Valve: Proton 8.0-5 introduces HDR support for Linux and the Steam Deck OLED

Proton is Valve's own compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux and the Linux-based Steam Deck. The open source tool for Steam has now been released in version 8.0-5, bringing many new features from Proton Experimental to the stable version of Proton.

HDR options on compatible hardware and Steam Deck OLED

The most notable new feature is support for HDR display options for the following games: Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Resident Evil Village, Hogwarts Legacy, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Injustice 2, Alan Wake 2 and Devil May Cry 5. So if you have an HDR monitor and a recent Linux distribution or the Steam Deck OLED, you can now enjoy the aforementioned Windows games in HDR on Linux.

In addition, the following Windows games can now also be played with the stable Proton version via Steam Play on Steam Deck and Linux PCs:

• Assassin's Creed Mirage
• Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
• Welcome to Princeland
• Red Tie Runner
• Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition

Bugs have been fixed in Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5, Starfield, Halo Infinite and Witcher 3, among others. If you are running Linux Mint with Cinnamon Desktop, Proton 8.0-5 allows you to play in full screen mode under Linux Mint or other distributions with the Cinnamon desktop environment.

Valve's Proton is based on a number of other open source tools, most notably the Windows compatibility layer Wine, which have also been updated in the current stable version of Proton. The full release notes for Proton 8.0-5 can be found on Valve's GitHub account.