Sober is a new way to play Roblox on Linux from the Vinegar team
www.gamingonlinux.com
While Roblox does still remain blocked on Linux with Wine, as usual the community finds a way. The Vinegar team recently revealed Sober, a currently closed-source specialized runtime for the Android version of Roblox.

Roblox was broken on Deck and linux by the addition of a new anti-cheat. The way the Sober app gets around the anti-cheat is by instead running the android app. This apparently has some significant performance improvements over the usual PC app as well, with people reporting up to twice the performance on the same hardware.

I know people are pretty dismissive of roblox (myself included), but it’s hugely popular and it’s always good to have the option.

  • Ace! _SL/S@ani.social
    17·
    4 months ago

    Roblox was broken on Deck and linux by the addition of a new anti-cheat

    Afaik, it wasn’t broken. The Roblox devs put in extra work to block Linux users from playing because according to them “the majority of cheaters are on Linux”. Who knows if that’s true

    • Telorand@reddthat.com
      13·
      4 months ago

      I doubt that’s true. Linux is barely 2% of the overall gaming market. 4% if you include general desktop users. I do not believe for a second that a tiny fraction of 2% who play roblox are “mostly” cheaters.

      What’s more likely is they’re Windows users who are running a VM to circumvent the anticheat, and the Officers are too lazy to pay their devs to come up with a viable anticheat that doesn’t exclude people.

  • mistrgamin@lemmy.world
    111·
    4 months ago

    Just logged in for the first time in years and this was the first thing recommended. Fuckin’ grooming simulator

  • jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee
    41·
    4 months ago

    It can be very fun with friends, so it’s cool to not need to dualboot to be able to play

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    3 months ago

    I know people are pretty dismissive of roblox (myself included), but it’s hugely popular and it’s always good to have the option.

    Yeah I mean, to be honest the first time I saw this post I scrolled past and was like “meh, I’d rather just play Wobbly Life”…

    …but then I saw this post again and thought… damn actually this is a pretty huge win for the Steam Deck and Linux gaming in general!!

    Even if the person buying the Steam Deck doesn’t give a shit about being able to play Roblox… if they have a kid who likes to play video games… then there is a decent chance that kid plays Roblox with their friends which for the parent/family member adds a huge amount of value to the Steam Deck, and for a non-zero amount of kids who will now inevitably play Roblox on their parent’s/family’s Steam Deck because of this, Roblox will be their first introduction to Linux… and those kids will think of Linux as a no bullshit way to play Roblix …which is objectively cool!

    Also, it is easy to dismiss Roblox and stereotype games built on its game engine platform as all being of a certain type… and fundamentally unpolished/amateur in design. There are some genuinely awesome games on Roblox though, he is a short list of some FPS games (because that is mostly what I look for in 3d games) but also I will include other types of games if I find any especially good ones:

    Phantom Forces - a Call Of Duty Modern Warfare clone, check it out before you judge

    https://www.roblox.com/games/292439477/Phantom-Forces

    Project Delta - open world multiplayer survival shooter set in post apocalyptic wasteland

    https://project-delta-a.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Delta_Roblox_Wiki

    https://www.roblox.com/games/7336302630/Project-Delta

    youtube tutorial/basic guide

    Do you know any good, mechanically polished games on the Roblox platform?