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7 Days to Die

protonopen appid 251570Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#2845 · opened 2019-06-30 by Tony556 · updated 2026-04-26 · 10 comments · github · game page · search this game
TTony556 2019-06-30 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: 7 Days to Die
  • Steam AppID of the game: 251570

System Information

I confirm:

  • [ X ] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [ X ] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

steam-251570.log

Symptoms

Joystick (with steam input turned on and off) doesn't work when not directly up/down or left/right. Inbetweens just don't respond.

Tested with both PS4 and XBOne controller

Video:
~~https://streamable.com/8yytw~~ (EDIT: didn't upload properly)

https://streamable.com/kqob9

(Bonus bug: DS4 shows as XB1 in game, but that may be due to how the kernel has the "name" of the controller, and it can't detect it in both native and proton)

Reproduction

Don't use native, run proton version.

Launch game with controller plugged

Spin the left stick.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2019-09-29 github

7 Days to Die (251570)

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3102.
@betam4x posted on 2019-09-29T00:53:51:

NOTE: 7 Days To Die has a Linux port, but it's buggy and doesn't perform well. In addition, the developer has shown little interest in maintaining it. Running the game via Proton has always worked fantastic in the past, with frame rates exceeding Windows in many instances. I don't know if it was a new proton version or my switch from Ubuntu to ArchLinux, but something has caused a few issues:

  1. Game freezes on quit and has to be killed.
  2. New game can only start on random gen. The built in map freezes. I do not have a log for this, but will try and provide one.
  3. Quite a few "Object not set to instance of Object" errors (Unity Engine, so .NET framework) that don't happen under Windows.

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1080ti
Driver: 435.21
Kernel: 5.3.1
Proton Version: 4.11-6 (I will try other versions later as I have time and update this post, will also try running steam itself under wine and installing it that way.)
System Log: https://gist.github.com/betam4x/fd0cbe712d51c3fce28b689f748c1e33
Debug Log: https://gist.github.com/betam4x/b9db1a940c78569a47543ed167a5f724

I confirm:

  • [ ] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game. (There is another issue open for this game for an unrelated bug)
  • [ X] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.
Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-01-23 github

7 Days to Die (EAC)

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3445.
@franksouza183 posted on 2020-01-23T23:06:52:

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: 7 Days to Die (especifically the Easy Anti Cheat)
  • Steam AppID of the game: 251570

System Information

I confirm:

  • [x] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

steam-251570.log

Symptoms

The game runs well, the problem is in Easy Anti-cheat, witch doesn't allow me to connect to EAC servers.

Reproduction

Enable proton. Run with EAC enabled, try to connect to any EAC server.

Ccoreybruce 2023-02-08 github

Since I think Alpha 17 (could be earlier) this game has had memory leaking issues even on the native version, I hope we can somehow fix it in proton.

Ccoreybruce 2023-07-01 github

Games EAC is kicking me out ever since the Alpha 21 came out

Only works in proton Experimental and fails to launch in Proton 8.0-1

System Information

Link to gist: https://gist.github.com/coreybruce/3a7dd24ead8b58d8b85b4f94f5906a58

Screenshot from 2023-07-02 00-02-54

Ddqfan2012 2025-01-19 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: 7 Days to Die
  • Steam AppID of the game: 251570

System Information

  • OS : Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
  • GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
  • Video driver version: NVIDIA-SMI 565.77 and Mesa Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (dual graphics)
  • Kernel version: 6.9.3
  • Link to full system information report as Gist: System Information in Gist
  • Proton version: Proton 9.0.4 and Proton Experimental (game won't boot with older versions)

I confirm:

  • [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

The problem is worse when EAC is enabled. The logs I'm providing is with EAC disabled.

  • The game freezes at various points, like when clicking buttons in the UI or while loading.
  • Sometimes I get a pop-up saying the game isn’t responding, with the “Force Quit” and “Wait” options.
  • On the rare occasion I make it into the game, I encounter random UI problems (e.g., the mouse stops working for controlling the character’s view). The game eventually becomes unresponsive.

steam-251570.zip

Reproduction

The only way I know to replicate the problem is to obtain an oryx4 from System 76 (Nvidia). Download the latest version of steam after ensuring the OS is completely up to date. Then install 7 Days to Die and run it with Proton.

Ssolenum 2025-01-20 github

I could never get the native version of this to work well for me, a mix of performance and input issues. Usually the Windows version via proton works fine, but coming back to the game after a ~2 year break, I get a major performance/input issue after ~45-60 minutes of play, regardless of setting I use (native input on/off, graphics jobs on/off, gl, vulkan, directx), I'm playing with someone who's on Windows and they can't replicate the problem with very similar hardware.

It's like the game starts stuttering like crazy any time I move my mouse, generally if I run in a straight line it seems fine but as soon as I try to look around it's like a slideshow, and I have to restart the game to fix it.

Could be an issue with the game, it's pretty janky in general and has always been plagued with weird issues, but hopefully this is something I can solve on my end because it's really annoying!

Cheers.

Edit; See below comment, issue not specific to this game, launch args 'LD_PRELOAD="" %command%" resolve the issue entirely for me.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2025-01-20 github

Hello @solenum, you've described the issue being tracked at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/11446.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-04-22 github

7DaystoDie EAC broken in current proton versions

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/9697.
@coreybruce posted on 2026-04-22T04:11:55:

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: 7 Days to Die
  • Steam AppID of the game: 251570/7_Days_to_Die

System Information

  • GPU: RX 9070XT
  • Video driver version: Mesa 26.0.2
  • Kernel version: 6.18
  • Link to full system information report as Gist:
  • Proton version: 9, 10, 11 beta and experimental

I confirm:

  • [ x] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [ x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

https://gist.github.com/coreybruce/1fd96713f4ef6952c4049862a57dd047

Symptoms

This issue has been there for a few years now and used to work, this happens to multiple versions of proton I have tested, it seems to think that a file in proton is unverified and therefore disables EAC as if it can't be used when this is a false flag in the game. I would love to be able to play the game via proton as DXVK performs better then GLcore in the game also we are missing features like FSR for example which is only available on the native version if you use Vulkan which is unusable and not ready for use yet on Windows/Linux.

Launch game via proton, and you will get this error

Image

Reproduction

Play game via proton

Ccoreybruce 2026-04-22 github

Woops sorry for the duplicate post, I just realised I made a post about it here in 2023

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-04-26 github

Proton 11 - 7 days to die hard crashes when friends try to join lobby

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/9716.
@XDM-Inc posted on 2026-04-26T00:37:05:

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: 7 days to die
  • Steam AppID of the game: 251570

System Information

  • GPU: 7900 XTX

  • Video driver version: OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 26.0.5-arch2.4

  • Kernel version: 7.0.1-1

  • Link to full system information report as Gist:

  • Proton version: proton 11 beta

I confirm:

  • [✅ ] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [✅ ] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.
nothing useful in log it hard crashes but this is the final line before it does

2026-04-25T02:26:29 72.958 INF [Steamworks.NET] NET: P2PSessionRequest from: [redacted ID here]

Symptoms

henever my friend tries to join my game the game will HARD freeze on my end he is using proton experimental and i was using proton 11 beta. ive tried TONS of different solutions such as backing up and deleting ALL save data and trying a fresh game install on both native linux version of the game and the windows version. the issue does not happen on the native linux version or versions of proton 10.4 or lower. game works fine on wine 10.4

Reproduction

switched back and forth between proton 11, 10.4 and native linux version of the game.
fresh start on my end,new world,character and game install.

Proton versions

Launch lines

Upstream links