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CLUSTER GAME-LINUX-LAUNCHER · 33 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2022-07-27

Linux Proton game launchers

This cluster consists of desktop launchers that run Windows games on Linux via compatibility layers such as Proton, Wine, and UMU, including general-purpose launchers and ones tailored to specific titles. Entry activity was sparse from 2014 through 2025, then increased in frequency during 2026, with the highest pre-index monthly count of 6 entries in July 2026. The traction leader is GTA6-CyberLeak-Launcher with 50 stars, far outpacing the next-highest (Evolve-Launcher-2026-1.0 at 3 stars).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUL 2022: 1FEB 2023: 1NOV 2023: 1AUG 2024: 1SEP 2024: 1JUL 2025: 1SEP 2025: 1DEC 2025: 1JAN 2026: 2MAR 2026: 1APR 2026: 3MAY 2026: 5JUL 2026: 5AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 5OCT 2026: 1
JUL 2022OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 6 hand-coded · 6 unlabelled

Operator · 12 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 13 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21gamma-launcher0★4 moliveopen sourceDesktop launcher that installs and starts the S.T.A.L.K.E.R GAMMA modpack on Linux.
  2. 22ardali-gaming-bin0★2 molivehand-codedopen sourceLinux game launcher that manages Wine, Proton and Steam compatibility to run Windows games.
  3. 23honkers-launcher0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop launcher for the game Honkers with automatic patching and telemetry disabling on Linux.
  4. 24proton-ge-launcher-desktop0★4 molivehand-codedopen sourceAdds file manager association to launch standalone games with Proton-GE.
  5. 25proton-cachyos-launcher-desktop0★4 molivehand-codedopen sourceAdds file manager association to launch standalone games with Proton-CachyOS.
  6. 26crucible0★5 moliveopen sourceLinux launcher for Windows games via UMU and Proton.
  7. 27proton-launcher-qt0★6 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceQt-based program that manages a game library and launches them through Proton.
  8. 28proton-launcher0★6 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceShell-integrated launcher that runs Windows applications via Proton on Linux.
  9. 29wreckfest2-wine-steam0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLauncher that runs a specific racing game on Linux from Steam through a compatibility layer.
  10. 30portproton0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceSoftware for playing Windows games and launchers on Linux using Proton.
  11. 31proton-cachyos-launcher0★9 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceA game launcher that runs titles through a custom Proton build for improved compatibility.
  12. 32game-rs0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA minimal command-line game launcher for Linux written in Rust.
  13. 33CloudVM Launcher0★unknownliveai-builtBrowser-based launcher that runs a 32-bit virtual machine supporting Linux, Windows, and other operating systems without local installation.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.