Wayland Native Games Compatibility List

Wayland Native.md

Game	Wayland	Engine	Info
Aragami	no	Unity	SDL2: crash
Baba Is You	no	Multimedia Fusion 2	SDL2: crash
Bastion	yes*	FNA-XNA	SDL2 preload mouse KO, xbox pad OK
BattleBlock Theater®	no	-	SDL2: crash
Besiege	no	Unity	SDL2 : no effect
BioShock Infinite	yes*	Unreal Engine 3	SDL2 preload
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien	no	-	SDL2: crash
Black Mesa	yes*	Source	SDL2 preload
Borderlands 2	no	Unreal Engine 3	SDL2: error
Celeste	yes*	FNA-XNA	SDL2 preload
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare	yes*	Unreal Engine 3	SDL2 preload mouse KO
Cities: Skylines	no	Unity	launcher fail to start game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	yes*	Source	SDL2 preload
Crusader Kings II	no	Clausewitz Engine	SDL2: crash
Day of Infamy	yes*	Source	SDL2 preload
Dead Cells	no	-	SDL2: crash
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided	no	Dawn Engine	SDL2: no visible window
DiRT Rally	no	Ego Engine	SDL2: no visible window
Distance	no	-	SDL2 : no effect
Dreamfall Chapters	no	Unity	SDL2 : no effect
Euro Truck Simulator 2	no	Prism3D	SDL2 : no effect
Europa Universalis IV	no	Clausewitz Engine	SDL2: crash
EVERSPACE™	no	Unreal Engine 4	SDL2: crash
Factorio	no	-	SDL2 : no effect
fault - milestone one	yes*	Ren'Py	SDL2 preload
FEZ	yes*	FNA-XNA	SDL2 preload
From the Depths	no	-	SDL2: no visible window
FTL: Faster Than Light	no	-	SDL2 : no effect
Game Dev Tycoon	no	NW.js	SDL2 : no effect
Garry's Mod	yes*	Source	SDL2 preload
Gear Up	no	-	SDL2 : no effect
Guns of Icarus Online	no	Unity	SDL2 : no effect
Hearts of Iron IV	no	Clausewitz Engine	launcher fail to start game
HITMAN™	no	-	SDL2: no visible window
Hollow Knight	no	Unity	SDL2: no visible window
Iconoclasts	no	Construct 3	SDL2 : no effect
Indivisible	yes*	-	SDL2 preload
Insurgency	yes*	Source	SDL2 preload
ISLANDERS	no	Unity	SDL2: crash
Kerbal Space Program	no	Unity	SDL2: crash
Left 4 Dead 2	yes*	Source	SDL2 preload
Life is Strange - Episode 1	no	Unreal Engine 3	SDL2: crash
Life is Strange 2	yes*	Unreal Engine 4	SDL2 preload
Life is Strange: Before the Storm	no	Unity	SDL2: no visible window
Mad Max	no	Apex Engine	SDL2: no visible window
Metro 2033 : Redux	no	4A Engine	SDL2 : OpenGL 4.0 or later has not been found
Metro Last Light : Redux	no	4A Engine	SDL2 : OpenGL 4.0 or later has not been found
Minecraft	no	LWJGL	LWJGL crash
Mini Metro	no	Unity	SDL2: crash
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight	no	GameMaker Studio	SDL2 : no effect
Northgard	no	-	SDL2: crash
PAYDAY 2	no	Diesel Engine	SDL2: crash
Portal	no	Source	SDL2: logo and crash
Portal 2	yes*	Source	SDL2 preload
Project Zomboid		LWJGL	XWayland: compatibility mode
Robocraft	no	Unity	SDL2: no visible window
Rocket League®	yes*	Unreal Engine 3	SDL2 preload Native RL deprecated, for online game need Proton/RocketLeague
Saints Row IV	yes*	-	SDL2 preload
Saints Row: The Third	yes*	-	SDL2 preload
Seers Isle	no	-	XWayland crash
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	yes*	-	SDL2 preload
Shan Gui (山桂)	no	-	XWayland crash
Sid Meier's Civilization® V	no	Gamebryo	SDL2: crash
Snow Light	no	-	SDL2: logo and crash
Sound of Drop - fall into poison -	yes*	-	SDL2 preload
Star Conflict	no	Hammer Engine	SDL2: crash
Stellaris	no	Clausewitz Engine	SDL2: crash
Terraria	yes*	FNA-XNA	SDL2 preload mouse KO
The Coma: Recut	no	-	SDL2: crash
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition	yes*	REDengine	SDL2 preload need mouse border calibration
Tomb Raider	no	-	SDL2: no visible window
Transistor	no	-	SDL2: logo and crash
Unturned	no	Unity	SDL2: crash
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action	no	GameMaker Studio	SDL2 : no effect
War Thunder	no	-	SDL2 : no effect
We. The Revolution	no	-	SDL2: no visible window
Whispering Willows	no	Unity	SDL2: crash
XCOM® 2	no	Unreal Engine 3	SDL2: crash

