Paladins

Easy Anti-Cheat

Running

Deck: UnsupportedOnline via workaround · Easy Anti-Cheat

Running. Reported to work, but not officially supported. Expect to rely on community workarounds, and a ban risk can't be ruled out.

Setup & launch options

%command%
Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye only work under Proton when the developer has enabled it for this game, and no launch option changes that. Use the latest Proton (or Proton Experimental) and leave launch options empty unless a note below says otherwise.

General guidance only. Per-game launch options aren't part of the upstream dataset, so follow the community notes for game-specific steps.

GameMode

gamemoderun %command%

Feral GameMode: requests performance tuning while the game runs. Needs the gamemode package installed.

MangoHud overlay

mangohud %command%

FPS and performance overlay. Needs MangoHud installed.

Write Proton log

PROTON_LOG=1 %command%

Dumps a debug log to steam-<appid>.log in your home folder (or PROTON_LOG_DIR).

Pick extras, then paste the result into Steam: right-click the game → Properties → Launch Options. Need more? Open the full builder.

Easy Anti-Cheat works under Proton only when the developer has enabled Linux support. There is no launch option to turn it on.

Enable GameMode gamemoderunFeral GameMode: requests performance tuning while the game runs. Needs the gamemode package installed.
Enable MangoHud overlay mangohudFPS and performance overlay. Needs MangoHud installed.
Write Proton log PROTON_LOG=1Dumps a debug log to steam-<appid>.log in your home folder (or PROTON_LOG_DIR).
Disable esync PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1Do not use eventfd-based in-process synchronization primitives. Troubleshooting only.

%command%

%command% is replaced by the game's normal start command, so this adds nothing. Tick an option above to extend it.

Make sure to check recent updates, the game is known to break often (And the status may not update to reflect that)

Apr 1, 2025
EAC updated, and Linux allowed after Evil Mojo layoffs
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Feb 14, 2023
No plans to dedicate time for steam deck / linux compatibility
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Aug 5, 2022
Previously working most likely due to fluke in EAC Config
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Jul 13, 2022
Reports of game not working
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Jun 30, 2022
Proton Experimental - Now Playable: Paladins
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May 14, 2022
Running with Proton GE, Anti-Cheat may not be intentionally enabled
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Nov 9, 2021
Hope to provide such support in the near future
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