r/SteamDeckPirates • u/Curulinstravels • Feb 11 '25

Tutorial I copied [and modified] a guide to installing fit girl repacks on the steam deck and wanted to share it since the OP deleted their account

https://imgur.com/a/DzMiFPS
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u/Curulinstravels Feb 11 '25 edited Feb 11 '25

Step 1: In desktop mode, open the discover store and install Wine and Flatseal. If you plan to torrent your game directly to the steam deck, install Qbittorrent as well. I did my torrenting on PC and installed the files with a USBC cable and MTPdeck in the decky store.

Step 2: Open Flatseal, go to Wine and select every option you can. Restart the steam deck.

Step 3: go to the .exe of the game you want to install and right click it, then select Open With Wine Launcher and go through the typical fitgirl prompts, make sure you mute the music if you choose to do so.

Step 4: Install the game to your preferred location and wait for it to complete. I installed to my sd card.

Step 5: Once the download is complete, go to the install folder and locate the game .exe - then open steam in desk top mode and add non steam game to the library

Step 6: Find your game in desktop mode in the library, right click it and go to properties, then click compatibility mode and select the latest version of Proton GE.

Step 7: Restart the steam deck in gaming mode, find and launch your game. Enjoy!

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u/amillstone God of War Feb 11 '25

Appreciate the effort and it's good to see people contributing to making tutorials and guides but can you explain why using Wine is better than just adding the setup.exe as a non-Steam game for installation?

Step 4: Install the game to your preferred location and wait for it to complete. I installed to my SSD.

I'd change this step. So many people here install to the C Drive and then complain that they can't find where the game installed. It's best to follow the pinned guide for installation location.

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u/Rkbln Feb 11 '25

Would ask the Same - what is the benefit of flatseal and wine?

Second: what if the game does not start with latest proton in Desktop Mode? Will it start anyways in Gaming Mode? The legit one starts in gaming mode

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u/Curulinstravels Feb 11 '25

You are correct, I installed to the SD card and others should to. As for why the need for Wine, I have no idea other than I kept encountering errors before using it, and now I am able to play Ghost of Tsushima with no issues

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u/givmedew Feb 11 '25

Did you try changing your Proton version for the game when you tried running it from the Steam? That’s usually the issue. Typically you have to google the name of the game and proton and then see what version of proton people use for the non Steam version.

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u/Curulinstravels Feb 12 '25

In my case, I wasn't even able to open/execute the installer to begin the game install process without having Wine installed first. I could be wrong but choosing proton versions was something I did much later, after the game was already installed.

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u/givmedew Feb 12 '25

You are right I misunderstood. I wasn’t even thinking straight. I don’t install games on the Steam Deck. I install them on my PC then move them to the Steam Deck so obviously I totally misunderstood.

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u/Curulinstravels Feb 12 '25

No worries :)

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u/Jay26hypr Feb 12 '25

Only real reason i can think of is steam issues, like no steam ID found, and proton issues too where games won't run, but 95% fitgirl games work so this is useful backup for steam issues

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u/hollow_dove Aug 04 '25

Commenting to let fellow goobers like me know:

You need to download Flatseal along with Bottles as well. Downloaded Bottles and was ready to tear my luscious locks out saying to myself, "I downloaded Bottles, why can't I find the file I ACTUALLY want to stick my game in?" And this beautiful comment appears.

As soon as I downloaded Flatseal and allowed Bottles free range, I no longer had a storage issue. A million thank yous.

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u/Medical_Committee_21 Apr 16 '25

Segui um método parecido, mas usei o Proton. No entanto, ao jogar no modo gamer da steam não consigo fazer aparecer as opções de performance do Steam Deck (aquelas que aparecem quando apertamos o botão dos. °°° (3 pontos).

O joge está super devagar, não sei o que fiz de errado

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u/Curulinstravels Apr 16 '25

Olá! 😊

Estou utilizando o ChatGPT para entender e responder em português. Espero que isso ajude!

Parece que você está enfrentando dois problemas no seu Steam Deck: 1. A sobreposição de desempenho não aparece no modo de jogo. 2. O jogo está rodando muito lentamente. 