For games with Clausewitz Engine, it is possible to run them in Wayland with the following launch options:

SDL_DYNAMIC_API=/usr/lib64/libSDL2-2.0.so SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland %command%

Tested on Arch Linux. You need to install sdl2 package before doing this.

What does no effect mean?

What does no effect mean?

Game start but with XWayland

So which one is supposed to be the "works on Wayland"?

The games that are marked with yes* can work on Wayland natively, but they require some tinkering with the environment variables. I suppose that when a game is marked yes (without the asterisk) that means they can run on Wayland natively without any configuration. Those that are marked with no require XWayland to run.

The games that are marked with yes* can work on Wayland natively, but they require some tinkering with the environment variables. I suppose that when a game is marked yes (without the asterisk) that means they can run on Wayland natively without any configuration. Those that are marked with no require XWayland to run.

Well, there are only yes* titles...
By tinkering, do you mean setting the SDL variable to Wayland?

By tinkering, do you mean setting the SDL variable to Wayland?

Yes, but it also includes setting other variables such as SDL_DYNAMIC_API or LD_PRELOAD to the appropriate values (if needed).

By tinkering, do you mean setting the SDL variable to Wayland?

Yes, but it also includes setting other variables such as SDL_DYNAMIC_API or LD_PRELOAD to the appropriate values (if needed).

How do you know which variables should be set and their appropriate values?

How do you know which variables should be set and their appropriate values?

So far it has been trial-and-error. If setting SDL_VIDEODRIVER crashes the game or has no effect, I try SDL_DYNAMIC_API (see my first comment on this). If that still doesn't work, I consider that the game is not going to work with Wayland.

It would be great if someone had some experience through trial and error would comment it here and it could be added as an additional column, so people reading this know exactly what parameters to you when possible.

Do you know the env variable needed for Garry's Mod. I tried putting the variables you mentioned like this: SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland for example, but it doesn't work, the game has no menu options and break my mouse cursor for my entire desktop. I'm using sway. @hch12907

Does Gmod use SDL2?

Does Gmod use SDL2?

I am fairly sure it does use SDL2.

https://www.protondb.com/app/1088090
I suggest adding this game as far as I can tell answer is yes*, Unreal Engine 4, SDL2 Environment var(SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland)
and in the future it will use UE5

https://www.protondb.com/app/1088090 I suggest adding this game as far as I can tell answer is yes*, Unreal Engine 4, SDL2 Environment var(SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland) and in the future it will use UE5

Thanks

Factorio added Wayland support with Version 1.1.77.

Added support for Wayland on Linux. To enable it, set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland in your environment. (thanks to raiguard)

Crusader Kings 2 runs on Wayland using the launch options:

SDL_DYNAMIC_API=/usr/lib64/libSDL2-2.0.so SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland %command%

Path Of Titans: Also works with using SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland(Native)
(Crashes on entering a server or entering singleplayer

VirtuaVerse run (and works) on wayland with SDL_DYNAMIC_API and SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland.
I have updated some info and added a workaround for flatpak launchers:
https://github.com/marc0x1/Wayland-Native-Games-Compatibility-List
Feel free to check it and fork it

Serious Sam Classic The First Encounter
Serious Sam Classic The Second Encounter
https://github.com/tx00100xt/SeriousSamClassic-VK
Run on Wayland natively without any configuration. (Arch linux/Gentoo linux. I haven't tested it on other distributions.)

Don't know why, but Unturned runs perfectly fine on wayland natievly using SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland %command%. Update the list.

Portal works. Rimworld works

Factorio is now Wayland native, making it the first game in this list to be yes without an asterisk