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Manage Games

protondl allows listing and managing installed games.

Managing games is currently supported for the following launchers: Steam

List installed games

You may list the installed games of a launcher by running the following command. It displays the launcher's game ID, the name of the game, the install directory, and the compatibility tool the game uses.

protondl list-games <launcher id>

Show Steam Deck compatibility for a game

For Steam games, you can inspect the Steam Deck compatibility category and the recommended runtime.

protondl get-steam-deck-status <launcher id> <game id>

The command prints the Steam Deck status as one of UNKNOWN, UNSUPPORTED, PLAYABLE, or VERIFIED.

Set compatibility tool for a specific game

Run the following command to force that a specific game uses a specific compatibility tool. Use the game id from list-games and the tool name from list-installed.

protondl set-tool <launcher id> <game id> <tool name>

# Reset game-specific override and use global tool
protondl set-tool <launcher id> <game id> none

set-tool currently requires a Steam launcher.