DirectX
Software theme
59
games
3platforms
Name variations: DX
Note that DirectX 4 does not exist, which is why it isn't listed here.
Direct3D source code can automatically be converted to open source compatible gaming libraries using the freely available hlslparser.
Any platform or software using the Gallium driver can use DirectX calls without the need to translate to OpenGL. This means Windows games do not need to be changed to OpenGL when ported.
When developers don't use Gallium but state that some version of DirectX is required to play their game native game on GNU/Linux; what they meant to say was, "We are clueless and don't care" [paraphrased]
Direct3D source code can automatically be converted to open source compatible gaming libraries using the freely available hlslparser.
Any platform or software using the Gallium driver can use DirectX calls without the need to translate to OpenGL. This means Windows games do not need to be changed to OpenGL when ported.
When developers don't use Gallium but state that some version of DirectX is required to play their game native game on GNU/Linux; what they meant to say was, "We are clueless and don't care" [paraphrased]
Parent group
Games by year
OtakuMaker.com, Zetsubou Games and Radical Phi published most of these games.
Most common companies
This is a container group; its children are:
| Atomic Game Engine | a 2D/3D game engine with nice features like streaming to texture. (too short) | 0 game | |
| Direct3D | Uses or can use Direct3D for graphics. (too short) | 1996 / 2015 | 48 games |
| DirectDraw | A 2D raster graphics API part of the DirectX. (too short) | 1 game | |
| DirectPlay | Uses the now deprecated network communication portion of the DirectX API. (too short) | 3 games | |
| DirectX 1.0 | Supports or requires DX1 run-times to be present. (too short) | 1995 / 1998 | 2 games |
| DirectX 10 | Supports or requires DX10 compliant hardware. Possibly only the run-time in case no hardware acceleration is used. | 2003 / 2021 | 115 games |
| DirectX 11 | Supports or requires DX11 compliant hardware & installed DX11 libraries. Possibly needs only the run-time in case no hardware acceleration is used. | 2004 / 2021 | 147 games |
| DirectX 12 | Supports or requires DX12 compliant hardware. Possibly needs only the run-time in case no hardware acceleration is used. | 2016 / 2018 | 5 games |
| DirectX 2 | Supports or requires DX2 run-times to be present. (too short) | 1992 / 1999 | 4 games |
| DirectX 3 | Supports or requires DX3 run-times to be present. (too short) | 1996 / 2006 | 24 games |
| DirectX 5 | Supports or requires DX5 run-times to be present. (too short) | 1996 / 2007 | 56 games |
| DirectX 6 | Supports or requires DX6 compliant hardware. Possibly only the run-time in case no hardware acceleration is used. | 1991 / 2014 | 80 games |
| DirectX 7 | Supports or requires DX7 compliant hardware. Possibly only the run-time in case no hardware acceleration is used. | 1995 / 2014 | 142 games |
| DirectX 8 | Supports or requires DX8 compliant hardware. Possibly only the run-time in case no hardware acceleration is used. | 1997 / 2013 | 258 games |
| DirectX 9 | Supports or requires DX9 compliant hardware. Possibly needs only the run-time in case no hardware acceleration is used. | 1996 / 2021 | 956 games |
| DirectX Audio | (too short) | 1999 / 2019 | 21 games |