Is there any way to play repacks on Linux?

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You can find a procedure using Lutris here
Worked great for me on a fitgirl repack.

I've installed a few through Litrus and they have just worked. This was on SteamDeck and Ubuntu desktop

I'm using my last month of Game Pass before switching to Linux. I just want to thank everybody here and Lemmy wide for being so friendly and helpful about all things Linux. You guys have taken out all the stress and worry from the transition

Run the installer in Proton, then point the steam shortcut to the installed executable. No tools needed except steam
- I mostly do the same but with heroic launcher.

I personally use bottles via flatpak and flatseal to make the games not connect to the internet when it's not needed just in case.
If you want native linux games, there are sites for that.
- Ehm... which sites?
  
  There's torrminator for once, it has a section for linux cracks specifically. There's also a large collection on the internet archive of native linux games that you'd have to find for yourself (to keep in line with the rules), but it shouldn't be too difficult.

I install them on my Windows Desktop, copy the files, and run them with Proton
- Or just wine that bitch.
  
  That works 99% of the time. I've run across a couple that refuse to extract, so I had to run them in a VM and copy the files over.

Install the full Visual Studio runtime and try some different settings with winecfg. People recommend Lutris but for me it never made a difference
- Can I ask: How? What do you do to install that, and don't you mean c++ runtime? Also I've never tinkered with winecfg, I fear that I might break things. What are some settings that are worth looking at?
  I'm asking caz I'm going crazy trying to play games on linux, if I buy them on steam it should just reportedly work, but non-steam games or cracked ones, I either have a very hard time starting, or it works, but just barely.
  
  On winecfg you can try the checks on the Graphics tab, it shouldn't break anything. Also, try to change the Windows version. Sometimes either XP or 7 work better. You're right about it being c++, not sure which one I installed, maybe this one: https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist