Horn of the Abyss

Installing HotA on Linux

There are two convenient ways to install HotA on Linux.
Steam allows you to install HotA both from its own game store and via the standard installer.
Heroic Games Launcher allows you to install HotA both from the GOG game store and via the standard installer.
Choose whichever method is more convenient for you. Both installation methods work on Intel and AMD processors (x86_64 architecture).

Steam

  1. Download and install Steam from https://store.steampowered.com/about or from your distribution’s repository

  2. Launch Steam and log in

Installing the Steam version

  1. Find Heroes of Might and Magic III: Horn of the Abyss in the Steam store and install it

  2. Click LIBRARY → Home → Heroes of Might and Magic III: Horn of the Abyss → click PLAY

Installing the standard version

  1. Click Add a Game → Add a Non-Steam Game… → Browse… → select the Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete setup file (.exe) → Add Selected Programs

  2. Click LIBRARY → Home → select the added installer in your games list → right-click it → select Properties…

  3. Go to the Compatibility tab → check Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool → select Proton Experimental from the drop-down list → close the window

  4. Click PLAY → complete the installation

  5. Again, select the added installer in your games list → right-click it → select Properties…

  6. Go to the Shortcut tab → in the TARGET field, click the Browse… button → select the HotA setup file (.exe) → close the window

  7. Click PLAY → install HotA into the Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete folder

  8. Again, select the added installer in your games list → right-click it → select Properties…

  9. Go to the Shortcut tab → in the TARGET field, click the Browse… button → select h3hota HD.exe in the HotA folder → then enclose the game path in quotation marks ""

  10. In the START IN field, click Browse… → select the folder where HotA is installed → close the window

  11. Click PLAY

Heroic Games Launcher

  1. Download and install Heroic Games Launcher from https://heroicgameslauncher.com or from your distribution’s repository

  2. Launch Heroic Games Launcher → go to Wine Manager → Proton-CachyOS and install Proton-CachyOS-latest

Installing the GOG version

  1. Click Log in → GOG LOGIN → log in to your GOG account

  2. Click Library

  3. Find and install Heroes of Might and Magic III: Horn of the Abyss

  4. Launch the game

Installing the standard version

  1. Click Library → ADD GAME

  2. Click RUN INSTALLER FIRST

  3. Select the Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete setup file (.exe) → complete the installation

  4. Click RUN INSTALLER FIRST again

  5. Select the HotA setup file (.exe) → install it into the Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete folder

  6. Click Select Executable → select h3hota HD.exe in the HotA folder → click FINISH

  7. Launch the game

Additional Notes

Use the ADD GAME button to create shortcuts for editors (e.g., the map editor).
To do this, select the editor’s .exe file in the Select Executable field.