Online Steam games freeze completely (Dota2, CSGO, Insurgency). Kernels 11 and 12

I don’t have any issues with other games (Witcher3, Divinity Original Sin2, Civ6).
I run steam via prime-run steam.
I have prime-run %command% enabled in properties.

inxi --full --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host
System:    Kernel: 5.12.1-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.12-x86_64 root=UUID=08a7c60e-d56a-45b2-acdd-71de83c1fe4d ro quiet apparmor=1 
           security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.21.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux 
           base: Arch Linux 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81FV v: Lenovo Legion Y530-15ICH serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 
           v: Lenovo Legion Y530-15ICH serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: 8JCN56WW date: 11/30/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 43.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 43.4/52.5 Wh (82.7%) volts: 12.6 min: 11.4 model: CPT-COS L17C3PG1 
           type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Full 
Memory:    RAM: total: 15.51 GiB used: 4.78 GiB (30.8%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 
           model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10) microcode: DE cache: L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 36812 
           Speed: 2223 MHz min/max: 800/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2223 2: 2924 3: 2195 4: 1370 5: 2183 6: 1181 7: 2011 
           8: 918 
           Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush 
           clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c 
           flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt 
           invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe 
           pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap 
           smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx 
           vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia v: 460.73.01 
           alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8c class-ID: 0300 
           Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 13d3:56a6 class-ID: 0e02 
           serial: <filter> 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: intel,nouveau 
           alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6") diag: 395mm (15.5") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.1-2-MANJARO running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no 
           Sound Server-3: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no 
           Sound Server-4: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
           Sound Server-5: PipeWire v: 0.3.26 running: no 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:3166 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
           IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 
           bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a 
           class-ID: e001 
           Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends 
Logical:   Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:      Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 1.08 TiB (79.1%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXM7 scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B 
           logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: LCM2 scheme: MBR 
           Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 223.58 GiB size: 219.07 GiB (97.98%) used: 160.02 GiB (73.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 
           maj-min: 259:5 label: N/A uuid: 08a7c60e-d56a-45b2-acdd-71de83c1fe4d 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) used: 25.3 MiB (26.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 
           maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A uuid: 0227-CDD9 
           ID-3: /home/<filter>/pCloudDrive raw-size: N/A size: 6 GiB used: 1.71 GiB (28.6%) fs: fuse source: ERR-102 
           label: N/A uuid: N/A 
           ID-4: /run/media/ww/9270B63170B61BC3 raw-size: 585.89 GiB size: 585.89 GiB (100.00%) used: 522.36 GiB (89.2%) 
           fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A uuid: 9270B63170B61BC3 
           ID-5: /run/media/ww/A03229043228E0D0 raw-size: 233.76 GiB size: 233.76 GiB (100.00%) used: 105.21 GiB (45.0%) 
           fs: ntfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A uuid: A03229043228E0D0 
           ID-6: /run/media/ww/CEB24C78B24C66D5 raw-size: 344.63 GiB size: 344.63 GiB (100.00%) used: 315.88 GiB (91.7%) 
           fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A uuid: CEB24C78B24C66D5 
           ID-7: /run/media/ww/EE5C-6E50 raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 996 MiB (99.60%) used: 19.7 MiB (2.0%) fs: vfat 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: EE5C-6E50 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A 
           ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 507 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A uuid: EC128B74128B4316 
           ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 size: 7.81 GiB fs: swap label: N/A uuid: ed51cefb-cc54-45bd-8d45-8eeaefa24c06 
USB:       Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
           Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid 
           interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: 1-6:3 info: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 
           speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 13d3:56a6 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
           Device-3: 1-14:4 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 
           speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001 
           Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 265 Uptime: 15m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 247 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.1.0 
           Packages: pacman: 1469 lib: 429 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.04 
mhwd: 
mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2020.11.30               false            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!




mhwd -l
> 0000:08:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         network-r8168            2016.04.20                true            PCI


> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1c8c) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2020.11.30               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee            2020.11.30               false            PCI
          video-nvidia            2020.11.30               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-390xx            2020.11.30               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI


> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:3e9b) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2020.11.30               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee            2020.11.30               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

I have to hard reset my laptop.
One thing that I saw in journalctl was [UFW BLOCK], I tried switching firewall off, but the freezes continued.
I’m running dual-boot, and have no issues on Windows.

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I checked some other posts and this seems to be kernel 11 and 12 problem. I went back to 10 and there are no issues.

Still though, if anyone can suggest a solution for kernel 11/12 that’d be great.