How to play Total War: THREE KINGDOMS on Linux
Total War: Three Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy RTS game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. The game is the 13th entry in the “Total War” series and was released on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux in 2019. Here’s how to play it on your Linux PC.
Getting Total War: THREE KINGDOMS working on Linux
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is a native Linux game, but you’ll need the Steam application to play it on your computer. So, we must install the Steam client for Linux to play the game.
You’ll need to open up a terminal window to set up the Steam app for Linux. You can open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Alternatively, search for “Terminal” in the app menu and launch it that way.
The installation is ready to begin now that the terminal window is open. Follow along with the installation instructions below that correspond with the Linux OS you use.
Ubuntu
To install the Steam app on your Ubuntu system, run the following apt install command.
sudo apt install steam
Debian
On Debian Linux, you’ll need to download the Steam DEB package to your computer before installing it. You can download the game to your computer by running the following wget download command.
wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steam.deb
After downloading the DEB package to your computer, install it using the dpkg command below.
sudo dpkg -i steam.deb
With the DEB package installed, Steam is set up on your computer. To finish up the setup, you must correct errors. Run the apt-get install -f command to fix and clean up any dependencies.
sudo apt-get install -f
Arch Linux
To get Steam working on your Arch Linux system, start by opening 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 done editing, save the edits. Then, run the pacman -Syy command.
sudo pacman -Syy
Finally, install the Steam app with the pacman -S command.
sudo pacman -S steam
Fedora/OpenSUSE
Steam is available on Fedora as well as OpenSUSE Linux. However, the Flatpak release of the Steam app tends to work better on these operating systems, so we suggest following those instructions to get the app working.
Flatpak
Need to install the Steam app as a Flatpak? Start by enabling the Flatpak runtime on your computer. Then, enter the two commands below to install Steam on your Linux PC as a Flatpak package.
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam
With the Steam app installed, open up the app and log into your account using your user credentials. Then, follow the step-by-step instructions below.
Step 1: Once logged into your account, find the “Store” button in the Steam app and click on it with the mouse. When you select the “Store” button, Steam will load up the Steam store.
When you’ve loaded up the Steam store, find the search box and click on it with the mouse. Then, type in “Total War: THREE KINGDOMS” and press the Enter key to view the search results.
Step 2: Look through the Steam store search results for “Total War: THREE KINGDOMS.” When you’ve found the game in the search results, select it to load up the game’s Steam store page.
Step 3: On the Total War: THREE KINGDOMS Steam store page, look for the green “Add to cart” button and click on it with the mouse. When you select this button, you’ll add the game to your Steam store cart.
Upon adding the game to your Steam store cart, click on the green cart icon inside the Steam app. Once you’ve selected the Steam cart icon, purchase Total War: THREE KINGDOMS to add it to your Steam games library.
Step 4: After purchasing Total War: THREE KINGDOMS, find the “LIBRARY” and click on it with the mouse to open up your Steam games library. Then, look through your Steam games library for the game.
When you’ve located “Total War: THREE KINGDOMS” in your Steam games library, find the blue “INSTALL” button and click on it with the mouse to start the installation process. The process will take some time, so be patient.
Step 5: When Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is done installing on your computer, the blue “INSTALL” button will become a green “PLAY” button. Select the green “PLAY” button to start the game on your Linux computer.
Troubleshooting
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is a native Linux video game and should run on your computer without any issues whatsoever. However, if you have problems with the native release of the game, you may want to try running it with Steam Play/Proton. For more information, check out the game’s ProtonDB page.