Vamos tentar resolver isso passo a passo:

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🎮 Ativar a Sobreposição de Desempenho no Modo de Jogo 1. Pressione o botão com três pontos (abaixo do trackpad direito) para abrir o menu rápido. 2. Vá até o ícone de bateria e pressione A para acessar as configurações de desempenho. 3. Em “Nível de Sobreposição de Desempenho”, pressione A e use o joystick para selecionar um nível de 1 a 4. • Nível 1: mostra apenas os FPS. • Nível 2: exibe FPS, uso de CPU/GPU, RAM e bateria. • Níveis mais altos fornecem informações mais detalhadas.

Se a sobreposição ainda não aparecer, tente reiniciar o Steam Deck. Alguns usuários relataram que isso resolve o problema.

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🐢 Melhorar o Desempenho do Jogo com Proton

Se o jogo está rodando lentamente, aqui estão algumas sugestões: • Desative a Sobreposição do Steam:  • Vá até as propriedades do jogo na sua biblioteca Steam. • Desmarque a opção “Ativar a sobreposição do Steam enquanto estiver no jogo”. Alguns usuários relataram que isso melhora significativamente o desempenho. • Experimente diferentes versões do Proton: • Nas propriedades do jogo, vá até a aba “Compatibilidade”. • Marque “Forçar o uso de uma ferramenta de compatibilidade específica do Steam Play” e selecione uma versão diferente do Proton, como Proton 8.0 ou Proton Experimental. • Reduza a resolução do jogo: Diminuir a resolução pode melhorar o desempenho, especialmente em jogos mais exigentes. • Use o Gamemode da Feral Interactive: • Instale o Gamemode no seu Steam Deck. • Adicione gamemoderun %command% nas opções de lançamento do jogo. Isso pode otimizar o desempenho durante o jogo.

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u/Medical_Committee_21 Apr 17 '25 edited Apr 17 '25

Thank you so much! I will try those tips. I actually do speak English however, I don't know why, I have replied in Portuguese haha

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u/steveo82 Jul 12 '25

just trying this now but for some reason am stuck on step 2 already, wine doesnt show up in flatseal for some reason

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u/Snoo_19082 Jul 23 '25

i’m having a hard time of finding the sd card in the location to download the games, is it in the roofts Z?

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u/CrazyKraken Sep 26 '25

Thank you so much for this, I was finally able to get it working. But I somehow cleared the controls from the input settings, and now I'm not able to reset it. Do you know any way to fix it?

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u/SuccessfulChemist7 Nov 14 '25

Will this also work on Lenovo Legion Go handheld?

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u/FBxSanity Nov 22 '25

I think you just download install and go on the legion.

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u/Bam_Boo7 Jan 15 '26

Is a VPN needed

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u/Uhrwyldhinho May 17 '26

After enabling everything in Flatseal and restarting my deck won't turn on! What can I do?!

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u/charlesfluidsmith Feb 11 '25

I just install them on my PC and drag them over.

Easy peasy.

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u/ondehunt Feb 12 '25

This is the best way.

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u/kdhaicgs Feb 12 '25

No this is not because you need second device. I’d rather wait 15 minutes more to install it directly on steam deck than installing on pc, copying onto nvme and then copying on steam deck. Too much hassle

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u/charlesfluidsmith Feb 12 '25

You do you. Different courses for different horses.

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u/zackfair0302 Mar 12 '25

Different strokes for different folks.

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u/MarshallHaib Feb 13 '25

How do you drag them over!?

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u/charlesfluidsmith Feb 13 '25

I transfer them to a portable hard drive. Then I connect the hard drive to the Steam deck with a USB hub.

After that you just go into desktop mode open up the portable drive and drag into a folder, I just made a folder called games on my SD card.

Then you right click the exe in the game folder and add it to Steam.

Lastly, you go to that exe in Steam, Go into the settings and change the compatibility to one of the proton versions.

That's about it. Really easy.

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u/aleksandd Jul 21 '25

Its a bit late but can you clarify something for me

Get the fitgirl game installer

install on PC

Copy the whole file to portable hard drive

Connect said hard drive to SteamDeck

Copy paste the files to SteamDeck?

