But is there any difference between installing a distro that includes Gamescope, vs. installing it yourself afterward?

Townscaper.

Click buttons and build cute, tiny villages.

Zero pressure. Easy to pick up and put down.

I can’t disagree. I love Manjaro on one of my devices, a shitty old HP laptop. It runs better than any other distro on it, and it’s smooth as butter (even for light gaming) even though the hardware is terrible.

But.

I’ve had to reinstall more than once because things broke while installing upgrades, lol

Clippy as a hidden character.

Tomorrow Corporation? More like Yesterday Corporation, amirite?