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The only game I have ever played is FIFA on a PS4. Now I have a gaming laptop but have no idea how I should go about playing games on Linux. Appreciate your help in advance!

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[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Minecraft is pretty fun, especially if you're new to gaming. Lots of different ways to play.

And Minetest is a great FOSS clone.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

Definitely not a clone. It looks similar on first glance but the entire game is structured differently. The base game is very minimal you need to install Addons and other games from contentdb for the most fun.