Suggestions for improving Timberborn – Bugs and Suggestions

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Native Linux support

Maybe add native linux support? It currently works good with wine but native support would be better i think. And if it is added please make the linux version also ...
Suggested by: Anonymous (03 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 28 May Comments: 38
Under consideration Linux Suggestion

Unable to drag and move camera or selection with mouse button hold on Linux (Steam Deck)

I am unable to do any "click + drag" action. It began randomly and neither restarting the application nor restarting the computer help. I am able to right click on ...
Suggested by: Richu (14 Oct, '25) Upvoted: 30 May Comments: 51

Bug: 1.0 experimental causes gpu page fault under proton

As of the visual update, the game can randomly crash under proton and bring the entire graphical environment down with it. sometimes it recovers but most of the time ...
Suggested by: lime (07 Nov, '25) Upvoted: 11 Apr Comments: 14
Under consideration Crash Linux

BUG: Playing on Linux (Ubuntu 20) alt+tab causes a crash

I'm fairly certain this is a proton issue, but just in case I thought I'd mention it here. When you alt+tab or go to do anything on your second monitor the game ...
Suggested by: abnocchinwads (01 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 01 May, '25 Comments: 3
Under consideration Crash Linux

Super slow performance after a while

CPU - Ryzen 9 7950x RAM - 64Gb GPU - RTX 2080 OS - Arch Linux (steam proton 7.0-5) Version: v0.2.9.1-0b5fdc2-sw There's some serious performance issues ...
Suggested by: CJ (19 Dec, '22) Upvoted: 05 Mar, '25 Comments: 2
Under consideration Linux Performance

Experimental: Max Speed setting kills framerate on large maps

I'm getting massive frame rate drops when on max speed settings, on a new town before building anything. FPS counter ends up at 1. Only seems to happen on 256x256 ...
Suggested by: Jam (05 Sep, '24) Upvoted: 19 Oct, '25 Comments: 1
Under consideration Linux Performance

[BUG][Proton][Linux] Game no longer runs on Linux :-(

I've been playing this game for last 3 months now, and I fell in love with it. And yes I know that you are not supporting Linux OS, but game was running fine on ...
Suggested by: Fon60 (18 Dec, '21) Upvoted: 27 Aug, '24 Comments: 7

Known issues, running and troubleshooting on Linux with Wine or Proton

Game is not officially supported on Linux but proven to run quite well. See https://www.protondb.com/app/1062090 for more tips. - Mouse dragging actions do not ...
Suggested by: Gin Fuyou (26 Mar) Upvoted: 24 Apr Comments: 4
On our radar Linux

Proton Experimental: Game does not launch, game crashes on start

I am making this report because of this post: ...
Suggested by: Matt (14 Nov, '25) Upvoted: 14 Nov, '25 Comments: 6
Under consideration Crash Linux

Unable to Pause building or use tick boxes customize difficulty

Not able to pause buildings or tick/untick badwater or drought options in customize difficulty. No other options in customize difficulty seem to be affected. No other ...
Suggested by: SgtThunderC_nt (22 Oct, '24) Upvoted: 22 Oct, '24 Comments: 3

Error during launch while game trying play the launch trailer (linux Ubuntu)

After the last 1.0 update, getting an error. Before the update, it also had an issue, instead of showing tralier saw an RGB screen(like at tv no signal picture) and ...
Suggested by: Kristian (02 Mar) Upvoted: 02 Mar Comments: 2

Keyboard Input not working on Arch Linux / Steam with Das Keyboard

Hi team, I believe my keyboard is being detected as a controller and I therefore have no ability to input into the game. This is an issue from boot on. I tried to ...
Suggested by: Ben (11 May, '25) Upvoted: 11 May, '25 Comments: 2
Under consideration Linux

Random crashes.

I have been playing this save for a while without problems until. I sadly cannot spot a pattern, like whether the crash started after an update or whether it has to ...
Suggested by: aTwin (14 May, '24) Upvoted: 14 May, '24 Comments: 2
Under consideration Crash Linux

bug : mouse do random stuff

After a game crash (pc stop because of no electricity), since then I got like a crazy mouse that jump in some direction, etc So make the game inusable with a mouse. ...
Suggested by: Grummfy (15 Dec, '21) Upvoted: 15 Dec, '21 Comments: 2
Under consideration Bug Linux

Bug: Right mouse button (RMB) stops working

Linux on Steam on Pop!_OS game version 1.0.12.6. Hours into the game, the right mouse button (RMB) stops working altogether all of a sudden. At this point clicking ...
Suggested by: Victor (05 Apr) Upvoted: 05 Apr Comments: 1
Under consideration Bug Linux

Intro video doesn't play or glitches on Linux \ Proton

Hey guys, I discovered a weird glitch/bug when I start Timberborn on my Nobara 43. I've read in the changes there should be an intro movie but it shows this weird ...
Suggested by: Roppie (14 Mar) Upvoted: 14 Mar Comments: 1
Done Linux

Tutorial blocks usage of keybindings on Linux/Steam

GNOME/Arch Linux, tutorial since step for usage camera zoom fully ignores all default keybinds (mouse wheel up/down, following tutorial step blocks usage of spacebar ...
Suggested by: Maxim (19 Feb) Upvoted: 19 Feb Comments: 1
On our radar Linux

Flickering triangles

When the camera is at certain angles I sometimes see a flickering triangle. The game UI disappears while the triangle is visible. It flickers even when the camera is ...
Suggested by: Ethan Holter (20 Jul, '25) Upvoted: 20 Jul, '25 Comments: 1
Under consideration Linux

UI disappears on Steamdeck

UI frequently vanishes when playing on Steamdeck. Seems to have multiple repro methods, but the one I am sure of is when adjusting floodgate heights. To fix, I have ...
Suggested by: Roskvape (01 Jul, '25) Upvoted: 01 Jul, '25 Comments: 1
Under consideration Bug Linux

[BUG] Having a weird rendering issue after fixing Wine prefixes (linux mint)

Having strange graphic stuff going on in the game(let me know if the video goes outdated): https://streamable.com/qytasg The game used to run fine but I was having ...
Suggested by: SilverTyrantX (20 Jun, '25) Upvoted: 20 Jun, '25 Comments: 1
On our radar Linux

Bug - menus very slow, game now unplayable with Update 3

I haven't played since before Update 3. Now when starting the game, I get a black screen which lasts for about 1 minute before I get the start message and button. ...
Suggested by: Adam (18 Jan, '23) Upvoted: 18 Jan, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Bug Linux

[vulkan-amdgpu-pro] Timberborn no longer launches

OS: Arch (Proton Experimental, GE-7-45, etc) I'm not sure why, but for some reason I can no longer launch Timberborn. It was working just fine last night, but now ...
Suggested by: Thorin Wolf (19 Jan, '23) Comments: 2