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Thinking of getting into space engineers on (playing on Linux) (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by MrNesser@lemmy.world to c/spaceengineers@lemmy.zip

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As per title it's on my list of games to play. I'm running Linux are there any changes I need to do to get it to work Also what's a good channel for tutorials

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[–] Grntrenchman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I tried different guides, and eventually went to the source, this worked great for me.

From SE Discord, posted by "lord.of.woe":

Space Engineers Linux Installation Guide Last Updated 2025-07-24

Prerequisite Packages

git

wget

WINE

Step 1: Install GE-Proton9-25 and GE-Proton10-X. There are several methods you can use to install this, but this guide uses only common terminal commands. (Edit: I used Protonplus for this)

wget -qO- https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/download/GE-Proton9-25/GE-Proton9-25.tar.gz | tar xzvf - -C "${HOME}/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d"
wget -qO- "$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/latest | grep "\"browser_download_url\": \".*\.tar\.gz\"" | cut -d'"' -f4)" | tar xzvf - -C "${HOME}/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d"

Step 2: Remove local Space Engineers data. ‼️ WARNING: THIS WILL PERMANENTLY DELETE ALL SAVES, GAME DATA, ETC. THAT ARE NOT BACKED UP TO THE STEAM CLOUD OR ELSEWHERE. ‼️

export STEAMAPPS_PATH=${HOME}/.steam/steam/steamapps # edit as necessary
rm -rf ${STEAMAPPS_PATH}/compatdata/244850

Step 3: Restart Steam

Step 4: Change the compatibility layer in Steam to GE-Proton9-25.

Step 5: Launch Space Engineers in Steam and close the game upon reaching the main menu.

Step 6: Install dotnet48. DO NOT USE PROTONTRICKS.

WINEPREFIX=${STEAMAPPS_PATH}/compatdata/244850/pfx winetricks --force -q dotnet48

or experimentally

WINE=${HOME}/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton9-25/files/bin/wine64 
WINEPREFIX=${STEAMAPPS_PATH}/compatdata/244850/pfx ${HOME}/.steam/steam/compatibilitytools.d/GE-Proton9-25/protonfixes/winetricks --force -q dotnet48

Step 7: Change the compatibility layer in Steam to GE-Proton10-X, where X is the minor version.

Step 8: Launch the game and hope everything worked.