Can steam backup from Windows be used to restore the game in Linux?

Pretty much what the title says, I want to run Dota 2 on my mint, my friend has updated version on his Windows. And I cannot download 18 GBs worth as I'm running it on 4G LTE Internet and it'd cost a lot. So can the backup be used to restore the game on Linux?
Thanks.

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I regularly install Team Fortress 2 (another Valve game) on both Linux and Windows machines (but haven't tried macOS) and use the same backup. The game installs all the data files but the executables (files made for the specific OS) and any updates that have come online since the backup was made would be downloaded which are considerably less than downloading the whole game. All in all the most I've seen being downloaded are a few hundred MiBs.
Also note that Dota 2 shares a lot with other Valve games since they are all made with Source, Valve's game engine.

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How do I transfer Steam games to Linux?

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Open Steam in Linux.

Select the game you want to install on Linux.

Start installing / downloading it.

Wait until the game gets to about 1%

Stop the download.

Open the location of your Steam install.

How do I backup Steam games on Linux?

To back up your Steam games, simply copy the folders in the common directory to a USB external hard drive or flash drive. To restore the backup, simply place the files back in ~/. steam/steamapps/common and click \u201cINSTALL.\u201d Steam will automatically discover the backup.

How do I restore a Steam game from a backup?

Install Steam and. log in. ...

Launch Steam.

Click on "Steam" in the upper left corner of the Steam application.

Select "Backup and restore games..."

Select "Restore a previous backup"

Browse to the location of the game's backup files.

Continue through the Steam windows to install the necessary games.

How do I restore a Steam game to another computer?

Open your Steam client and head over to the \u201cLibrary\u201d section. Here all of your games are listed. Right click on the game you want to back up and select the option \u201cBackup game files\u201d.

How To Backup and Restore Your Games on Steam

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