I own the game on steam

Reply to I own the game on steam on Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:48:41 GMT

Hadi77KSA — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:48:41 GMT

Then sounds like the ownership verification can’t be done on Linux. Steam Deck LCD models can’t play online on Plutonium due to sharing the same HWID which someone in the past cheated with. You can still play in LAN mode, but online isn’t an option at the moment unless you run Windows.

Reply to I own the game on steam on Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:43:55 GMT

NekoGoddessMINao — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:43:55 GMT

I found out that it's super picky between / and \, but even now that I have it linked correctly, it's still showing the "SteamApi_Init returned false" message when I try to verify. and when I try to just not do that, it shows up with "Could not authenticate to Plutonium: the service you're using is banned."

Reply to I own the game on steam on Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:33:18 GMT

NekoGoddessMINao — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:33:18 GMT

Hadi77KSA Everything checks out. but the problem now is that it wont let me see hidden folders, I need it for .local file that goes to the steam appdata. ctrl+H does nothing and there is no option for it.

Reply to I own the game on steam on Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:22:07 GMT

Hadi77KSA — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:22:07 GMT

Either the game path needs to be where Steam has the game installed or the ownership verification through the launcher can’t be done on Linux (I doubt this one).
To open the path that Steam has the game installed into, check this: https://plutonium.pw/docs/game-files/
If nothing works, you have the option of doing the ownership verification through the website as described in this post: https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/32250/an-update-on-game-ownership-verification