"Step-by-Step: How To Install and Play GOG and Epic Games On Linux - Complete Guide"
127In this video, I cover how to install and play games found in your GOG and Epic Games Store libraries on Linux using the Heroic Game Launcher.
https://heroicgameslauncher.com/
Step 1. Install Heroic Game Launcher.
https://heroicgameslauncher.com/downloads
Heroic is available on Linux in a wide range of methods.
Although my recommendation would be to use the Flatpak version, as this version is distribution agnostic.
https://flatpak.org/setup/
First enable Flatpak support using the instructions that are relevant to your distribution.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl
And then install the application using the recommended method, and once installed, launch.
Step 2. Setting Up Heroic.
The first time you launch Heroic you will prompted to sign into your GOG and Epic Games Store accounts.
Simply click on the Log In link and sign in.
Once done, click on the Go to Library link or the library tab at the top.
From here you will see a list of the games found in your libraries, for either GOG and Epic individually or together.
So, to install a game, click on the thumbnail, and click install.
The game will start to download, and once finish, click the Play button to launch the game.
You can also navigate both the GOG and Epic Stores from with Heroic itself if you wish to purchase any more games or see what is available.
For most people, this all you need to do to play some games on Linux, however there are some optional tweaks you can make.
Step 3. Optional Tweaks to Heroic Game Launcher.
Some games that require EAC and BattlEye may not work on Linux if the developers have not enabled support, but you can install the EAC and BattlEye runtimes for games that have by navigating to Settings / Wine Extensions, and ticking all the options.
In addition, some Epic games require the Epic Online Services to be installed, which can be installed by navigating to Settings / Advanced and ticking the EOS Overlay option.
You can also enable third party tools such as Feral GameMode and MangoHUD if you navigate to Settings / Other and tick the appropriate option.
And finally, although I do not recommend it, you can use different builds of Wine by clicking on the Wine Manager tab which will allow you to install WINE-GE, WINE-LUTRIS and PROTON-GE.
These can then be selected by navigating to Settings / Wine and choosing the desired version from the drop-down Wine Version list.
There are also some additional Wine related options here such as FSR, E-Sync and F-Sync.
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