Games launched through Steam on Manjaro crash

If you want to compare Manjaro with Arch you should switch to the unstable branch and update both systems at the same time and redo your tests. Switching Branches - Manjaro Outdated packages may create different results …

Also check ProtonDB for possible quirks needed to run games: https://www.protondb.com/app/2139460

Personally I’m working on the not yet released Manjaro Gaming Edition and had so far no crashes with games I tested it with. That OS will be launched with the Development | Q&A | Zotac Gaming ZONE and Development | Q&A | OrangePi Neo-01 most likely end of Q3-2025. Gaming is done via Gamescope similar to SteamOS.