I'm not the best person to type out a guide but there is a way. Do you have steam? If you do then extract the game to your file system. Then go to steam click the "add game" button on the bottom left and select "add non-steam game". Find VotV and add it to your libary. Then right click on the game in your libary and select "Properties" Then in the compatibility tab tick the "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility too" and then choose the proton version you want to use. (I'm currently running experimental. I have had no issues running the game on linux this way.
This trick can get other non-steam games to use the proton emulator if needed.