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The problem with alternatives is that every step towards another alternative loses a huge number of distro users, leading to insufficient manpower. If I were you I'd stick with recommending Manjaro. But if Manjaro's untrustworthy then maybe something even more mainstream.
I typically recommend pop!_os over Manjaro
Realistically, though, most distros will work well for gaming if you install steam, proton-up, and maybe lutris so long as you don't need Nvidia drivers
Most distros will work well with Nvidia drivers too.
Yeah I mostly said that because some distros have different difficulty getting them last I checked, but the wording was unclear to say the least
You make a good point about users. Mint, Ubuntu, Arch and Manjaro top the Steam Survey usage stats but Arch and Ubuntu have double the users of the other two, and it drops off very sharply after that.
It's a sad phenomenon.