tldr: non-steam game runs on steam deck but doesn't run on desktop, is there any way to like trick it into thinking I'm on a steam deck and if not is there anything else I can try?

Hi I'm trying to run Infinity Nikki on my machine, but in the launcher the install button just says "Game Update" and when pressed it shows progress at 0% for awhile then just goes back to "Game Update"

Looking online for a solution I found that pretty much everyone trying on linux is running into this issue, usually given that the game has kernel level anticheat I'd just give up on getting it to run but the weird thing is that it seemingly can be installed and ran on steam deck just fine.

I saw a game named "Forspoken" had a similar issue which got fixed by adding a launch option in steam, this did not work in this game (I'm running the launcher through steam). Is there any other way I can get it to work like it does on steam deck? or do I just need to dual-boot for now?

Happy to post any logs requested (sorry I don't really know which logs would be relevant here)

So I recently had to change from Windows to Linux because my PC simply HATED its native operative system... which means I cannot play any non-steam games! yay /s so devs? Will Infinity Nikki ever work on Linux? Will you ever even consider it?? I really miss playing it...

Hey y’all!

So I noticed a few sparse threads about people trying to get Nikki up and running on Linux (apparently it does work on Steam Deck but not Bazzite or any other Linux distro). I’m hoping we might all work together and post here the things we’ve tried that haven’t worked? That way maybe we can figure it out together!

I have the option of playing on my iPhone but it doesn’t do the game justice. I wanna see my adorable outfits in HD 😇

Thus far I think the most we’ve been able to do is get the launcher installed and then we get the dreaded “Update Game” button that doesn’t work.

Thoughts? Ideas? Let me know 😇❤️