I see option of buying the game but I am not too sure if this works on ubuntu. Want to be sure before spending money
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Yes, at least on my machine.
- Install Steam and buy the game.
- Force the use of Proton.
- Configure the Launch Options (from here, step 4):
PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
- Install the game.
- Start the game -- may download additional dependencies (e.g. Proton).
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2Not on my machine. It seems you're more likely to run into trouble if your GPU does not support Vulkan. See here for some common issues. Dec 28, 2020 at 18:47
You may alternatively look into installing Anbox, an android emulator for Linux, as the game is free and very lightweight on Android.
sudo snap install --devmode --beta anbox
See here for more elaborate instructions on Ubuntu 20.04.
Anbox does require your CPU to support SSE, which mine does not, so I cannot report on whether this is actually possible.
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I went this path yesterday, installed Anbox, configured my keyboard layout, added ARM support & the Play Store and installed Among Us from it, but all I got was a black screen. I also tried this workaround without success. I uninstalled everything afterwards. It seems some guy got it working on Genymotion but with lag.– Didier LDec 29, 2020 at 11:58