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A Way Out

protonopen appid 1222700Game compatibility - Unofficial
ValveSoftware/Proton#4021 · opened 2020-06-26 by RondoRevolution · updated 2026-03-23 · 12 comments · github · game page · search this game
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RRondoRevolution 2020-06-26 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: A Way Out
  • Steam AppID of the game: 1222700

System Information

  • GPU: RX 5700 XT
  • Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 20.0.8/9.0.1
  • Kernel version: 5.6.18
  • Link to full system information report as Gist
  • Proton version: 5.0.9/GE-5.8-2-MF/GE-5.9-2-MF

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.

Log:
steam-1222700.log

Symptoms

The game crashes at a certain point/scene. I couldn't make the game run with the AMDGPU-PRO drivers, so I can't be sure if this is only a RADV issue.

UPDATE: Couldn't get it to run with AMDVLK too. I can only start the game with RADV, the game won't even launch with other drivers.

Reproduction

  1. Get to the Prison Scape scene;
  2. After Leo pull Vincent up the cable, there is a cutscene;
  3. Both jump through a roof glass, upon getting up the game hangs and green artifacts appear on the screen after a few seconds.
NNarann 2021-02-13 github

Thanks for the report. On my side, I can't even start it. Game is marked "Running", button is blue with the "Stop" text, but nothing show up.

EDIT: In case anyone have same problem as me, you need to install the 32bits vulkan loader with sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386. After this, Origin installation UI will show up properly during OriginSetup step and game will start.

RRondoRevolution 2021-02-17 github

As an update to my original bug report:

A Way Out is working now. I was able to play from beginning to end with an AMD GPU using ACO (as it is now the default). It looks like before becoming the default I actually failed to try it in the game by putting the wrong launch options in the game properties, by putting RADV_PERFTEST=aco after %command% instead of before, so it was an error on my part.

VVictorVow 2021-04-24 github

Crashes during start-up for me. Have tried Proton 5.13-6, 6.3-2, 6.5-2 and Proton Experimental and all crash for me. It produces this error message:

JJoshTheTofu 2022-03-05 github

In each play session, game runs well on max graphic settings for a while, but then, usually when the scene changes to a new area, the FPS suddenly drops to about 15fps and remains at that framerate or lower until I turn the shadows down to low, then it goes back to 60+ fps. I can then instantly switch back to high shadows and it will stay at 60 fps.

Does anybody know how to fix this bug with the shadows?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-12-22 github

Two controller support on "A way out" game

Issue transferred from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9027.
@andirsun posted on 2022-12-22T03:46:01:

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): Latest beta Dec 2022
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Pop_os
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No] Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist

Hi, the game is running great on my linux machine (pop_os) but the problem is with the controllers.
I want to play cooperative (split screen) and I have two controllers connected to my pc (play station dualsense and Xbox one controller).
When I start the game with two controllers connected and I want to choose the characters, only one controller is detected and the other is not recognized.
I have been trying some tweaks: disable steam input, active support for playstation and xbox controllers on big-picture etc.
I really want to know if I can plan with two controllers.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

@mbtns commented on 2022-12-22T10:51:25:

Hi,

Had a lot of issues with this game, but not with the controllers.

  • Are you playing wired or wireless? I find that in general, playing wired works a lot better
  • I play it with 2 xbox one controllers connected with the play-and-charge cable) on Fedora without issues.

Best of luck.

Aandirsun 2022-12-28 github

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4021#issuecomment-1362843378

On Steam works normally but not on my laptop or desktop with proton.

NNTMan 2025-04-02 github

Can't invite a friend to online co-op because Origin Overlay didn't work.

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NNTMan 2025-04-02 github

Workaround:

  1. Install Proton GE
  2. Launch winecfg
> STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=~/.steam/root  STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH=~/.steam/root/steamapps/compatdata/1222700/ ~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton9-27/proton run winecfg
  1. Go to Staging tab
  2. Set checkbox Hide Wine version from applications
  3. Select Groton GE for the game on compatibility tab.

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YYanEx13 2026-01-01 github

Hi everyone, I’m not sure if I’m reporting this in the right place, but there is an issue with Steam Overlay in the game - it simply doesn’t work, which makes it impossible to start the game via Remote Play Together.

?ghost 2026-03-23 github

Hi everyone, I’m not sure if I’m reporting this in the right place, but there is an issue with Steam Overlay in the game - it simply doesn’t work, which makes it impossible to start the game via Remote Play Together.

Iam having the same issue. and i wonder if other games with ea origins launcher would have the same issue also

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-03-23 github

There is #4009.

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