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Steam News4 June 20251y ago

Attention Steam Deck / Linux Players - Force Proton!

Hey everyone, It appears a recent Steam Deck update broke the native build of Pawnbarian - the game launches, but isn't playable. I can't check right now, but I assume the same is true for Linux on regular PCs.

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changedIt appears a recent Steam Deck update broke the native build of Pawnbarian - the game launches, but isn't playable. I can't check right now, but I assume the same is true for Linux on regular PCs. I'm figuring out a maintenance fix, but until then, you can get the game to work by forcing the use of Proton:
changed⚙ icon / right click → Properties → Compatibility → Force [...] → choose Proton instead of Steam Linux Runtime, e.g. Proton 9.0-4

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changedIt appears a recent Steam Deck update broke the native build of Pawnbarian - the game launches, but isn't playable. I can't check right now, but I assume the same is true for Linux on regular PCs. I'm figuring out a maintenance fix, but until then, you can get the game to work by forcing the use of Proton:
changed⚙ icon / right click → Properties → Compatibility → Force [...] → choose Proton instead of Steam Linux Runtime, e.g. Proton 9.0-4

It appears a recent Steam Deck update broke the native build of Pawnbarian - the game launches, but isn't playable. I can't check right now, but I assume the same is true for Linux on regular PCs. I'm figuring out a maintenance fix, but until then, you can get the game to work by forcing the use of Proton:

⚙ icon / right click → Properties → Compatibility → Force [...] → choose Proton instead of Steam Linux Runtime, e.g. Proton 9.0-4

Apologies for the inconvenience. Thanks for dropping by to play Pawnbarian!

Cheers, Jan

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