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Also, for folks out of the loop, let me explain what this entails. I installed Steam. I clicked install on a game. I clicked play in Steam. That was it. Proton isn't some sort of thing you need to install or launch separately. It really does "just work".
I'm able to play Deep Rock Galactic, Helldivers 2, and even Marvel Rivals online just fine. All of these are online multiplayer games, the types that generally seem to have the most trouble on Linux.
that is most definitely not the process. You have to explicitly go into Steam's settings > Compatibility > "Enable Steam Play for all other titles" (what in the world, it's called Steam Play, not Proton?) and then additionally select which Proton version you want. If you don't know this, or don't google it with the right keywords, you won't understand why literally 90% of your library isn't available (in my case it was 99% of my library, I think I only had 3 games available on linux natively). Also if you select the wrong Proton version some games won't run, so you have to know that and switch it for those games only.
They're likely using a gaming distro that has those settings enabled by default.
It isn't perfectly seamless but enabling Steam Play or changing proton versions isn't any more of an advanced task than verifying game files (something that Windows users are asked to do the moment that they have a problem).
It has come a long way from the days of manually creating wine environments and writing custom launch files.
If you can install Skyrim or Minecraft mods (not using Steam Workshop) then you're sophisticated enough to game on gaming distros like Pop and Bazzite.
If you can use cheat engine without a guide and write your own mods then you're ready for Arch.
I'm using CachyOS, I think it was set up out of the box.
CachyOS is great.