I am in the same situation. I paid for Baron just to be able access to Alpha. But then, there was no Alpha for Linux. Now, there is no Beta for Linux, so Knights are on the same situation.
Warhorse Studios, I demand a clear answer on whether or not there will be a Linux Beta. If there is not going to be a Linux Beta (as clearly promised during the Kickstarter campaign), you should do a partial refund to all us Linux users.
Just to clarify my positionâŚ
This was promised more than 2 years ago:
The Beta access will be available on Windows, Linux and Mac at least; it may also be available on consoles but we cannot confirm it yet. Link
You are right about Beta, I am sorry. I will make sure our programmers have the Linux version in their plans. Thank you! Link
Dont have an answer, but will ask others. Thank you for reminder!
any news for backers! with a linuxsystem?
A week has passed and no answer yet. Does Warhorse Studios need even more time after two years waiting for the Linux Beta? 
It seems that we (linux users) have been scammed another time to support games upon lies.
Please find below the answer which was given to Liam (Gaming on Linux)
Hello Liam,
Unfortunately I can´t verify this right now, as we don´t know. We still want to publish it on Linux too, but right now it is not possible technically. We are waiting and hoping for a solution for this. We can neither say if it will come for Linux, nor it will not come.
The situation about this topic is kind of tricky.
But thank you for your request.
Christian Piontek
Community Manager
www.warhorsestudios.cz
I am so disappointed. Another reason why I stopped to pledge on kickstarter or early access.
Only purchase or support games which offer a fully functioning linux native version of their game.
Iâll wait until the game release and then ask for a refund.
If you want to game use a gaming operating system, I donât understand. Just dual boot into Windows.
Linux users always complain when it isnât supported. Just stop going against the grain.
You better get your shit together and give Linux a higher priority! It seems, like you think, that Linux isnât that important, since there are only few gamers on Linux. But the Linux users are in general the people who are more active in online communities and are more interested in technical stuff, so assume, that the number of your backers on Linux is way higher than the average of Linux users on Steam. I supported your game idea from the start and I liked your attitude, but if you treat us Linux users like second class citizen or even want to forget about us completely in the end, many of your supporters will be pissed! And regarding the people, who paid more than me, itâs basically fraud, since you promised a Linux Beta and obviously didnât even tried.
Dear Alabie,
First of all Linux is also a gaming OS. I use it since 2010 without any issues, purchasing only native linux games or (rarely) using wine.
Secondly, you are wrong. They said that they would release a linux version of the game. They promised during the kickstarter campaign that the linux version will be released.
Summary
Planned platforms: PC, Xbox One*, PS4*, Mac, Linux
Release date: Q4, 2015 on PC, Mac and Linux
Approx. gameplay time: 30 hours (Act 1), 70+ hours (all 3 acts)
If they didnât want to support linux it was sufficient to clearly say. I wouldnât have pledged for this game nor I wouldnât be purchasing the game (same thing would have done all other linux gamers).
Telling us after 2 years that technically they cannot make anymore a linux version is unfair towards those people who pledged because of the linux support. CryEngine is multiplatform, therefore it means that they used (consciously) some middleware which is incompatible with linux.
Anyway, we will see how things go. At this stage I am disappointedâŚ
Ok, Warhorse Studios. I want my partial refund.
Not because of your technical issues. Because of your 2 years of lies and your still not being straightforward.
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I wanted to believe better of these guys but it now seems like just another Kickstarter scam. From now on no backing Kickstarters without a Linux prototype.
Dear (?) Alabie,
First, âJust stop going against the grain.â - its usually the slogan of all the blunt, coward, weak people. Not just in the case of technology, but at all aspects of life. Please forgive me for not accept your shameful advice. In fact I feel even more offended by it than by Warhorse Studios cheating the 6 euro (or maybe all the 24 euro?) out of me. Please forgive me that I consider myself better than this attitude.
Second, there is no such thing as a gaming operating system. Every game works on specific operating systems, and people simply choose from the games that are supporting the os they are using. You need this information before buying a game. Linux support is a criterion for me when deciding on buying a game or not. So simple. I wont buy any games which run only on windows, just as I wont buy a book written in a language I cant read and have no intentions to learn it.
Third, business works like this: the vendor describes the important characteristics of their goods and services. I decide if I buy it or not based on that information. If that information turns out to be false by mistake, I claim for refund, and if it turns out to be deliberately false, I can even consider to sue the vendor. The platform was considered important apparently, they stated many times this game will run on linux. Upon this information did I decide to buy it. They stated the beta will run on linux. Upon this information did I decide to pay 6 more euro to upgrade from soldier to knight. Of course I was not buying the game, but I was buying their efforts to make it as they stated. What happened next? They started developing the game not supporting linux. It was their deliberate decision not to follow their campaign statements, not an unforeseen error.
This is the case that they were cheating money out of me by deliberate lies. It is not in the category of mistake, it is in the category of crime. They were intentionally causing me loss by stating lies. So simple.
I hope I could help you understand.
I get this, what I donât get is Linux gaming to begin with.
Not trolling either, genuinely curious.
You put this very well. But I want you to not communicate with the shallow minded, since in no case this leads to a meaningfull conversation, as you cann see by his ignorant reaction on your piece. Please ignore him.
Buying windows would cost me 3-4 times this loss in money, much more in time, and I would not gain anything by it. I can work on linux much more effectively: I can do everything I want but faster and with less annoying troubles. For me it would be totally a waste of money buying windows. But this has nothing to do with this topic. Sorry for the off.
We never used Unreal engine, it was mentioned from the beginning that we use Cryengine. And not âsome Middlewareâ. It is mentioned nearly everywhere and every of our trailers beginns with âarchived with cryengineâ this is the first thing you sould notice about the game:
Kickstarter video, Alpha teaser, E3 Trailer, Sword combat presentation, Beta Trailer.
Anyway. I would love to give a more proper answer into this technical question, but I don´t know enough about the details of this topic to give a proper answer. @Woody is able to go into more details here, but he is on vacation right now.
I just can repeat what I already told. We don´t wanted to scam you and a Linux version is still planned, but right now we can´t archive it techically.
Yes, sorry just forgot which one wasâŚ
Both Unreal and cryengine are crossplatform. Being crossplatform means that technically it is possible to have a windows, mac and linux version.
Except if you used some third party windows only additional middleware or you purposely made the code to support windows only.
I would be glad to hear in detail what are the âtechnicalâ issues from @Woody once heâs back from his deserved vacation.
Please note that I do think that KCD is a great game, I am just tired to see linux users treated as a lower category. If you dinât want to support linux or if you wanted to prioritize windows it would have been 100% legit, simply I would not have put my pledge for the game.
So what should i do with my completly useless physical copy i get?
dell it in eBay, burn it, vor what?
Iâm so pissed of
I like Linux. I like gaming. I donât own a copy of Windows and I wonât be buying one. What is there to get?
Iâm fine with games being released only for Windows, I just wonât buy them, or Iâll wait until theyâre supported in WINE and buy them at a steep discount.
If a studio wants to use Kickstarter to fund the development of a game and they want to prioritize Windows and do ports later Iâm also fine with that. Iâll wait until a Linux version is released and buy it then.
If a Kickstarter promises a Linux release or beta, and the pledge level for the Linux release or beta is the same as the pledge level for a Windows release or beta, then I expect the Linux version to be given equal priority. If they donât want to give the platforms equal priority then they should offer different pledge levels for the different platforms or they shouldnât promise at all.
