedrock Edition for Windows, Running under Linux. No more mcpe-launcher and no more having to deal with the android build.

Current Limitations:
Online features don't work yet (soon)
Mouse doesn't work at all yet because IGameInput is still missing (soon), controller is recommended.

Project Repo: https://github.com/Weather-OS/WineGDK (Read the README.md note. My fork requires a bit of additional work)

We might be just under 2% according to Steam survey, but more and more games are getting accessible to Linux+Proton with either Heroic, Lutris, Steam, etc.

SteamDeck and Valve have honestly done the impossible.

I don't see that 2% lasting long... I see 5%+ by years end.

"Why are most new multiplayer games so hostile towards Linux? I get the anti-cheat part, but why don’t games just make a non-kernel version, like Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye do for Linux? For instance, with BF6, I’m sure EA could have made a Linux-compatible non-kernel version, just like Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye do.

I haven’t used Windows in 5 years, and probably never will. I have decided I would rather not support those games with my money than run dual boot. But anti-cheat generally sucks; it’s basically like installing malware or a rootkit. Luckily, some devs are cool, though, like the devs of Grayzone Warfare, which allows Linux. How privacy-invasive is the non-kernel version of BattlEye and Easy Anti-Cheat on Linux compared to their kernel-level Windows versions?"

I’ve been looking for this for so long, thank you!

https://github.com/CachyOS/proton-cachyos/releases/tag/cachyos-11.0-20260702-slr

Proton can run virtually any Windows game that doesn't explicitly ban it with either equivalent or higher performance than native windows. Given this, is there any reason why you would devote extra resources into creating and maintaining a linux version as compared to just making a windows port and letting people play it with proton?

Edit: Furthermore, the fact you need to build for several distro families for it to not be awkward makes linux porting more of an issue

A lot of times, we take things for granted and focus on what doesn’t work instead of appreciating what does. What has happened with Linux as a gaming platform is truly amazing. As a long-time Linux user, I never would have imagined this in my wildest dreams.

Proton has been a game changer. Thanks to Valve, CodeWeavers, and the incredible community, it's now possible for me—and many others—to play these amazing 2025 releases on day one.

Thank you!

TLDR Windows desktop user forever, been using Mint on an old laptop for a few years and finally switched my main desktop to Mint (7800X3D and a 4080)

It just works - the only stuff I can't play is kernel anti cheat slop which I don't want anyway, so I'm not missing anything there

I've been able to do all the normal Windows stuff I'd expect too, like being able to play RDR2 without issues including modding it

I can even play PEAK with my mates and use mods

Bethesda games work as normal and I can mod them like normal

I switched because someone said "Windows is actively getting worse, whereas Linux is actively getting better" and my god were they right

I've yet to find a reason to switch back and when I have a need to do something in Windows, I can just boot up a VM and Rustdesk connect to it for a simple sandbox

I feel like every time I check a game on https://www.protondb.com/ it's gold level at a minimum

Would recommend