Does Dead Island Definitive Edition run on Linux?
Verdict: Yes
Yes. Dead Island Definitive Edition has its own Linux version on Steam, so it installs and plays like any other Linux game.
Dead Island Definitive Edition is an action game from Techland, published by Deep Silver, first released on 31 May 2016.
You can play it alone or co-operatively online. Steam lists it as fully playable with a controller.
The evidence
- Its own Linux version
- Yes, on Steam
- Player rating on ProtonDB
- Platinum, from 66 reports
- Steam Deck (which runs Linux)
- Playable, with small niggles
- Anti-cheat
- None listed
How to play it
- Install Steam from your Linux app store and sign in. Your library is already there.
- Install Dead Island Definitive Edition and press Play.
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