Enable DXVKs HUD in Steam games with Proton

February 8, 2025

Right click any game in the Steam library > Manage > Browse local files, or go to the following:

/home/username/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/

Find the folder associated with the version of Proton that is running your game, examples:

Proton Experimental
Proton 9.0-3
Proton 8.0-5

Within this folder, you should find a user_settings.sample.py file. The .py extension means it is a python file. Open this file in your text editor of choice, and you should find the following line:

#   Enable DXVK's HUD
#   "DXVK_HUD": "devinfo,fps",

If you remove the # in the second line, it will enable DXVK’s HUD. You can also update the setting as follows if desired:

#   Enable DXVK's HUD
    "DXVK_HUD": "full",

To revert this change, simply add the # at the beginning of that line again.