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Squirrel Stapler - 1.0 - Eng - Gnu Linux - Wine -...

Squirrel Stapler is a surreal, first-person horror game (often compared to Chulip meets Harvester) originally made for Windows. Since no native Linux version is listed in your filename, Wine is required. The game is lightweight and typically runs well under Wine with minimal tweaks.

Save this as run-squirrel-stapler.sh:

#!/bin/bash
export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/Games/squirrel-prefix"
export WINEARCH="win32"
cd "$HOME/Games/SquirrelStapler"
wine "Squirrel Stapler.exe" "$@"

Make executable:

chmod +x run-squirrel-stapler.sh
./run-squirrel-stapler.sh

Although Squirrel Stapler was originally released as a standalone executable (often circulated on itch.io or Twitter), it eventually made its way to Steam. If you own the Steam version, getting it running on Linux is effortless: Squirrel Stapler - 1.0 - ENG - GNU Linux Wine -...

On an Intel i5-8250U with integrated UHD 620 graphics (no dedicated GPU): Squirrel Stapler is a surreal, first-person horror game

The game runs flawlessly on modest hardware. Even a Raspberry Pi 4 with Box86 + Wine (though not recommended) can manage ~25–30 FPS with settings reduced. Save this as run-squirrel-stapler

Squirrel Stapler is a surreal, first-person horror game (often compared to Chulip meets Harvester) originally made for Windows. Since no native Linux version is listed in your filename, Wine is required. The game is lightweight and typically runs well under Wine with minimal tweaks.

Save this as run-squirrel-stapler.sh:

#!/bin/bash
export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/Games/squirrel-prefix"
export WINEARCH="win32"
cd "$HOME/Games/SquirrelStapler"
wine "Squirrel Stapler.exe" "$@"

Make executable:

chmod +x run-squirrel-stapler.sh
./run-squirrel-stapler.sh

Although Squirrel Stapler was originally released as a standalone executable (often circulated on itch.io or Twitter), it eventually made its way to Steam. If you own the Steam version, getting it running on Linux is effortless:

On an Intel i5-8250U with integrated UHD 620 graphics (no dedicated GPU):

The game runs flawlessly on modest hardware. Even a Raspberry Pi 4 with Box86 + Wine (though not recommended) can manage ~25–30 FPS with settings reduced.