Lutris
Close matchFreeThe usual way in. Installs the game and sets up the compatibility layer, with community setups kept up to date.
Your files: Account, characters and purchases stay on HoYoverse's servers and are unaffected.
Does Genshin Impact run on Linux?
Verdict: Partly
Partly. There is no Linux version, but the anti-cheat has allowed Proton on clean installs since version 3.8, and Are We Anti-Cheat Yet lists it as running rather than blocked.
Genshin Impact is a Windows game with no Linux build. What makes it playable is that its anti-cheat, miHoYo Protect, permits Proton, the compatibility layer Linux uses to run Windows games. Are We Anti-Cheat Yet records it as running, and notes that the change came in with version 3.8 in July 2023 for clean installs.
This has moved about over the years, so treat it as a current position rather than a promise. Before 3.5 people needed workarounds, and Are We Anti-Cheat Yet still flags a possible bug where the game pins a processor at full load on Linux, with the plain advice to play at your own risk.
The practical route is Lutris or Bottles, which install the launcher and the game for you and handle the compatibility side. Your account, characters and anything you have paid for live on HoYoverse's servers, so signing in brings it all back.
Go in knowing this is unsupported. HoYoverse do not promise it will keep working, and a future anti-cheat change could end it without warning.
What to use instead of Genshin Impact
Bottles
Close matchFreeKeeps the game in its own container, which makes it easy to remove cleanly if it stops working.
Your files: Same as above.
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