How to play Don’t Starve Together on Linux
Don’t Starve Together is a free multiplayer expansion to the survival game “Don’t Starve.” Players work together to survive in the game so they “don’t starve.” Here’s how to play Don’t Starve Together on your Linux PC.
Getting Don’t Starve Together working on Linux
Don’t Starve Together is a native Linux game, so it works well on the platform. However, you’ll have to set up the official Steam for Linux app to play it. Thankfully, setting up Steam is easy.
To set up the Steam app on your Linux PC, start opening up a terminal window on the desktop. Unsure about how to do that? Press Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Or, search for “Terminal” in the app menu.
The installation can begin with the terminal window open and ready to use. Follow the instructions below that correspond with the Linux OS you use.
Ubuntu
To get the Steam application up and running on Ubuntu, run the following apt install command down below.
sudo apt install steam
Debian
If you use Debian, you will be able to install the Steam application by downloading the DEB from the official Steam website. To get your hands on the latest Steam DEB package, run the following wget download command.
wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steam.deb
After downloading the Steam DEB package to your computer, you’ll be able to install it using the following dpkg -i command down below.
sudo dpkg -i steam.deb
With the Steam app set up, you must correct any dependency issues during the installation process. Thankfully, they can easily be fixed using the apt-get install -f command.
sudo apt-get install -f
Arch Linux
To set up the Steam app on Arch Linux, you’ll need to enable the “multilib” software repository. Open up the /etc/pacman.conf file in a text editor (as root). Then, find the “multilib” line and remove the # symbol. Also, remove the # symbol from the line directly below.
When you’ve finished editing, save your edits. Then, close the text editor and run the pacman -Syy command.
sudo pacman -Syy
Finally, install the latest version of the Steam app on your computer using the pacman -S command.
sudo pacman -S steam
Fedora/OpenSUSE
If you use Fedora or OpenSUSE Linux, you’ll be able to install the Steam app through software repositories included in your system out of the box. However, we suggest the Flatpak instructions as they work better on these OSes.
Flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam
Open it up and log into your account with the Steam app installed. Then, follow the step-by-step instructions below to get Don’t Starve Together working on your Linux PC.
Step 1: Select the “Store” button inside the Steam app. Selecting this button will bring you to the Steam Storefront. From here, find the search box, and click on it with the mouse.
Step 2: After selecting the search box on the Steam store, type in “Don’t Starve Together” and press the Enter key. Pressing this button will display the search results on the Steam store.
Look through the Steam store search results for “Don’t Starve Together,” and click on it with the mouse to access the Don’t Starve Together Steam storefront page.
Step 3: On the Don’t Starve Together Steam storefront page, find the green “Add to cart” button and click on it to add the game to your Steam cart. Once Don’t Starve Together is in your Steam cart, click on the cart icon in the Steam app.
After selecting the Steam cart, you’ll be able to purchase the game and add it to your Steam games library.
Step 4: Once you’ve purchased Don’t Starve Together, click on the “Library” button inside the Steam app to access your Steam games library. Find “Don’t Starve Together” and select it with the mouse inside your Steam games library.
When you select “Don’t Starve Together” with the mouse, you’ll access the game’s Steam page. From here, find the blue “INSTALL” button to download and install Don’t Starve Together to your computer.
Step 5: When the download and installation of Don’t Starve Together finishes, the blue “INSTALL” button on the game’s Steam library page will become a green “PLAY” button. Click on this button to play the game on Linux.
