About
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 third-person action game based on the second live-action film, developed by Luxoflux and ported to PC by Beenox. Players fight through separate Autobot and Decepticon campaigns, switching between robot and vehicle forms in fast, arcade-style combat. The PC version shipped only on retail disc (never on Steam) and uses SecuROM DRM. Its online multiplayer ran on an Activision master server that was retired in April 2020, leaving the single-player campaigns as the draw. It is remembered as a serviceable but rough movie tie-in.
Identity
Launch
- Binary
- Transformers2.exe
- Needs files
- none beyond the binary
Proton
- Version
- GE-Proton
- Winetricks
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⚙ Setup notes
Game: 2009 Luxoflux (PC port by Beenox) / Activision third-person shooter based on the film. Never sold on Steam (retail-disc release, no appid). Split Autobot/Decepticon campaigns.
Install: Run the disc/ISO setup once via Proton (add the installer to Steam as a non-Steam shortcut, force Proton), then point the shortcut at Transformers2.exe inside the game folder. Community reports it boots and runs better under Proton than on modern Windows.
Proton: GE-Proton is the safest target; proton_experimental also works.
DRM: original exe uses SecuROM, which fails on modern systems — replace Transformers2.exe with a NoDVD/fixed exe of the same name in the game directory before launching.
Path: Install to a plain path (e.g. C:\Games\Transformers), NOT Program Files, to avoid admin/path issues under the prefix.
Display: the retail PC port locks the framerate to 32 FPS. An unofficial PCGamingWiki ultrawide fix + FPS unlock patch (drop files into the game folder, tweak Settings.ini) raises that and adds wide aspect ratios — useful for the Deck. The default build maxes at 1920x1200.
Online: multiplayer ran on an Activision master server (not Games for Windows Live), which was retired on 17 April 2020, so default online play is offline. A community mod can reportedly restore it. The single-player Autobot/Decepticon campaigns are the draw and are unaffected.
The one thing to know
Supply your own copy: never on Steam (retail disc, licensing now lapsed) — configuration only, no links.
DRM: real exe is Transformers2.exe. Must swap in a same-named NoDVD/fixed exe (SecuROM breaks on modern systems).
Path: install outside Program Files.
Controller: native Xbox/XInput gamepad support — if it doesn't bind in-game, apply a Steam Input controller layout.
FPS: retail port is locked to 32 FPS; the unofficial ultrawide + FPS-unlock patch raises it and adds wider aspect ratios.
Online: the Activision master server (not Games for Windows Live) closed in April 2020, so default multiplayer is offline; single-player campaign is unaffected.
ProtonDB: tier not catalogued (no Steam appid); community reports it boots and runs on Deck under Proton.
Community guides
Write-ups and threads from people who got this (or a similar) game running. deckport links to them — it doesn't reproduce them.
Get the artwork
deckport never hosts game images. Open this game on SteamGridDB, pick
the cover / hero / logo / icon you like, and drop them into the
game folder under .deckport-art/ before you push it to the
Deck. The importer files them under the right names automatically.
Run it on your Deck
Two files: the one-time importer (deckport.py) in your
Deck's home folder, and this game's install helper. Copy the game
into ~/Games and run the helper with Steam closed — it
writes the recipe (binary, launch options, Proton version)
and registers the shortcut with artwork.