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
All aspects are currently working
What does not
Vanilla Wine performance is lacking without DXVK
Workarounds
Using DXVK solved any performance issues. Set Environment Variables for cache as-per DXVK instruction to have the smoothest gameplay
What was not tested
All aspects of the game were tested.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Installation of DXVK is a must for performance. Once this has been installed (and cache built), the game runs as expected with no issues.
| 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 | |
| Current | 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 | |
| 45623 | Audio cracking since 3.13 | UNCONFIRMED | View | |
| 45862 | Multiple applications need MFCreateSinkWriterFromURL() implementation (Overwatch highlights, RadiAnt DICOM Viewer, Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar Editor) | 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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