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How To Install and Play Roblox on Linux

How To Install and Play Roblox on Linux

Roblox is one of the most popular games besides Minecraft. At first glance, this game is similar to Minecraft when viewed from the character shape. But currently Roblox has various character shapes. Minecraft with its typical voxel, and Roblox with characters that are diverse.

We can play anywhere, and join any game provided, according to the player's interests when playing Roblox. In fact, players can do voice chat between players in several games that support this feature. However, to activate voice chat, usually using conditions such as identity verification.

As a Linux user, I am a little disappointed with this game, because it is not released natively for Linux. Even though it is available for other operating systems. But don't be sad.

2 ways to run and play Roblox on linux

Using Waydroid

Waydroid can run the Android version of the Roblox game by installing it via the Google Play Store. I've tried it, and it's pretty smooth even though some games can be a little buggy because maybe the compatibility is not optimal between Waydroid and Roblox.

Waydroid can run Roblox very smoothly when I tried it. But most Android mobile and Desktop PC games have different hardware requirements. If the installed Android game supports Desktop PC architecture (x86), you may not need additional libraries.

But if the game runs on a mobile architecture only such as ARM, users need some additional libraries, to be able to run Android games on Waydroid, you can go to this page to install some additional Waydroid libraries such as libhoudini ("ARM binary translator" so that ARM applications can run on x86-based devices).

In this case, it seems (correct me if I'm wrong), Roblox on the play store only supports running on ARM architecture, so it requires additional libraries if you want to run it on Waydroid Linux.

If you haven't installed Waydroid, you can go to the Waydroid Documentation for installation steps.

Using Sober

According to what I read on the website, Sober is an unofficial application that can run Roblox natively on Linux. Please go to the Sober Documentation page and read carefully.

Yes, I tried running Roblox on this application too. Compared to using waydroid, I feel, Sober is smoother when controlling characters or playing games.

To install Sober on Linux, you can go to this page. Make sure that the Linux you are using has installed flatpak, then you type the command:

flatpak install flathub org.vinegarhq.Sober

And to uninstall the application, you can use the flatpak list command first in the terminal. After finding the Application ID, you can type the flatpak uninstall (application_id) command. In this case, we want to uninstall Sober, so:

flatpak uninstall org.vinegarhq.Sober

You can watch the video on my channel to try running Roblox on both of the above applications.


Which application will you choose? This guide is for educational purposes only. Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for any consequences arising from its use.


Hope it helps.