My personal testing of Steam on FreeBSD
NOTE: Others have had varying degrees of success too, even where I have not. Check out Steam Linuxulator Compatibility for more details.
Current hardware setup
Current software setup
- FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT-p1
- KDE Plasma Desktop
- Nvidia drivers from Ports
- Steam from Ports
Tested Games
Title |
Platform |
GPU Driver |
Playable |
Notes |
Borderlands 2 |
Linux |
460.80 |
Great |
Frame rate stuttering |
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! |
Linux |
460.80 |
Great |
Frame rate stuttering |
Champions of Breakfast |
Linux |
460.80 |
Minimal |
Does not properly scale to full screen. Frame rate stuttering |
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved |
Linux |
460.80 |
Great |
Minimal frame rate stuttering |
Linux |
460.80 |
Fails to launch |
|
|
Horizon Chase: Turbo |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
4k 120 FPS |
Ink |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
|
Just Shapes & Beats |
Linux |
460.80 |
Great |
Minimal frame rate stuttering |
Left 4 Dead 2 |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
|
Mega Man Legacy Collection |
Linux |
460.80 |
Broken |
Fails to launch |
Mini Metro |
Linux |
460.80 |
Crashes |
Crashes during game play after ~2-5 minutes |
Pac-Man 256 |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
|
Pony Island |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
|
Portal |
Linux |
460.80 |
Great |
Minoe frame rate stuttering |
Quake |
Linux |
460.80 |
Broken |
Fails to launch |
Quake II RTX |
Linux |
460.80 |
Broken |
Requires Vulkan Ray-tracing |
Rocket League |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
|
Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Classics |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
|
Super Hegagon |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
|
Turok |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
4k 120 FPS |
Undertale |
Linux |
460.80 |
Minimal |
Does not properly scale to full screen |
VVVVVV |
Linux |
460.80 |
PERFECT |
|
Platforms:
- Linux = Linuxulator
- Windows = WINE
- Proton = WINE + Proton