What does HackerNews think of HeroicGamesLauncher?

A Native GOG, Amazon and Epic Games Launcher for Linux, Windows and Mac.

Language: TypeScript

#16 in Electron

#87 in Linux

Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome | Aug 2023

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It's called heroicgameslauncher, runs on Linux and works with GoG.

https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher

Linux Has Grown into a Viable PC Gaming Platform and the Steam Stats Prove It | Dec 2021

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There's a program called Lutris [0] that will handle GoG, Heroic will handle Epic [1]. Not sure about Twitch games, though, as I'm unfamiliar with their offering. If you mean Itch.io then Lutris handles that too.

[0] https://lutris.net

[1] https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher

Valve Steam Deck | Jul 2021

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it is possible to run Epic game store using lutris: https://lutris.net/games/epic-games-store/ There is also alternative launcher: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher some games need more tinkering to run as versions in epic store seems to be less linux friendly

Tried Nvidia’s GTX 1080 – still no external GPU on a Pi | May 2021

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There is a client for Epic, Heroic (https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher). EA and Ubisoft gave up on their walled gardens and sell their games via Steam now. There is still the EA Origin DRM client involved there somewhere and that can cause problems, but it can also work, so worth a try if the game is worth it.