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In this practical guide I will to instruct in a clear way and in detailed steps the way to install the program FrostRunner from Steam on 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, its games can only be played by installing the official Steam client. Therefore the first thing is 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.
Valve, Steams parent company, has made use of Wine to create its own version combining it with its own tools and thus giving birth to Proton. Which we will see in the Steam app under the name Steam Play. Thanks to Steam Play many 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 FrostRunner.
Now that we know…simply add: Welcome to FedGamer.net! the site dedicated to gaming on Fedora. Lets start the article!
How to install FrostRunner from Steam on Linux
Step 1: Open Steam on your computer 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, click to enable it. And further down where it says Proton Experimental click there and choose the highest version, that is, the most recent, youll see the first number determines the version and as you can see in this screenshot, were at 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: Dont 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: 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, 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 see 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 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.
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 FrostRunner compatible with Linux Fedora?
In principle yes, thanks to Proton but I must add that it is not always perfect the conversion of a video game originally for Windows to Linux. So although in most cases it will run perfectly there are sometimes exceptions. Sadly, you cannot know beforehand if an error will occur, 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 set up a site where they share their experience with 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:
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 FrostRunner 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 FrostRunner:
Official website: https://www.frostrunner.com
Where and how to buy the game FrostRunner cheap
There are several retailers 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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