Proton 7.0 out with Easy Anti-Cheat improvements, more games for Linux & Steam Deck

Valve has today released a huge upgrade to Proton, the compatibility layer for Linux that allows Windows games to run.

Proton 7.0 pulls in Wine 7.0 which it’s based upon along with: upgrades to DXVK 1.9.4 for DirectX 9 / 10 / 11, newer VKD3D-Proton for DirectX 12 to Vulkan and wine-mono to 7.1.2. It also brings over some changes from Proton Experimental like performance improvements around input, windowing, and memory allocation.

In their official changelog, these are listed as newly playable:

• Anno 1404
• Call of Juarez
• DCS World Steam Edition
• Disgaea 4 Complete+
• Dungeon Fighter Online
• Epic Roller Coasters XR
• Eternal Return
• Forza Horizon 5
• Gravity Sketch VR
• Monster Hunter Rise
• NecroVisioN
• Nights of Azure
• Oceanhorn: Monster of the Uncharted Seas
• Order of War
• Persona 4 Golden
• Resident Evil 0
• Resident Evil Revelations 2
• Rocksmith 2014 Edition
• SCP: Secret Laboratory
• Wargroove
• Wartales
• Yakuza 4 Remastered

Even more exciting work came in with support for Easy Anti-Cheat if the game has enabled a Linux module, support for local decoding of H264 videos, improvements to Steam Input for games using Origin, better audio in Skyrim and Fallout 4, fixes for the Paradox Launcher and a few other game specific fixes.

Speaking about the release on Twitter, Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais said: “Proton 7.0 is now available! Highlights include playable Persona 4 Golden, audio fixes for Skyrim and Fallout games, local H264 decoding support, and the foundation for legacy EAC support. SW: Squadrons and Knockout City are currently playable with EAC, with more on the way soon!”

Just like they did for the BattlEye update, there’s a new “Proton EasyAntiCheat Runtime” available in the Steam client to download, along with Proton 7.0 – which you may need to restart Steam to actually see.