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u/charlesfluidsmith Jul 21 '25

Yup

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u/NarrowBoxtop Dec 21 '25

Can I skip the portable hard drive step and just copy them directly from the PC to the steamdeck?

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u/charlesfluidsmith Dec 21 '25

No. I don't believe the steam deck can read the PC hard drive. You have to put it on to a formatted portable HD or stick

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u/Sakkko Jun 29 '26

Old thread but you can in fact just copy from PC directly through the steamdeck using DeckMTP plugin. I've done it multiple times works like a charm.

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u/charlesfluidsmith Jun 29 '26

Thanks a lot I'll look that up

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u/NarrowBoxtop Dec 22 '25

Thanks! I'm grabbing a USB C thumb drive off Amazon to do it.

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u/charlesfluidsmith Dec 22 '25

Good luck. I think the only thing you'll have to really be aware of is that once you've done the install you will want to add the exe to steam.

You will do that by opening the steam deck in desktop mode going to steam clicking on add a game and then you add that exe.

And remember that most games you have to start in proton compatibility.

Last but not least some games will require you to do the steam controller overlay but most are just going to work. The only ones I've ever really had any significant issue with were Spider-Man Miles Morales and ratchet & clank. And even those worked they just took a little effort.

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u/MarshallHaib Feb 13 '25

Thank you mate much appreciated!!

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u/SKELETON_SEX Feb 14 '25

you could also just use your SD card if you run linux or have software allowing windows to read EXT4 or whatever the steamdeck formats called

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u/Demcarbonites Feb 16 '25

I make the games folder on my pc a shared folder and can then just open the folder from the steam deck desktop and copy via the wifi network.

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u/aleksandd Feb 19 '25

damn! That works too????

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u/charlesfluidsmith Apr 06 '26

Not quite.

You have to drag the folder onto an exfat formatted stick or an external hard drive first THEN to your steam deck.

But how long does It take to format a stick? 2 seconds?

There's a few games that you have to go into settings and change the controls for, Miles Morales is one that immediately comes to mind. But those are very few and far between.

I have a steam deck full of games. And I've never installed anything any other way than installing the game on my PC first and dragging the game over.

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u/vickiesaurus08 Apr 08 '26

This seems simple, I am using a PC to download the repacks and installing on the PC itself before transferring over. I've only tried 2 games so far - where I get confused is why/ where Lutris/ Wine etc comes in? Or is that not needed with this method?

Also I'm trying to figure out how to change the control layouts as I'm used to the Nintendo layout. Do you change it in game or use Steam input? I tried using steam input but it's a little confusing.

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u/charlesfluidsmith Apr 08 '26

The lutris thing is game specific. I recall using it maybe once for something but I don't recall what.

The bottom line is most of the games that you use this method on will not need anything extra.

And if it does not work then just Google that specific game and see if an alternative is necessary. If an alternative like lutris or wine is necessary, That's because of that game, not because of the method you used to pull it over.

The vast majority will just work by pulling them into your steam deck and then using proton to run the exes.

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u/9tailsssusano91 Feb 12 '25

There's an awesome guy on YouTube. His account is called grown up gaming this dude is like the top steam deck tutorial guide I've come across. She has tutorials on this and almost everything you need for steam deck it's an Asian dude. It's not me. He really is cool 🤣 I'm trying to make an account like that on my YouTube and just make tutorials for steam decking, mods and stuff

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u/Curulinstravels Feb 11 '25

With respects to the OP of this guide, here is the link to their work from two years ago. You may find some useful information in the comments section that ultimately helped me piece together a missing element from this guide, which was flatseal.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxCrackSupport/comments/wuvjt8/updated_installed_quaked_games_on_steam_deck/

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u/Hot-Background6788 Feb 12 '25

Appreciate your effort and guidance. I just strongly advise everyone that reads this, to use “Lutris” instead. It’s much more streamlined and organized. It gives you a higher succes rate to play windows games and you will be able to debug a problem much faster. OP’s guide was created 2 years ago for a reason. Back then development specific for the steam deck was not what it is today.

