Written by Blindsided Games
Table of Contents:
1. Screenshots
2. Installing on Windows Pc
3. Installing on Linux
4. System Requirements
5. Game features
6. Reviews
This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.
1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."
Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.
Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.
2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.
3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.
4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.
Ever wanted a Dyson swarm of your own? Now you can have one with just a few clicks! Manage a solar empire, produce bots which will make solar panels for you. Send your panels to the sun to generate energy and sell that energy to make money which you can spend on even more bots!
Build. Automate. Transcend Reality.
Idle Dyson Swarm is a deep incremental game where you construct an ever-expanding network of facilities, harness the power of mega-structures, and push the boundaries of existence itself. Start with simple assembly lines and evolve into a civilization capable of building Galactic Brains that span the cosmos.
Begin your journey producing bots and generating science. Build Assembly Lines, deploy AI Managers, establish Data Centers, and colonize Planets. Each facility feeds into the next, creating satisfying production chains that scale exponentially.
But the real game begins when you unlock Mega-Structures:
Matrioshka Brains — Stellar-scale computing structures that consume entire planets
Birch Planets — Supermassive planetary shells housing unimaginable potential
Galactic Brains — The ultimate achievement, requiring mastery of multiple mega-structure types simultaneously
Progress never truly ends. When you've pushed your facilities to their limits, prestige to earn permanent upgrades across three distinct systems:
Infinity — Reset your run to earn Infinity Points. Unlock Secrets of the Universe and permanent facility multipliers that make each subsequent run faster and more rewarding.
Quantum Leap — Convert Infinity Points into Quantum Points. Unlock automation features, bot multitasking, mega-structure access, and powerful meta-upgrades that fundamentally change how you play.
Reality — The deepest layer. Generate Workers to produce Influence, manipulate the fabric of the universe, and push numbers beyond comprehension.
A sprawling skill tree offers meaningful choices with real trade-offs:
Multiple specialization paths — choose between Purity, Terra, Power, Paragade, Stellar, and more
Exclusive skills that lock out alternatives — your build matters
Banking mechanics to save skill points across runs
Refundable and permanent upgrades to balance short-term and long-term strategies
Discover Dream 1 — an alternate reality where you guide civilization from primitive hunters to spacefaring engineers:
Progress through the Foundational Era and Information Era
Face prestige events: Meteor Storms, AI Risk, Global Warming, and Black Holes
Earn Strange Matter to permanently boost your main game progress
An entirely separate progression loop within the game itself
True Idle Gameplay — Earn resources offline and return to meaningful progress
Deep Active Play — Optimize production chains, plan prestige timing, and theorycraft skill builds
Automation Unlocks — Gradually unlock auto-buy features for research, bots, and facilities
Exponential Scaling — Watch numbers grow from hundreds to incomprehensible magnitudes
6 Facility Types including three universe-spanning mega-structures
11 Research Technologies with repeatable upgrades
100+ Branching Skills across multiple specialization trees
3 Prestige Layers providing endless long-term goals
27 Secrets of the Universe granting permanent multipliers
Full Simulation Mode with its own eras, buildings, and prestige mechanics
Offline Progress that respects your time
Exponential Everything — numbers that never stop growing
From assembly lines to galactic brains. From hunters to space factories. From reality to whatever lies beyond.
How far will you go?