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Does HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition run on Linux?

Verdict: Yes

Yes. HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition is a Windows game that runs on Linux through Proton, the tool built into Steam, and players on ProtonDB rate it Platinum, the top rating. Its anti-cheat (VAC) works on Linux.

HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition by Arrowhead Game Studios · Action

HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition is an action game from Arrowhead Game Studios, published by PlayStation Publishing LLC, first released on 7 December 2015.

You can play it alone, together online, or with someone on the same screen. Steam lists partial controller support. Critics scored it 83 out of 100 on Metacritic.

The evidence

Its own Linux version
No, it runs through Proton
Player rating on ProtonDB
Platinum, from 110 reports
Steam Deck (which runs Linux)
Playable, with small niggles
Anti-cheat
VAC: Works on Linux, unofficially

How to play it

  1. Install Steam from your Linux app store and sign in. Your library is already there.
  2. In Steam's settings, under Compatibility, switch on "Enable Steam Play for all other titles". That turns on Proton for every Windows game. You only do this once.
  3. Install HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition and press Play.

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