https://friendlylinuxplayers.org/ is a group that you might be interested in
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Palia is brand new (still in open Beta) It's more focused on low-key crafting/farming and community, but opportunities to socialize are there.
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Guild Wars 2 is my favorite "no subscription required" MMORPG that could work for you (but you have that one).
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ESO Online is my favorite "subscription" MMO and I've met people there.
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FFXIV is decent for socializing but, the hard-core gamers can stress you out. Works best if you join a low key guild that doesn't want to speed-run all the duties and crap on you for not being as good as they are.
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General rule for MMORPGs in general is, find a guild you like and hang with them.
I'm waiting on Palia's final release. I did beta testing, but I'm getting extremely tired of unfinished content, especially after my recent experiences.
Palia is fun for awhile but not a lot of lasting content there yet.
An oldschool style Linux native MMO I still recommend is Project Gorgon. It's a very social game, while you can do a lot solo eventually you'll run into the game's only real punishment which is dying from a boss fight. You'll get a permanent curse that can only be lifted by defeating that boss and the best way to do that is to find other players in game to help you do it.
I'd never heard of Project Gorgon until it was recommended to me on here like, yesterday? Funny that it came up again.
I spun up the demo this morning. It feels pretty rough around the edges, but I'll give it a little more time.
I also looked at Palia. Looks like a relaxing game!
Counter Strike 2, met both my girlfriend and boyfriend there.
"Friendly" is not the name I would use for my average counterstrike team.
I've not played counter strike in 20 some odd years, or so, but if it's anything like I remember, then yeah, that sounds accurate.
The Counter Server community was friendly enough though.
Maybe I got rose coloured glasses on for source but it seems the abuse is way worse now.
Equally matched and the enemy team is going to have an anureism with how angry they are.
You don't make friends with the enemy team.
Me neither, but the few people who went through 90min of intense battle while being team players deserve a friend request.
Team Fortress 2
Team fortress 2
Warframe
This is the one. Just find a veteran who will adopt you and join their guild. Cue years of friendship and fun
400 hours in and I'm not even really at endgame content. 10/10 would recommend the space ninja game.
I quit the game 5000h in, keep at it
I second this, and guild wars 2.
Which country did you move to by chance? Honestly just curious.
And for the game.. I would recommend small Minecraft servers. Usually the community is tight-nit, and you can get into deeper relationships with people after a few short weeks.
From Ireland to Germany, and before that from UK (unfortunately didn't get a citizenship before leaving, so I cannot get back, I don't want to elaborate on my life story and family situation, if you don't mind). I tried Minecraft, but I'm not into Sandbox. I'd be happy being someone's mule, but no one sought that where I tried playing, so I gave my account to someone who couldn't afford one and moved on.
With minecraft there’s a lot of other possibilities apart from just survival/survival multiplayer. You might be interested in Hypixel Skyblock, which is basically an MMO, also minigame servers in general can give lots of opportunities.
Valheim!
Came here to say Valheim. It's a great game that I've sunk hundreds of hours into. And if you go to their discord you can find a ton of people also looking to make friends.
Since you mentioned GW2, you might try other games like that if it worked for you. WoW, Elder Scrolls Online, FF14. The Payday series might also be a good match as it has auto teaming and voice chat. I would probably stay away from card games like MTG: Arena though. Those are incredibly fun, but are based on fast paced matchmaking with little user to user interaction possible.
I tried ESO, WOW, FF14. I used to be huge on MMOs as a teenager, but I think I grew out of them? I no longer find myself capable of enjoying any of them. I used to play stuff like Perfect World and Forsaken World. I'll look into Payday, I was unaware it had premade.
I can understand your attitude towards MMOs. I really want to like them myself and keep retrying them, but somehow they end up being more isolating then single player games. I think so much of their content is based around group play that if you somehow manage to go full hermit mode in them like I do, they don't really work. Single player games emulation human interactions so feel more rewarding somehow.
Many players don't want to interact in MMOs. I used to add random people around me to group and play with them on a whim. No one accepts anymore. People play MMOs as solo games...
Hey, maybe not quite video gaming, but have you thought about getting into DnD or Vampire: The Masquerade? DnD has lots of open groups to find on Discord or services like Roll20. That gives you voice communication so you are talking and playing with real people. VtM isn't as popular, but is a really great setting and does have at least one massive Discord server for RPing with others (https://discord.com/servers/seattle-by-night-517427294915002371).
I tried RPs and I really, deeply hated them. Made me cringe a lot. It's not a leisure for me. Thank you for proposing, though, maybe someone else will try.
Garry's mod
Sadly I think the golden age of gmod is long gone now
Factorio is a Linux native game and some of the nicest people I have ever met online I have met through that game. It doesn't fit your last criteria but you often see people again if you play on the same servers.
Counter strike 2, released recently and runs on Linux, I can't say that the people you'll meet on that will be that great all the time, but you may be able to meet people there.
You might also be able to meet people in RuneScape or old school RuneScape, or other MMO type games, usually they have clan features where you can join a group of players.
Not sure if it's still busy with players but kingdom of loathing also at least used to have players you could chat with live, and could join a clan or something like that in there.
Is EVE Online still going? It appears to be. It's a somewhat challenging game and very different than what you're used to, but it really was fantastic for getting to meet good in-game friends way back when I played. Of course some of them would eventually betray you, take all your stuff, and leave your dead corpse floating in space, but even so it's very much a team game that may be what you're looking for if you happen to be into spaceships and/or spreadsheets.
Left 4 Dead 2
I wonder why DOTA2 was not mentioned... It has a really decent Linux support for more than a decade
DOTA works really well in Linux, but community is toxic as fuck. 7000 hours here.
Unironically this is the entire purpose of VRChat, and the devs have made sure it runs on SteamOS (and therefore Linux as a whole).
You do not need a vr headset to play. If you don't have one already though, this game may convince you to get one eventually. SteamVR does work on Linux, and headsets like the Vive, Index, and BigScreen do/should also work (anything that is steamVR-native tends to "just work" on Linux).
Pretty much most multiplayer games work flawlessly with proton.
I'd suggest TripleA but you don't make friends in TripleA, only bitter enemies that will never betray your again!
Dota 2 but (a) I think they broke Linux support earlier this year, and (b) the players are as toxic as League's
I tried DOTA multiple times. Some of the people were really cool (I didn't know there was VC and people were speaking, so when I found out how to speak myself, I told them I didn't know of vc and thought I was hearing voices and they found it hilarious), but I don't like the gameplay. Not saying LoL is better, as they ruined any semblance of balance and don't seem to even know how to balance classes, but DOTA just doesn't do it for me.
Theres a free to play MMORPG called FFXIV with a free and unlimited trial that can get you sorted. But if you really, REALLY want to meet new folks (only)... then your best bet is to hit a nearby bar, grab a seat, drink and do some small talk with random folk.