Kinda sad that popular linux desktops still don't have a built in unzipper. Anyway, try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM1bzV9S0kQ
That's supposed to be funny, right? In case anyone wonders, popular Linux desktops do have a built in unzipper. You just need to do something like right click ...

Because I'm a special snowflake!
Also,well I'm dead new to linux and I don't know how to use tar.gz files yet at least!
I've used wine on other OS but not on ubuntu and Debian. Running it as an exe was just easier (buuuut dysfunctional)

My current OS is Linux Mint and this game has been installed using Wine.
When I launch the game all the menu is white, I get the background of factorio but the menu boxes are all white. the only thing I can do is log in as the only thing that appears is user entered text.
I've got this game to run ...