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.
Show Steam Deck compatibility for a game
For Steam games, you can inspect the Steam Deck compatibility category and the recommended runtime.
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.