Violet Vandal Edition
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Install · Steam Deck

Install on Steam Deck

No terminal, fully turnkeyAbout 20 to 30 minutes

No terminal, no second computer, just your Deck. When you finish, Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (VV Edition) shows up in your Steam library with full analog controls, ready to play.

You bring the game.Revert is the installer and mods, not the game itself. You need to own Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (PC) and have your own copy ready as a folder or a download link. Nothing licensed is bundled or fetched for you.

The whole install, start to finish. The written steps below mirror it.

What you need

  • A Steam Deck.
  • Your own THUG2 (PC) copy: a link you can paste, or the game folder on a USB drive or SD card.
  • About 20 to 30 minutes, most of it the Deck downloading and building in the background.

Step by step

  1. Switch to Desktop Mode

    Hold the power button, then choose Switch to Desktop from the Power menu. This is the normal Deck desktop; you only need it for the install.

    The Steam Deck Power menu with the Switch to Desktop option.

  2. Download the installer

    Open the browser and go to thug2vandal.com/install (or the GitHub releases page), then press Download the installer under Steam Deck. It saves revert-installer-linux-amd64 to your Downloads.

    https://thug2vandal.com/install
    The thug2vandal.com install page open in the Deck's browser, with a “Download the installer” button under Steam Deck.

  3. Open it

    Open the Dolphin file manager, find the file in Downloads, and double-click it. Dolphin asks whether to launch it: choose Launch. If it will not run, right-click it, choose Properties then Permissions, tick Is executable, and try again.

    The Dolphin file manager asking whether to launch the downloaded revert installer, with a Launch button.

  4. Fill in three things

    A simple wizard opens in your browser and asks where to install (the default is fine), for a password (if your Deck has never had one, you pick it here and the wizard sets it up for you, so choose something you will remember; at least 8 characters and not all numbers), and for your THUG2 copy (paste your link or point it at the game folder). Then press Install & build.

    The Revert install wizard with install-location, password, and your-THUG2-copy fields.

  5. Wait

    It installs Wine, downloads your game, builds the edition, and sets up the controller. A live log shows progress and the Deck stays awake. You do not need to touch anything.

    The installer's live progress log registering the Steam shortcut and downloading the game archive.

  6. Play

    When it finishes it tells you to switch back to Gaming Mode. Do that, then open your Library and go to Non-Steam games, which is where the installer added it. Launch Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (VV Edition). It has proper cover art, not a blank tile. That is it.

    Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (VV Edition) in the Steam Deck library with real cover art and a green Play button.

Controller

Nothing to configure: full analog sticks and PS2-style shoulder combos work out of the box. Always play in Gaming Mode; Desktop Mode loses controller focus on level loads. Naming a skater is covered too: when a text box opens, the D-pad or left stick cycles the letter, A commits, X backspaces, Start saves.

ControlAction
Left stickSkate / move
Right stickCamera
A / B / X / YOllie / Grab / Flip / Grind
L1 / R1Spin left / right
L1 + R1Get off board / walk
L2 / R2Nollie / Switch
L2 + R2Level out
StartPause

If something goes wrong

No controller in-game
Make sure you launched it from your Steam library, not from Desktop Mode.
Black screen right after launch
A rare Wine mismatch. In Desktop Mode open Konsole and run cd ~/thug2 && ./revert setup once (game closed), then relaunch from Gaming Mode.
Anything else
cd ~/thug2 && ./revert doctor prints exactly what is missing.

Installing on something else?

Linux desktopMacWindows

Prefer a manual, command-line reference? INSTALL.md on GitHub.