Generated via ublue’s countme script https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_global.svg
Here is Fedora’s upstream graph to compare:

Generated via ublue’s countme script https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_global.svg
Here is Fedora’s upstream graph to compare:

I use mint for gaming and general use and I havent had issues. However I dont really play AAA+ games, mostly older games.