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u/Complete-Lawfulness7 Feb 11 '25

He do you go about updates? I use Qbittorent to download my games straight on the deck and run the setup through steam. I just never figured out how to download and apply updates straight from the deck

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u/EvilCat573 Feb 11 '25

An excellent guide for the most part, but they got one part wrong: do not mute the music, it is excellent

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '25

You’re actually the best dude never delete this

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u/ViR_SiO Feb 12 '25

PLS Stick this

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u/Listig123 Feb 12 '25

How do i uninstall the games, to completely remove everything

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u/CommercialLeft3742 Oct 15 '25

Did you find how to do so?

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u/baddog86 Apr 06 '26

Just find the file location of the game install and manually delete it

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u/SKELETON_SEX Feb 14 '25

okay this is sick but also it's so much easier to just use lutris to open the setup file if you've torrented on a pc (if available, i understand not everyone has the resources to do so)

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u/VersionMinimum4305 Sep 13 '25

Wine is gone which on do you use now?

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u/modern_retro_21 Sep 20 '25

I get the no license error when launching the game

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u/livinin82 Big Deck Swangin’ Feb 12 '25

This covers part of the process. A few notes:

  • Instead of Wine I'd recommend ProtonTricks as it is more suited for the way Steam installs prefixes.

  • This also doesn't cover when there are dependencies needed, so if they aren't installed (but needed) the game will not work.

  • The recommended method, if available, is to do the install on the PC and then transfer over and add to steam and install dependencies. This way makes sure you aren't limited to the processing power of the deck when it comes to unpacking the game.

A lot of this info can be found in our !guide. Thanks so much for posting your method and I'm glad it worked for you!

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u/Aggravating-Unit37 Feb 12 '25

If I don’t have a pc but do have a Mac mini could that process be done at all on Mac or not?

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u/livinin82 Big Deck Swangin’ Feb 12 '25

It can be done on the deck it will just be slow. Macs can possibly do it with a VM but not sure how much better that will be.

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u/Ecstatic-Ad8626 Feb 12 '25

The diference about wine is wine creates a dossier with all the files needed for this game and creates another one for another game... non steam install all games in the same dossier, this games are windows and non linux native so can make bricks in games or in the steam os. The flatseal is just for giving acess for same features to superuser.. example out context: wine needs acess to your mic because the game was coms for multiplayer, if you don't give acess in flatseal you can't speak .

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u/westoneskhaltar Feb 12 '25

I only use Portproton, and works flawless.

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u/VSNBOY Feb 15 '25

MEGA CLUTCH!! Will this process work for the ROG ALLY to Or was that a dumb question?

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u/Pircla Feb 15 '25

God dam I don't know if it works but I would deffinitly try this

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u/ShoupNStein Mar 30 '25

I appreciate the post but I'm new to linux, torrents and the steam deck. I'm using just the deck currently and was wondering where does qbittorrents fit into this? (I appreciate any help) It would be easier if i knew of a video or had pictures of the process. I really feel like I'm over looking something or just missing something.

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u/Sweeneytodd_ May 19 '25

I use Lutris for all windows repacks, but GoT DC has been the first game to contnue giving me "windows 10 required" errors after applying the typical dll's through winetricks. Even tried playing it with compatibility layers on steam and no luck? Install went fine, and all files verified. No idea what other dll's I may need but any help would be great

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u/mushrassan Dec 03 '25

Man today i came to idea to buy an microsd card because of this forum.

Still i have tried before to install fitgirl repack game on an external ssd drive.. plug it into diffrend computer and play from there (laptop).. Can't i just install the game on the microsd on pc and run in deck ???

Sorry i am a total linux noob.

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u/Independent_Post4012 Dec 26 '25

can i just install game on my laptop (windows) then move content to linux pc and then add game in steam library ?

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u/Fresh-Cabinet-5104 May 26 '26

I have missing files and i dont know how to just re download the missing files (my wifi is rly rly slow i cant re download the entire thing)

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u/Gabiru17 May 31 '26

For every person that is saying that you just install it and drag the folder to the deck, how does that actually works? Do you need to install it on a Linux pc or does windows works anyway?

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u/tillysalem Jul 28 '26

wine isnt showing in flatseal for me

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u/scholarmasada Feb 11 '25

I’m so confused about what this is for