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Darwin's Paradox Demo

protonopen appid 3349210Game compatibility - UnofficialXAudio2
ValveSoftware/Proton#9496 · opened 2026-02-14 by Reonu · updated 2026-02-25 · 1 comments · github · game page · search this game
RReonu 2026-02-14 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Darwin's Paradox (Demo)
  • Steam AppID of the game: 3349210

System Information

  • GPU: RTX 4070Ti Super
  • Video driver version: nvidia-open 590.48.01
  • Kernel version: 6.18.9-arch1-2
  • Link to full system information report as Gist: https://gist.github.com/Reonu/2b9d6b2dc3a3b068d66316eee69cfdd9
  • Proton version: Tried the default one, as well as 10.0-4, Experimental and GEProton-10.5. All of them have the same issue.

Running EndeavourOS.

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.

Here is the proton log:
steam-3349210.log

Symptoms

Steam starts the game but it's stuck in a black screen and the only way out is to kill the process.

Also, Steam becomes impossible to interact with even after the game's process has been killed, unless I right click the Steam icon in the tray, then quit Steam from there. Steam then goes back to normal and closes itself properly.

Reproduction

Just start up the game

RReonu 2026-02-25 github

Update: Based on protondb comments, my issue seems to be Nvidia-specific. The game seems to work fine on Intel and AMD. @kisak-valve

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