What Can You Do With A “Hacked” Steam Linux Beta Client? Play Some Humble Games!

By Venn Stone Nov 6, 2012 / 15 Comments

Update: A complete guide for installing on Arch, Ubuntu, Fedora and Slackware is located in our forums.

First off; I refuse to believe Valve didn’t know that launching “steam steam://open/games” would bypass the authentication check. Yeah, now you have access to the Steam Linux beta but no games. Serves you right, you filthy hacker! That said, you can still add a few games from your Humble Indie Bundle purchases.

Install Steam:
Ubuntu: From terminal run

  1. wget http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb
  2. sudo dpkg -i steam.deb && sudo apt-get install -f
  3. run “steam steam://open/games”
Arch: Download the PackageFedora:

  1. Download http://spot.fedorapeople.org/steam/
  2. Put the steam.repo file in your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory (as root)
  3. yum install steam

With everything installed follow our guide for retrieving your HIB keys. After that open the Steam client and visit Games> Activate a product on Steam> Next> I Agree> enter HIB key. Keep in mind that some keys will not work.

UPDATE: Check out the list of what works on our favourite Sub Reddit Linux_Gaming.

Unofficial first cut bug reports for those cheating their way past the beta subscription check:

GameWorks?TesterNotesUpdated
Amnesia: The Dark Descent✔/u/directhexmissing dependency on libxmu6:i3862012-11-06
And Yet It Moves✔/u/directhexmissing dependency on libjpeg62:i386, screwed launcher script (trivially fixed by changing ayim_dir=)2012-11-16
Aquaria✔/u/directhex2012-11-06
Braid✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
Cave Story+✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
Cogs✔/u/directhex2012-11-06
Crusader Kings II✘/u/sm222missing executable2012-11-06
Cubemen✔/u/directhex2012-11-06
Darwinia✔/u/directhex2012-11-06
DEFCON✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
Dungeons of Dredmor✔/u/directhex2012-11-06
Dynamite Jack✔/u/ronjouch2012-11-06
Eversion✔/u/flibitijibibo2012-11-07
Frozen Synapse✔/u/directhex2012-11-06
Galcon Fusion✔/u/ronjouch2012-11-06
Killing Floor✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
LIMBO✘/u/directhexinvalid app config2012-11-07
Multiwinia✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
Osmos✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
Penumbra: Black Plague✘/u/ronjouchno files2012-11-06
Penumbra: Overture✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
Penumbra: Requiem✘/u/ronjouchno files2012-11-06
Psychonauts✘/u/directhexinvalid app config2012-11-07
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45✘/u/WienerWuerstelmissing executable2012-11-06
Rochard✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
Serious Sam 3: BFE✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
Space Pirates and Zombies✔/u/directhex2012-11-06
SpaceChem✘/u/directhexpackaging error, only runs on 32-bit Ubuntu (technically 64-bit if mono in $PATH is 32-bit)2012-11-07
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution✔/u/directhex64-bit binary, but crashed Compiz for me on quit2012-11-06
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP✔/u/directhexmissing dependency on libcurl3:i3862012-11-06
Trine 2✔/u/nothingbutcontempt2012-11-06
Uplink✔/u/directhex2012-11-06
VVVVVV✘/u/directhexmissing executable2012-11-07
World of Goo✔/u/directhex2012-11-06

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15 Comments

  7. No access to games? :) What do you call it, when I’m playing Amnesia – The Dark Descent, World of Goo, Superbrother: Sword & Sworcery EP and Uplink among others. :)

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