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Wine Gaming

Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD. This subreddit is for the discussion of using WINE to play video games.

53k subscribers63 posts / mo in Sep 202656 authors / mosince 2013

r/wine_gaming has 53k members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 63 posts a month from 56 people. Top topics: WineLinuxGames, Linux Gaming and Linux Gaming Issues.

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Size and growth

How r/wine_gaming has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+11%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months
Oct 202653k
Growing53k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+40%vs Sep 2025 · +12% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202663
BusierPeaked at 154 in Jan 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/wine_gaming

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. WineLinuxGames11%
  2. Linux Gaming11%
  3. Linux Gaming Issues2.8%
  4. ProtonLinuxGames1.5%
  5. Linux Gaming Tools & Troubleshooting1.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Lutris
  2. Battle
  3. Steamcommunity
  4. Homebrew

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research