With the imminent launch of Wuthering Waves for both PC and mobile platforms, readers may be curious about whether the game runs on Valve’s incredibly popular handheld gaming PC. Unfortunately, there is currently no way to run Wuthering Waves on a Steam Deck or any Linux system for that matter, regardless of distribution, hardware, or any other factor.
Read on to learn more about the situation and any possible workarounds.
Kuro Game’s newest open-world action RPG does not natively run on the Steam Deck. The game does not possess a native Linux port and, as such, is not playable on SteamOS.
The title also ships with a custom kernel-level anticheat solution that is only supported on Windows machines as of now. This prevents the game from running via either Lutris or Steam’s built-in Proton compatibility layer.
While the installer finishes downloading game files, the title itself will throw an unexpected runtime environment error when attempting to launch it.
Until Kuro Games officially adds in support, the game is unlikely to ever run on the Steam Deck.
While it is not possible to get Wuthering Waves to natively run on the Steam Deck, there are certain workarounds you can try out:
Perhaps the safest way to deal with this issue is by dual booting Windows. While admittedly cumbersome and (sometimes) a general pain, this remains the best way to not face a potential ban due to circumvention of the anti-cheat implementation.
Check out this guide for dual booting Windows and SteamOS.
An alternative method to get the game working on SteamOS is with the use of Waydroid, an Android container solution for Linux systems.
To get Waydroid set up on your Steam Deck, you can refer to the instructions within the SteamOS-Waydroid-Installer Github
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