How do I use Proton without Steam?
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I can easily run Windows games with wine by running:
wine game.exe
However, if I want to use Proton I have to run Steam, add the game as a non-Steam game, and run it that way.
Since Proton is just a modified Wine runtime, is there a way to use a game with Proton without involving Steam?
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This can be done with Wine Bottles.
- Install flatpak from your package manager.
- Install Bottles from Flatpak (may show up as
Discover (Software Center))- May take a while, because it has many dependencies and flatpak does not support parallel downloads
- Run Bottles. You may need to reboot for the Desktop entry to appear, but even without rebooting you can run
flatpak run com.usebottles.bottlesto launch it - Go into Bottles preferences,
Runners, and install the Proton runners you want - Create a new Bottle of type
Gaming - Go into the prefix's settings, and under
ComponentsfindRunnerand change it to Proton
When running games through this prefix they will now use Proton, without Steam.
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