Games

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Games can be run by different applications. Some are able to include libraries from different plattforms.

Application	Platform	Remarks
Steam	Steam	Windows games work fine. Linux games are often incompatible due to how NixOS works.
Lutris	GOG, Humble Bundle, Epic, EA App, Ubisoft Connect, Steam, Flatpak, Wine
Heroic	Epic, GOG, Prime Gaming, Wine
Wine	Windows applications/games	often easier to use Lutris install scripts for wine applications/games
nixpgs	Linux games	There are several games in nixpgs. You can install them directly, e.g. vintagestory, flightgear, lots of racing games.
Dosbox	DOS applications/games

List of games

Renowned Explorers: International Society

Tested with version renowned_explorers_international_society_522_26056.sh from gog.com. It can be played with steam-run, but it needs some libraries that are not normally included in Steam's FHS environment. One way to solve this is to add an overlay:

  nixpkgs.overlays = [
    (self: super: {
      steam-run = (super.steam.override {
        extraLibraries = pkgs: with pkgs;
          [
            libxkbcommon
            mesa
            wayland
            (sndio.overrideAttrs (old: {
              postFixup = old.postFixup + ''
                ln -s $out/lib/libsndio.so $out/lib/libsndio.so.6.1
              '';
            }))
          ];
      }).run;
    })
  ];

Adding libxkbcommon, mesa, and wayland is straightforward. The game expects the shared library sdnio.so.6.1 to exist, so we need to create a symbolic link after the installation of sndio.