I have tried multiple different versions of proton, ge proton, I have tried the EA launcher, and a few black magic incantations. It either runs at 4fps or will not load at all. I have tried everything i can find on protondb that is not an ancient report.
I am running Linux Mint Cinnamon on a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon with an Intel i5. https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd100509-overview-for-thinkpad-x1-carbon-type-20bs-20bt
I would try a couple other games to see how they perform. Plenty of free 3D games to try. You might have some basic misconfiguration.
I managed to get the fitgirl repack installed through another suggestion, and it ran great… except it was unable to save. I thought maybe because it created the directory on install ands I needed to quit and restart. I could not get the game to launch again. The drive has been wiped with a fresh mint install (different issue, I chose to encrypt the home directory and it was causing issues).
So the laptop will play games!