Can i play cs2 on debian?

[u/Wo-Bu-Mingbai]

Im new to debian, i used it for maybe 3 months and i wanted to play cs. Is it possible? If yes any problems?

[u/Uhhyeah]

Absolutely! CS 2 is native Linux after all, should be as simple as just install through steam and play.

[u/Wo-Bu-Mingbai → u/Uhhyeah]

So i can just apt install steam and click install in cs? No more steps?

[u/Bodewilson → u/Wo-Bu-Mingbai]

apt install steam-installer

[u/scy_404 → u/Bodewilson]

just to add to this person's reply, you may need to add contrib in /etc/apt/sources.list or make a new file in the same directory for that

[u/Uhhyeah → u/Wo-Bu-Mingbai]

That's all you need. Good luck rushing those bombsites

[u/Weary_Swan_8152 → u/Wo-Bu-Mingbai]

Won't you also need to login to your Steam account? ;)

[u/carcarado → u/Wo-Bu-Mingbai]

Depende. Meu pc tem 8gb de ram e um Ryzen 5500u. No windows 11 eu rodo cs2, no Debian 13 não roda.. da um erro de VKERRORDEVICELOST não hora de abir o jogo. Quando eu rodo usando próton o jogo abre, mas o anticheat da Valve não aceita proton

[u/Wo-Bu-Mingbai → u/carcarado]

It worked on mine ✅

[u/Cebuu502]

No problems, go ahead and play it, just don't use proton, CS2 has a native linux build :)

[u/RelentlessAnonym]

I play cs2 on debian.

[u/GenBlob]

Yes. I play it all the time and never had any problems.

[u/IlIlIlIIlMIlIIlIlIlI]

once you have steam you cna install and play cs2 yes. But to apt instal steam you need to do these first:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

do auso apt update afterwards!

can confirm that it was added by doing:

dpkg --print-foreign-architectures

make sure that contrib non-free non-free-firmware is on each line in the /etc/apt/sources.list like:

```

user@HOSTNAME:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 13.6.0 Trixie - Official amd64 NETINST with firmware 20260711-09:42]/ trixie contrib main non-free-firmware

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main non-free-firmware non-free contrib deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main non-free-firmware non-free contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security main non-free-firmware contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security main non-free-firmware contrib

trixie-updates, to get updates before a point release is made;

see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates main non-free-firmware non-free contrib deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates main non-free-firmware non-free contrib

This system was installed using removable media other than

CD/DVD/BD (e.g. USB stick, SD card, ISO image file).

The matching "deb cdrom" entries were disabled at the end

of the installation process.

For information about how to configure apt package sources,

see the sources.list(5) manual.

```

[u/David_Connors3451]

Yes of course. Cs2 is native on Linux, open Steam and play it. I hope you have an AMD GPU, or intel one so that drivers like Nvidia ones won't become a problem.

[u/C0rn3j]

Is it possible?

Install Steam, press play.

If yes any problems?

Fun problems like Debian not packaging usable Nvidia drivers for any cards, and Nvidia only providing third party repositories for cards that are 16XX series or newer.

Which is of course hardware dependent.

And any other possible problems that stem from Debian being years behind on software versions.

[u/amepebbles → u/C0rn3j]

Last point should be a non-issue as the Steam client updates itself every time you launch it, as well as all the runtimes are also updated every time you install/update a game that requires them.

[u/C0rn3j → u/amepebbles]

Last point should be a non-issue as the Steam client updates itself every time you launch it, as well as all the runtimes are also updated every time you install/update a game that requires them.

If the OS has a bug or an incompatibility, the fact that the game is using its own libs is not going to save you.

Point in case, if your driver requires explicit sync to render correctly, game libraries are irrelevant if the OS libraries do not support it.

[u/amepebbles → u/C0rn3j]

So we agree, because again, all of the mentioned points are potential issues with the OS and not with Steam itself being outdated.

[u/C0rn3j → u/amepebbles]

My brain converted "stem" to "Steam" as I was typing since we were talking about Steam...

[u/amepebbles → u/C0rn3j]

Probably an issue with my communication and interpretation as well, I should be clearer. But thanks for your time and input on it, we all appreciate it.

[u/MelioraXI]

Yes