Video games
LAN party games
Artemis
Artemis is a Star Trek -like spaceship bridge simulator, where each player has a specific role on the bridge of a spaceship. To complete various missions, the players must work together and communicate effectively. This makes it a great game for LAN parties.
Artemis Cosmos
This is an updated version of Artemis. Available on Steam.
Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator
This is the older version of Artemis. Available on Steam. Android: Amazon Appstore. The Google Play version has been removed.
Empire Earth II
Empire Earth II is a classic real-time strategy (RTS) game that is great for LAN parties. The game starts from the stone age and progresses throughout human history all the way to nuclear weapons, satellites and autonomous combat robots. Available on GOG.com. Unofficial patch by Dr.MonaLisa is available here.
Factorio
OpenArena
A free and open-source first-person shooter (FPS) game similar to Quake III Arena.
- Installation
- Android: Google Play
- Ubuntu:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install openarena - Windows: download from the official website
- My server configs are available on GitHub
Minecraft
Please see the separate Minecraft page.
Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander is a classic sci-fi real-time strategy (RTS) game.
Zero-K
Zero-K is a free and open-source real-time strategy (RTS) game similar to Supreme Commander. Available on Steam.
Mobile games
Ingress
Subnautica
Other games
Bitburner
Kerbal Space Program
Mass Effect
Mass effect is a deep and rich universe. It tackles some philosophical themes at a level that even Star Trek has been reluctant to grasp.
Quantum Break
If you have a CPU with many threads such as an AMD Threadripper, the game may crash at launch with the following error.
R_ASSERT( Havok Error (id 0xf03454fe)
Memory\System\FreeList\hkFreeListMemorySystem.cpp (100): Too many threads
)
File: Memory\System\FreeList\hkFreeListMemorySystem.cpp
Line: 100
Reason: Too many threads
When running the game with Proton, you can fix this with the launch option:
WINE_CPU_TOPOLOGY=31:0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30 %command%