Should I make the swap?

I installed a Windows security update today and am less than pleased with its changes. I now have a permanent desktop icon titled "learn more about this picture" that takes me to Bing when I have a wallpaper engine covering up whatever garbage it's trying to show me. The search bar is now permanently affixed to my taskbar, which I cannot remove without Windows Pro. Copilot is now a crucial part of Windows, so I can't uninstall it. To top it all off, however, the update is a part of the Windows security line, so if I rollback, I am at a greater risk of having security vulnerabilities on my machine since I can't skip out on the 'features' of this update that I would rather not be forced into.

I have been looking at Linux Mint Cinnamon for a long time and might finally be ready to jump. My biggest concern, however, is that I use this computer for a lot of stuff that I worry won't have Linux support. I was hoping you all could quell some of my worries and give me the confidence to finally make the swap.

First of all, I use Steam a lot on this computer. It's actually the biggest reason I haven't moved to Linux yet. I have A LOT of games on here that I am worried I will no longer be able to play if I am on cinnamon. I know there are some compatibility options for Windows software, such as Wine and Proton, but I haven't messed with them and worry they aren't as 'perfect' as I have been told.

Additionally, I do a lot of 3d modeling and game development in my free time. Most of what I do is on Autocad, Fusion, Revit, Maya, and Blender. Much of this software doesn't have native Linux support. I am not concerned with running VMs, but I worry that this kind of software will have a lot of trouble in a VM as they tend to be pretty resource-intensive.

For game development, I often jump between Godot, Gamemaker Studio 2, and Unity. Godot has native Linux support, but GmS2 and Unity are both developed specifically for Ubuntu. I worry that they won't run smoothly on Linux Mint. I would rather jump through the hoops of uninstalling all this Windows crap than run Ubuntu. How true to Ubuntu is Linux Mint? I know it's a branch of Ubuntu, but is it pretty guaranteed that if something runs on Ubuntu, it will run on Mint?

Finally, I do a lot of software development as well. I use VSCode, Eclipse, IntelliJ, and less often PyCharm. I use all of these instead of sticking to just one because I personally prefer VSCode, but my work requires the other stuff for security reasons, so I have and regularly run them all. I am not worried about these so much, as they all have native Debian support.

So what do you guys think? Is it just anxiety and unfounded worry getting the better of me, or am I right to be apprehensive about the stability of my tools and data if I make the jump? I do have over a terabyte of data I would like to preserve on this computer (I am still working on adding a personal NAS to my home network), so the fear of losing some or all of that is also very real to me. What do you guys think? Any words of wisdom for a chronic worrier?