🌱 Growtopia on Linux

Run Growtopia on Linux using Wine — supports Arch, Ubuntu/Debian, and Fedora.

Growtopia now uses WebView2 for its login screen, which requires some extra setup on Linux. This script handles everything automatically.

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⚡ Quick Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arvcx/growtopia-linux/main/install.sh | bash

That's it. The script will:

• Install Wine and dependencies
• Set up a dedicated Wine prefix
• Install WebView2 runtime
• Apply DXVK (improves rendering performance)
• Download and install Growtopia
• Create a growtopia launcher command + desktop entry

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📋 Requirements

Distro	Status
Arch Linux / Manjaro / EndeavourOS	✅ Tested
Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Mint / Pop!_OS	✅ Supported
Fedora	✅ Supported
Other	⚠️ May work

• 64-bit system
• ~2GB free disk space
• Internet connection

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🛠️ Manual Install (Step by Step)

Arch Linux

# Enable multilib in /etc/pacman.conf first, then:
sudo pacman -Sy wine wine-mono winetricks lib32-gnutls
yay -S dxvk-bin

export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine-growtopia
export WINEARCH=win64
wineboot --init

# Install WebView2
curl -L "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703" -o /tmp/webview2.exe
wine /tmp/webview2.exe

# Fix WebView2 rendering
wine reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\AppDefaults\msedgewebview2.exe" /v Version /t REG_SZ /d win8 /f

# Apply DXVK
setup_dxvk install

# Install Growtopia
curl -L "https://growtopiagame.com/Growtopia-Installer.exe" -o /tmp/growtopia.exe
wine /tmp/growtopia.exe

Ubuntu / Debian

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
# Add WineHQ repo for your Ubuntu version, then:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y winehq-stable winetricks libgnutls30:i386 dxvk

# Then follow the same Wine prefix steps as Arch above

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🚀 Running Growtopia

After install, just run:

growtopia

Or find it in your application menu.

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🐛 Known Issues

WebView2 login screen blinking — This is a known limitation of Wine. The login screen (WebView2) will flicker/blink until you interact with it (click or type). This is caused by Wine's incomplete implementation of DirectComposition (DCompositionCreateDevice3), which is an open bug in WineHQ. The game itself works fine after login — only the login screen is affected. There is currently no fix for this.

WebView2 fails to download during install — Make sure lib32-gnutls (Arch) or libgnutls30:i386 (Ubuntu) is installed.

Game not found after install — The installer sometimes puts Growtopia in a different path. Find it with:

find $HOME/.wine-growtopia/drive_c -name "Growtopia.exe"

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📁 File Locations

File	Path
Wine prefix	~/.wine-growtopia/
Growtopia exe	~/.wine-growtopia/drive_c/users/$USER/AppData/Local/Growtopia/Growtopia.exe
Launcher	~/.local/bin/growtopia
Desktop entry	~/.local/share/applications/growtopia.desktop

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🗑️ Uninstall

rm -rf ~/.wine-growtopia
rm ~/.local/bin/growtopia
rm ~/.local/share/applications/growtopia.desktop

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Made by arvcx