How to play The Riftbreaker on Linux

The Riftbreaker is a base-building survival video game with RPG elements. It was developed by EXOR Studios and published by Surefire Games. Here’s how you can play The Riftbreaker on Linux.

Getting The Riftbreaker working on Linux

The Riftbreaker isn’t native to Linux, but you can play it on Linux if you configure it correctly. You’ll have to set up the Steam application installed on your Linux system to start.

Install Steam

Installing Steam on Linux isn’t difficult, although you need to do it in the terminal. To launch a terminal window 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 and ready to use, the installation begins. Follow the installation instructions down below that correspond with your Linux operating system.

Ubuntu

Using the following apt install command in a terminal window to install Steam on your Ubuntu system.

sudo apt install steam

Debian

To install Steam on your computer, on Debian, you must download the latest Steam DEB package. To do that, use the wget download command to grab the newest release of Steam for your computer.

wget https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steam.deb

After downloading the latest release of Steam to your computer, the installation can begin. Using the dpkg command down below, set up the latest version of Steam on your computer.

sudo dpkg -i steam.deb

With the Steam DEB package installed on your computer, make use of the apt-get install -f command to correct any dependency errors that may have occurred during the installation process.

sudo apt-get install -f

Arch Linux

Steam is available for Arch Linux users in the “multilib” software repository. To get it set up on your computer, you’ll first need to enable “multilib.” Open up the /etc/pacman.conf file in your favorite text editor (as root).

Once the text file is open, locate “multilib” and remove the # symbol. Also, remove the # symbol from the lines directly below. When done, save your edits and run the pacman -Syy command.

sudo pacman -Syy

With the “mutlilib” software repository set up on your computer, install the latest release of Steam on your system using the pacman command.

sudo pacman -S steam

Fedora/OpenSUSE

If you use Fedora or OpenSUSE Linux, you’ll be able to install Steam through official software repositories included within your operating system. However, the Flatpak release of Steam works much better on these operating systems, so we suggest following those instructions instead.

Flatpak

To use Steam as a Flatpak on Linux, you’ll first need to set up the Flatpak runtime on your computer. Set up the runtime on your Linux PC by following our guide on the subject.

After setting up the Flatpak runtime on your computer, run the two commands below to set up the latest Steam version.

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

flatpak install flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam

Install Riftbreaker on Linux

With the Steam app installed on your Linux system, launch it on your computer and log into your account. After opening the app, follow the step-by-step instructions below to get The Riftbreaker working on Linux.

Step 1: Find the “Steam” menu inside of Steam and click on it to reveal its options. After that, select the “Settings” button to access the Steam settings area. From there, click on the “Steam Play” button to access the Steam Play area.

Inside of the Steam Play area, find and check both the “Enable Steam Play for all other titles” box and the “Enable Steam Play for supported titles” box. Finally, click “OK” to save the changes.

Step 2: You must install a custom version of Proton to get The Riftbreaker working on Linux. To do it, open up a terminal window and use the commands below to get everything working.

Native Steam

mkdir -p ~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d
wget https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/download/7.0rc3-GE-1/Proton-7.0rc3-GE-1.tar.gz

tar -xvf Proton-7.0rc3-GE-1.tar.gz -C ~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d/

Flatpak Steam

mkdir -p ~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/

wget https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/download/7.0rc3-GE-1/Proton-7.0rc3-GE-1.tar.gz

tar -xvf Proton-7.0rc3-GE-1.tar.gz -C ~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/

After installing the custom version of Steam, reboot the Steam application and log back in.

Step 3: Find the “Store” button inside of Steam and click on it with the mouse to load up the Steam store. Once in the store, find the search box, and click on it with the mouse. Then, type in “The Riftbreaker.”

Look through the search results for “The Riftbreaker” and click on it to load up the game’s Steam store page.

Step 4: On The Rifterbreaker’s store page, find the green “Add to cart” button and click on it with the mouse to add the game to your cart. After that, purchase the game and add it to your account.

Step 5: Upon purchasing The Riftbreaker, click on the “Library” button to access your Steam games library. Then, right-click on it with the mouse and select “Properties” to access the game’s properties.

Inside of the right-click menu, select “Set launch options,” and click on it. Then, add the code to the launch options.

PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%

Step 6: Locate the blue “INSTALL” button and click on it with the mouse to download and install the game to your computer. When the download process is complete, the blue “INSTALL” button will become a green “PLAY” button. Select it to start up the game.