Yes, I play games on Linux. I ditched Microslop, when Win10 was the latest new garbage. I've been a gamer since Super Mario Bros, and the OG Doom.
Modern day gaming, there's been a lot of garbage games released, many in the AAA field as a matter of fact. This is why its hard to find good games these days.
I typically have to be patient, wait for what releases, look what people are saying about them, then try them out if interested. I've been let down many times.
Its more rare these days, for a game to impress me. Too many games are ruined by pushing real life narratives, into games nobody asked for. Its the same reason why that Starfleet Academy show failed and got canceled. The writing was the worst we ever seen, in a ST show!
A lot of games also fail, because they are made for shareholders, not the people who actually play them, and thus are unfinished garbage. On occasion though, good games show up, that surprise us.
Capcom, known for the famous Mega Man games in the 90's, has come out with a smash hit game, that "normal" people love, its a 3rd person shooter / puzzle solver game called, Pragmata. Only the "sico's" on social media don't like it, and write disgusting post remarks about it.
Next month I want to play Pragmata, I've seen video's of it on YouTube, and it looks like a great game to me. Gaming on Linux can be hit or miss, depending on how well Proton works for the games. As you know, most games, especially those that are AAA, are written for Windows, so its not always easy to translate those games, to run on Linux.
The biggest offenders, are online multiplayer games, that come with anti-cheat. Anti-cheat games will never run on Linux, because anti-cheat refuses to support Linux. (Shocker lol) Many single player games do run on Linux though through Proton's compatibility layer.
But yes, gaming on Linux will always be trial and error. Not all Linux distributions, offer gaming options the same way, some distro's work better with gaming. I also learned, the older the computer, the worse the support it.
Pop OS on an old 2012 Acer midrange notebook computer, gaming went to absolute garbage, only game the computer launches now, is Half Life 2. I however, am on a modern computer, on Zorin OS 16.3, and almost every game in my library launches.