Game lacks an option to fall back to ALSA output

Try the stuff here:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/353540/discussions/5/361787186439802794/

@moonheart08 Which distro are you using? Could you run the game again, confirm there is no sound, and post the contents of ~/.config/unity3d/Klei/Oxygen Not Included/Player.log here?

9 minutes ago, 255 said:

@moonheart08 Which distro are you using? Could you run the game again, confirm there is no sound, and post the contents of ~/.config/unity3d/Klei/Oxygen Not Included/Player.log here?

There is a similar report with game logs found here:

 

Could you also try running the game outside of steam using the following command?

SteamAppId=457140   ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/OxygenNotIncluded/OxygenNotIncluded

Just now, 255 said:

Could you also try running the game outside of steam using the following command?

cd ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/OxygenNotIncluded; ./OxygenNotIncluded

The game doesn't run through the terminal or directly through double clicking in the file manager on linux. 

It just terminates with the following message:

<INIT stuff cut out>

Unable to preload the following plugins:
    libfmodstudioL.so
Player data archive not found at `~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/OxygenNotIncluded/OxygenNotIncluded_Data/data.unity3d`, using local filesystem

The game should run if the current working directory is the same as the executable. The message about being unable to preload the .so file is a red herring, the sound should work even with that message present. The error in your case above is related to the game not being able to find the 'OxygenNotIncluded_Data' directory in the current working directory.

1 minute ago, 255 said:

The game should run if the current working directory is the same as the executable. The message about being unable to preload the .so file is a red herring, the sound should work even with that message present. The error in your case above is related to the game not being able to find the 'OxygenNotIncluded_Data' directory in the current working directory.

Nope, was already in the correct working directory. I haven't found a single linux user able to run the game directly through the executable. 

My mistake, that message is a red herring too. I've updated my original instructions.

Yup that works, well since this issue doesn't affect me I'll stop replying then

You've been helpful, thanks!