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Step 1: Download the installer from the website

Step 2: Prepare a spot where your game files will live

If you don't already and prefer the game files to live outside the prefix, make a folder somewhere for it. If you're using Lutris, be sure to also make a folder for the prefix

Step 3: Adding the installer to Steam or Lutris

Steam: Open Steam, and click "Add a game" -> "Add a non-Steam game" on the bottom left of your screen. Browse to where you put your installer. After that, right click on the game and go to "Properties" -> "Compatibility". More on this in a bit

Lutris: (Note: I am using the system package version, your Lutris may be different) Add a game and pick "Add a locally installed game". On the game info tab, fill out the name and select Wine from the runners drop down On the game options tab, browse to the installer for the executable (I recommend moving the installer to the folder you prepared for convenience), and pick the prefix folder you prepared beforehand for the Wine prefix, or it won't run. Leaving the prefix folder blank is okay as Lutris will fill it out with the necessary files

Now. About the compatibility thing on Steam and Wine version on Lutris. If you tried to launch the thing right away through Steam it ain't gonna launch, you need to check "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" from the compatibility section and select Proton Experimental from the list. For Lutris, where we last left off on runner options, you can also pick Proton Experimental or GE Proton (the default one Lutris picked won't work.) Other Proton forks may work, but besides those two I have only tested dwproton, which is a notable mention since most of the fixes they apply are for... you know. Live service anime games. Which Arknights fanbase mostly plays. So I gotta mention it

Dwproton can't be added to Lutris for reasons but that's a rabbithole for Another Day

Back on track, and don't forget to save all that because now we're--

Step 4: Running the damn installer

Run the installer, and select where the launcher will live. By default it will pick your "C:" drive, which lives in your prefix folder. As mentioned on step 2, if you prefer the game files to live outside your prefix, browse to your containment zone and select it

Don't just place it on Z: that's your root. Don't just rawdog it on $HOME there are many important files living there. Depending on how a game installer does it it'll cause a kernel panic. Don't ask me how I know. Be prudent and make containement zones for your games

Step 5: Download the rest of the game files

Following the installer, you should now be on the launcher and then in-game downloading the game files, hooray!

Step 6: Point Steam or Lutris to the Actual Thing

Don't forget that Steam and Lutris is still being pointed to the installer, not launcher or the game exe. Go to the properties tab (Steam)/right click -> configure (Lutris) and point it to "/insert path to game files/YostarGames/Arknights_EN_Gamelauncher/Arknights_EN_Gamelauncher.exe/" OR "/YostarGames/Arknights_EN/Arknights.exe/"

Step 7: ???

Step 8: PROFIT

GO FORTH AND ENJOY RECLAMATION ALGORITHM 2: 4K EDITION

Additional topics of possible interest to DuckDuckGo it up

Wine and Proton in general

There are several Proton version installers out there. Personally I use ProtonPlus, I've also heard of ProtonUp-Qt but I haven't tried it

There are other game launchers out there, Heroic, Bottles, and maybe others but I can't be bothered

Proton and Wine prefix. God I've been having a headache about it. If you've gamed on Linux with Steam for a while, consider checking out your Steam folder and go to "/steamapps/compatdata/" :) And also have fun looking up ways to condense said prefixes without making all your games yell for the sake of storage space :)) Add on using not just Steam but other launchers :)))

ProtonDB is pretty useful for checking if a game runs on Linux. Neat stuff