“The good news is that gaming on Linux has improved dramatically in recent years. Besides the many native Linux titles already available, you can also play a huge selection of Windows-only games using compatibility tools like Proton (built into Steam) and Wine. In fact, nearly 80% of the most popular Windows games now run on Linux with little to no extra effort.”
For myself, I’ve been using Manjaro Linux the last few years, and I am playing all the games I’ve needed to so far on Linux. My list includes:
- Snowrunner
- War Thunder multiplayer
- Ships at Sea
- Assetto Corsa EVO
- Assetto Corsa Competizione
- BeamNG Drive
- Train Fever
- Euro Truck Sim in multiplayer
- American Truck Sim
- FORZA Horizon 4
- Hell Let Loose
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Dirt Rally 2.0
- rFactor 2
- Train Sim World 5
All in all, it is 77 games, so I have more than enough to keep me playing. I’ve not got Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 so cannot comment on that one, but the only one that I think did not play for me on Linux was World of Subways 3.
See https://www.tecmint.com/linux-distros-for-playing-windows-games