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In this practical guide we will proceed to show without complications and step by step how to install the video game ARK: Survival Evolved from Steam on a computer with Linux, especially Fedora, although it is also applicable to other distros such as Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, OpenSUSE or Manjaro (some of the most popular).
Some very popular Linux distros:
 Ubuntu |
 Debian |
 Fedora |
 Linux Mint |
 Arch Linux |
 OpenSUSE |
 Manjaro |
Steam is a gaming platform, the titles it offers can only be played by installing the official Steam program. Thus the first thing is to have it installed If you dont have it installed yet In this article I explain how to install Steam on Fedora.Although it is also applicable to CentOS and to virtually all distributions in the Fedora family, such as Mageia.
Valve, the company behind Steam, has used Wine to create its own version adding its own libraries and thus giving birth to Proton. Which we will see in the Steam app under the name Steam Play. Thanks to Steam Play thousands of games that are Windows-only become available for Linux both on Fedora and CentOS, Mageia, Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Arch, Manjaro, etc. And one of those games you can now play on Linux is ARK: Survival Evolved.
That clarified…just to say: Welcome to FedGamer.net! the site dedicated to gaming on Fedora. Lets begin the journey!
How to install ARK: Survival Evolved from Steam on Linux
Step 1: Open Steam on your PC and log in to your account: 
Step 2: Click on the Steam tab you’ll see at the top left once you’re logged in. When you click it, a list of options will drop down click on Settings or Preferences.
Step 3: When you click on Settings, a window with several options will open on the left the last is Steam Play. Click it and you will see the following:
As you can see the first checkbox that says Enable Steam Play for supported titles is enabled if it isn’t, click to enable it. And at the bottom where it indicates Proton Experimental click it and choose the highest version, that is, the most recent, youll see the first number determines the version as youll notice in the screenshot, at the time of making this tutorial were on 7. Finally, check (if it isnt) the checkbox that says: Enable Steam Play for other titles.
Finally click the OK button. Here is another screenshot:
Note: Do not select the experimental version, because it often has bugs as a test version and its best not to use it except if a game doesn’t work as a last resort.
Step 4: Once Proton is enabled, the Steam app may restart automatically. If it doesn’t happen, close it and open it again. When it restarts, Proton packages usually download, and if it doesn’t then, it will in the next step.
Step 5: Go back to the Steam Library, or Library, and there you’ll see your games. Now the titles originally for Windows will display like this:
In place of this:
In case you didn’t notice the subtle difference now the Install button appears active because it’s available for our Linux distro, in this case Fedora.
Step 6: Click Install. It may download Proton at this point, so be patient. After that, the game will download and install if it doesn’t, click Install again.
And that’s it, you just need to follow the installation instructions you see in Steam. When the box shown in the next screenshot appears, if we choose Create Desktop Shortcut it will create a shortcut, like Firefox or LibreOffice. And if we don’t check that option, we’ll have to open Steam each time we want to start the game (which I find tidier, but it’s a matter of preference).
Step 7: Play!
Is the game ARK: Survival Evolved compatible with Linux
In principle yes, using Proton but I must add that it is not ideal in all cases the adaptation of a video game originally for Windows to Linux. While it is true that in most cases it will run perfectly there will also be exceptions in some cases. Sadly, you cannot know beforehand if an error will occur, in my experience it normally doesn’t, I never had that problem, but it could happen.
To know for sure beforehand, there is a way: consult the community’s experience, that is, other users experience. The community has organized on a site where users leave their feedback on each game indicating the distro, the hardware, etc. At a glance you can see if someone with your distro, be it Fedora, Ubuntu or any other, had a good or bad experience.
The site Im talking about is ProtonDB and to quickly check if a Windows Steam game works on Linux, the best thing is to look at the rating:
- Native: It’s a native Linux game, created specifically for it.
- Platinum: Works perfectly on Linux.
- Gold: Works very well, with maybe a minor fix easily solvable.
- Silver: Works with a minor issue that doesn’t impair gameplay.
- Bronze: Works, but sometimes stops or has major errors.
- Borked: Doesn’t work: won’t start or crashes too much.
Here’s a screenshot as an example. As you can see, for Resident Evil the category is Platinum:
Logically, from Silver up means the game will run quite well or even perfectly. Another thing we can do is look at comments from users with the same distro as ours. In any case, you can check the compatibility of ARK: Survival Evolved on Linux here:
Supported languages: Languages supported by this video game:
- 🇪🇸 Spanish, 🇬🇧 English, 🇫🇷 French, 🇩🇪 German, 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇯🇵 Japanese, 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 🇷🇺 Russian, 🇰🇷 Korean, 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese, 🇵🇹 Portuguese, 🇵🇱 Polish, 🇹🇷 Turkish, etc.
Here’s a trailer or featured clip of ARK: Survival Evolved:
Official website: http://www.playark.com
Metacritic Score
Where and how to buy the game ARK: Survival Evolved at a good price
There are many stores where you can buy cheaply Steam games, below I mention two of the cheapest and most reliable:
Once youve purchased the game, you just have to redeem the code in your Steam account and you’re set.
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