Linux Review:

The Midnight Walkers

Fight, scavenge, and extract in The Midnight Walkers, a hardcore FPS game with deadly zombies, dangerous players, and valuable loot. Craft weapons, armor, and consumables; trade items; and maintain your hideout. Escape Liberty Grand Center mega complex, and thrive...or die and lose everything.

PROTON TIER: BRONZE

The Midnight Walkers is a hardcore FPS where players battle zombies, other players, and scavenge for loot in a post-apocalyptic setting. The objective is to escape a mega-complex and thrive, or perish and lose everything.

Status Check Proton (Bronze)

TWEAKS & TRICKS

• Anti-Cheat Initialization Failure: The game crashes during initialization due to anti-cheat issues.
  • Solution: LD_PRELOAD="" PROTON_NO_STEAMINPUT=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_USE_WOW64=1 PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 %command% -dx11
• Crashes on Normal Proton (Steam Next Fest Demo): The demo crashes on standard Proton, but functions with Proton GE.
  • Solution: Use Custom Proton: proton-EM-10.0-2E
• Failed Dependency Initialization: The game fails to initialize dependencies, resulting in a crash.
  • Solution: LD_PRELOAD="" PROTON_NO_STEAMINPUT=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 PROTON_USE_WOW64=1 PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1 %command% -dx11

Verdict Despite being playable with Proton GE and specific launch options, the Bronze tier rating and persistent crashes indicate significant compatibility challenges. The anti-cheat system appears to be a primary issue. Proceed with caution.