How to play Unturned on Linux
Unturned is a free-to-play survival game developed and published by Smartly Dressed Games. In 2017, it made its way to Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Here’s how to play it on Linux.
Note: Unturned uses anti-cheat software. Some servers may have issues running on Linux. Play at your own risk!
Getting Unturned working on Linux
Unturned is native to Linux, but you will need the Linux version of Steam to play it on your computer. To get the Steam app working on Linux, open up a terminal.
Unsure about how to open up a terminal on the Linux desktop? Press Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Or, search for “Terminal” in the app menu and launch it that way.
With the terminal window open, the installation can begin. Follow the instructions below to get Steam working on your Linux computer.
Ubuntu
Run the following apt install command below to get Steam working on Ubuntu.
sudo apt install steam
Debian
To get Steam working on Debian, download the latest release of Steam from Valve’s website. You can download Steam for Debian using the following wget download command.
wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steam.deb
After downloading the latest Steam Debian package to your computer, install it using the dpkg command.
sudo dpkg -i steam.deb
With the Steam DEB package installed on your computer, you will need to run the apt-get install -f command to correct any dependency issues that may have occurred during the installation process.
sudo apt-get install -f
Arch Linux
The “multilib” software repo must be enabled to install Steam on Arch Linux. Here’s how to enable it. First, open up the /etc/pacman.conf file in a text editor (as root).
Once in the text file, locate the “multilib” line and remove the # symbol from in front of “multilib.” Also, remove the # symbol from the lines directly below. When done editing, save and exit the text editor. Lastly, run the pacman -Syy command.
sudo pacman -Syy
Now that the “multilib” software repository is enabled and set up, you can install the Steam app using the following pacman -S command.
sudo pacman -S steam
Fedora/OpenSUSE
Those on Fedora and OpenSUSE can install the Steam app via software repositories included on their systems. That being said, the Flatpak release of Steam works much better on these OSes, and we suggest following those instructions instead.
Flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam
When you’ve installed Steam on your Linux PC, open it up. After opening the Steam app, log into your account using your user credentials. Then, follow the step-by-step instructions below to play Unturned on Linux.
Step 1: Select the “Store” button inside of the Steam app to load up the Steam store. Once on the Steam store, find the search box, and click on it with the mouse. Type in “Unturned” and press the Enter key to view the search results.
Step 2: Find “Unturned” in the search results. Click on it to load up the Unturned Steam store page when you’ve located the game. From there, find the green “Play Game” button and select it with the mouse.
Step 3: When you select the “Play Game” button, Steam will bring up the Steam installation window. The installation window says, “You are about to install Unturned.”
Find the “Next” button to move to the next page in the Unturned installer.
Step 4: When you select the “Next” button in the Unturned installation window, Steam will tell you the following. “Steam is now downloading Unturned. You can track the progress of this download in the Steam Downloads view.
Click on the “Finish” button to close the installation window for Unturned.
Step 5: Unturned is a 1.3 GB game, so the download process shouldn’t take a whole lot of time. Click on the “Downloads” button at the bottom of Steam to track the progress of Unturned.
When Unturned is finished downloading, it will show up in the “Completed” column in Steam. Select the game in the “Completed” column to access its Steam library page.
Step 6: After accessing the Unturned Steam library page, you should see a green “PLAY” button. Select this button to start up Unturned on your Linux PC.
Please note that Unturned makes use of BattlEye anti-cheat. While BattlEye does support Linux via Proton, you may have issues playing on servers with BattlEye enabled. For best results, stick to servers that use the Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC).
