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In this tutorial we will proceed to instruct in a clear way and step by step how to install the title Strife® from the Steam platformon a PC 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 used 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.But it is also applicable to CentOS and to virtually all distributions in the Fedora family, such as Mageia.
Valve, Steams parent company, has made use of 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 for Windows can now be used on 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 Strife®.
Now that we know…just to say: Welcome to FedGamer.net! a site dedicated to Linux gaming whether its Fedora, Debian, or your favorite distro! Lets start the article!
How to install Strife® from Steam on Linux
Step 1: Launch the Steam application on your machine and log in with your user: 
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. Attached here is another screenshot:
Note: It’s not recommended to use 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, but if it doesn’t happen now, it will in the next step.
Step 5: Go back to the Steam Library, or Library, and there you’ll find 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 is blue because it’s available for our Linux OS, 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.
At this point we’re almost done, you just need to follow the installation steps Steam gives you. When the window you see here 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 Strife® compatible with Linux Fedora
One could say yes, using 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 will also be exceptions in some cases. Unfortunately, you cannot know in advance if it will cause an error or not, in my case I never had this issue, but it could happen.
To make sure before installing, there is a way: resort to the community, that is, other users experience. The community has organized on a site where users leave their feedback on each game mentioning their OS, hardware components, 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:
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 Strife® 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 Strife®:
Official website: http://strife.com/
How to buy the game Strife® 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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