ReSkate GameInstall & Mods GuideDownload

How to install reskate

Extract the launcher into an empty folder, sign in to Steam, press PLAY, then Insert.

  1. Download the zip

    Download the player archive from the latest GitHub release. It contains ReSkateLauncher.exe and ReSkate.dll.

    .zipReSkateLauncher.exeReSkate.dllempty foldertwo files

  2. Extract to an empty folder

    Extract both files into a new empty folder, for example C:\Games\ReSkate. Do not put them in Steam's skate. folder.

    Use your own folderC:\Games\ReSkate\ReSkateLauncher.exeReSkate.dllgame files land here laterNot thisSteam\skate.leave Steam's copy alone

  3. Run ReSkateLauncher.exe and sign in to Steam

    Run ReSkateLauncher.exe and sign in to Steam with the account that owns skate. You can scan a QR code with the Steam app, or use your username and password with Steam Guard. Type that password only in the launcher. The launcher installs the game build it supports, about 14 GB.

    ReSkate launcherSign in to Steam hereSteam sign-inQR code, or accountplus Steam Guard

  4. Press PLAY, then Insert

    Press PLAY, then Insert. Insert opens the ReSkate menu in the game.

    PLAYInsertopens the menu

How do you check the download?

On the GitHub release page, open the player archive and read the SHA-256 printed there. Then hash the file you downloaded and compare the two strings. This page does not copy the hash, because it changes every release.

certutil -hashfile ReSkate-<version>.zip SHA256

PowerShell can do the same check:

Get-FileHash .\ReSkate-<version>.zip -Algorithm SHA256

Use the filename from the release page in place of the version placeholder.

What if something fails?

Common blocks, black screens, and build mismatches are on Reskate not working.

ReSkate on Linux (Proton) and Steam Deck

Install skate. with Steam, and put ReSkateLauncher.exe and ReSkate.dll in a new empty folder, for example ~/Games/ReSkate. The launcher refuses to run from Steam's skate. folder.

In Steam, open skate. properties and set the launch options to the command below, with your own folder path. Then press Play on skate. in your Steam library. The launcher installs its own copy of the game into that folder the first time.

bash -c 'exec "${@/*EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.exe//home/you/Games/ReSkate/ReSkateLauncher.exe}"' -- %command%

Steam starts EA's anti-cheat launcher, not Skate.exe, and that anti-cheat refuses to run under Proton. The launch option swaps it for the ReSkate launcher. Starting from skate.'s own Steam entry, rather than adding the launcher as a non-Steam game, keeps the app id and the Proton prefix.

The launcher in a folder of its own is new and has not been tested on Proton yet. With the launcher beside Skate.exe, as it was set up before, ReSkate was tested with Proton Experimental on CachyOS: the launcher, the server browser, joining a public server, and hosting a lobby. Steam Deck should work the same way but is untested. If you load a custom map and then join a server on another map, the screen can stay black. Load the server's map first. The project tracks that case in issue 31.

Read the same steps in the Linux (Proton) section of the README.

What about macOS?

Steam for Mac with a Wine-based tool is covered in the macOS docs. Check the official docs for the launch option.