Distributing

Beginner

This page contains information about how to distribute a game made with Stride.

Requirements

In order to run, Stride games require a user to have the following installed:

Windows

Windows 10 or newer
.NET 10 Runtime (unless the game was published as self contained)
Visual C++ 2015 runtimes

Linux

.NET 10 Runtime (unless the game was published as self contained)
FreeType (for installation instructions, visit the Linux page)
OpenAL (for installation instructions, visit the Linux page)
SDL2 (for installation instructions, visit the Linux page)
FreeImage (for installation instructions, visit the Linux page)
Vulkan or OpenGL (depending on the graphics API used by your game)

Note

This page doesn't contain information for all platforms. If you want to expand it, consider contributing to the documentation.

Steam and Proton

Proton is a compatibility layer used by Steam, that allows players to run games built for Windows on machines running Linux.

Stride games aren't as well supported by Proton as games made for other engines. It's possible that an update to Stride or the compatibility layer might break your game. To make sure it runs properly on Linux, consider creating a native build for that platform.