Escape Simulator drops the Linux build to focus on supporting Proton

Pine Studio released a new update for their popular game Escape Simulator, dropping the Linux version to focus on Proton.

In the Steam announcement originally their statement read:

We’ve decided to stop maintaining a native Linux build. With recent Steam Deck updates, we’ve encountered too many issues. The good news is the game runs great on Proton, and this allows us to focus on new content for everyone. Thanks to our Linux community for understanding ❤️

However, they’ve since changed it to say:

We’ve decided to stop maintaining a native Linux build. 🙁 We supported the native Linux version for nearly 4 years, even though it’s always been under 0.5% of our players.

Proton now runs the game more reliably than the native build with fewer crashes, better performance, and most Linux players already switched to it.

As a small team, maintaining the native build across many distros was taking time away from developing new content (we just released our 50th room!). So we’ve decided to focus on supporting Proton, which continues to work well on Linux and Steam Deck.

We understand this change is frustrating for some, and we truly appreciate everyone who supported us on Linux. <3

It’s hard to argue against their reasoning. Proton runs Windows versions of games often incredibly well on Linux platforms, to the point you usually cannot tell the difference. It’s only usually an actual problem if the game has some annoying anti-cheat that blocks Linux.

As for the new update it includes a new noir-themed room called Detective’s Office, new detective outfits, a soundtrack update and they confirmed another DLC is on the way.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.