I can confirm this is happening with Proton 7.0-2.
Launched through Steam
It was about 1mb every 2-5 seconds.
Log File:
https://pastebin.com/Lq4CTkyh
This issue has been resolved in the latest version of the game.
proton 7.0-2x1 2022-07proton experimentalx1 2022-06
Compatibility Report
System Information
I confirm:
Proton Log:
steam-1239080.log
Symptoms
Since the SWAT update (v0.31), playing missions causes the game to slowly use more and more RAM (even when the game is paused to the menu or in the results screen). In ~20 minutes, it can go up to 2.6 GB of RAM of usage, and I've seen it run away up to 8 GB before I killed it. Previous to this update, it never seemed to ever go over 1 GB of RAM throughout long play sessions.
Reproduction