Overwatch is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Unveiled at BlizzCon 2014, the game emphasizes cooperative gameplay using a cast of various "heroes", each with their own abilities and roles within a team. The E-sports scene developing around the game over the years has gained tremendous popularity with the finals even being broadcasted on ESPN, DIsney and other mainstream platforms.
Application Details:
| Version: | Current Version |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | https://playoverwatch.com |
| Votes: | 17 |
| Latest Rating: | Garbage |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 7.6-staging |
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What works
Everything
What does not
Opening the gifts menu put a dark filter over everything, which went away when I pressed 'Esc'
The game runs very poorly compared to Windows, 200 fps on Windows vs 30-40 fps on Linux.
Workarounds
DXVK solved the lag problem, but there were still many major lag spikes, sometimes freezing the game for two seconds or more.
What was not tested
Social features. Controller support.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | KDE neon | Apr 13 2022 | 7.6-staging | Yes | Yes | No | Garbage | rebio | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Feb 13 2022 | 7.1 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Nguy?n Lâm | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Jan 20 2022 | 7.0-rc5-staging | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Nguy?n Lâm | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Oct 20 2020 | 5.0.2 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Ewan | |
| Show | Slackware64 -current | Oct 09 2019 | 4.17-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | LD50 |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 42675 | [Overwatch] Phantom mouse input / view pulled up to ceiling | STAGED | View | |
| 43780 | Differents elements are too bright on differents games (overwatch, GTA V) | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 43781 | FPS drops, apparently matching with d3d_shader traces | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 44650 | Multiple Blizzard games need dxgi and d3d11 dlls mapped without hole between two LOAD segments (Diablo III v2. 6. 1. 49286+, World of Warcraft, Overwatch) | STAGED | View | |
| 45623 | Audio cracking since 3.13 | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 45862 | [Overwatch] Saving highlights in MP4 format fails, needs mfreadwrite.dll.MFCreateSinkWriterFromURL | NEW | View | |
| 47457 | Mouse click-click-hold is treated as double click, causing gun jam in Overwatch | STAGED | View | |
| 49476 | Overwatch doesn't start with Wine version set to Windows 7 | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 51123 | Overwatch constantly freezing | UNCONFIRMED | View |
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