How to install Terraria from Steam on Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian and other distros

In this practical guide I will to instruct in a simple way and in detailed steps the way to install the video game Terraria 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. So first of all you need to have it installed If you dont have it installed In this article I explain how to install Steam on Fedora.
But it is also applicable to CentOS and to virtually all distributions in the Fedora family, such as Mageia.

Now that we know…simply add: Welcome to FedGamer.net! the site dedicated to gaming on Fedora. Lets start the article!

How to install Terraria 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 observe the first checkbox that says Enable Steam Play for supported titles is enabled if it isn’t, enable it. And further down where it says Proton Experimental click there and choose the highest version, that is, the most recent, note the first number 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: With Proton enabled, Steam may restart on its own. If it doesn’t, close the application and reopen it. When it restarts, it usually loads the Proton packages, 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 find your games. Now Windows games should look like this:

In place of this:

In case you didn’t notice the subtle difference now the Install button is blue because it’s available for our Linux distro, in this case Fedora.

Step 6: Press Install. If the packages didn’t download before, it may start downloading Proton now, so be patient. After that, the game will download and install if it doesn’t, click Install again.

At this point we’re almost done, you just need to follow the installation steps Steam gives you. 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 Terraria compatible with Linux

One could say yes, thanks to Proton but I must add that it is not always perfect the conversion of a game originally for Windows to Linux. While it is true that in almost all cases it runs without issues there are sometimes exceptions. Sadly, you cannot know in advance if it will cause an error or not, in my case I never had this issue, but it is a possibility.

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 page Im referring to 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:

From Silver to Platinum indicates an excellent compatibility level. 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 Terraria on Linux here:

Check Terraria compatibility on Linux

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 Terraria:

Official website: http://www.terraria.org/

Where to buy the game Terraria cheap

There are several retailers where you can buy cheaply Steam games, below I mention two of the cheapest and most reliable:

G2A Store

Kinguin Store

Once youve purchased the game, you just have to redeem the code in your Steam account and you’re set.