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Europa Universalis V from Paradox will only support Windows, no Linux or macOS this time

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Europa Universalis V from Paradox will only support Windows, no Linux or macOS this time

www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/05/europa-universalis-v-from-paradox-will-only-support-windows-no-linux-or-macos-this-time/

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That's very disappointing.
Given how Paradox published (not in-house developed) games are increasingly Windows only I'm not surprised. I hope they eventually release a Linux version anyway, but it's probably not a huge deal with Proton being so good for single-player games.
Lame, will Atleast allow for proton?
- Proton doesn't need to be allowed. It will be fine, unless they decide to put some terrible anti-cheat.
This is a non-issue. If you're a gaming company in the era of Proton, it makes more sense to just focus on Windows issues than to open yourself to support requests from people running any brand of Linux. Proton is just so much easier to target than standalone Linux and you can serve the Linux community / Steam Deck users without needing any actual expertise.
- This is the scenario I saw debated in the early 2000s on slashdot if you replace Proton with Wine. Some folks didn't like Wine because if it works well it means there's no reason to build natively for Linux, hurting Linux and contextualizing it within Microsoft's ecosystem, instead of beside it. I'm all for anything that means I can play my Steam library and not run Windows, so I think Proton is the bee's knees.
  
  Yeah, I was part of those arguments too. In a perfect world Linux would have enough market share to warrant native ports, but Proton getting Wine one-click integrated into Steam and easily targetable is a more realistic bridge to that scenario than holding out on principle. As it is Linux gaming is in the best shape it's ever been in thanks to Proton.
  I also think the argument held more weight 20 years ago, before we started packaging up end user apps in giant self-contained images regularly.
Yeah, I'm not too worried about Proton support, but that will likely cause me to wait a bit to see how it ends up working on Proton.
I'd rather have a dev getting a proper Windows build that is running well and optimised for being used with Proton (which is far easier) than a badly working Linux native version
Europa Universalis V means only one thing: we can finally play Europa Universalis IV
Guess I'm not playing it then. Oh well.
Laughs in Proton

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