Nice, one more OS where I can choose to not use it.
Epic Games Store will get a Linux version sometime "soon"
Submitted 4 days ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/epic-games-store-will-get-a-linux-version-sometime-soon/
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kamee@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
ShadowPurge@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They specifically went out of their way to not support Linux no way will I ever buy their games .
who@feddit.org 3 days ago
Epic showed its true colors when it was caught collecting Steam account data from people’s systems. (This was no surprise coming from the creators of Epic Online Services, or from a CEO like Tim Sweeney, of course.)
Their software won’t be welcome on my systems even if they do make a Linux version.
radiouser@crazypeople.online 3 days ago
Tim Sweeney is a bitch.
mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Eat a dick, Tim Sweeney.
ozoned@piefed.social 4 days ago
I always laughed at this. The difference here Tim is you can VOTE and make your voice heard with the US and democracy. Microsoft has a monopoly. They don’t care as long as they get enough users to buy in, it’s financially viable to them and they force it on everyone. But hey, what do I know, I’ve been a Linux user since 2007 and I’ve been SHOCKED at what people would put up with on their PC and Microsoft’s Windows.
tea_n_typewriters@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Dude peaked at ZZT.
N0ll@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
It’d be pretty funny if the Linux client will be actually usable unlike the windows version
nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Yeah, when I switched to Linux, I was amazed at how much better Heroic launcher was for Epic games than the official (Windows) Epic games launcher.
I sincerely doubt whatever they come up with for Linux will be worth it.
master94ga@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The Linux version is the result of a total rewrite of the client they are doing on all platform, so like Steam the client will be the same everywhere
Katana314@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Can’t wait to get 20 Fortnite ads. And then an error message that Fortnite doesn’t run on Linux.
Kaligalis@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It already has - Heroic works just fine.
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Heroic is awesome for the 1 game i use Epic for (Alan Wake II). A native Epic app will probably never grace my device
vortexal@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
I guess that’s cool but Epic Games will still be at the bottom of my list of game/app stores that I use.
For context, I’ve been using a chart of game/app store with scores based on multiple categories and sorting them into a list to keep track of which ones I should be prioritizing. With on how I currently have them rated, the Epic Games Store will go from a 1/10 to a 4/10, which means that it’s still at the bottom of my list.
dzsimbo@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Where’s GOG on that chart? How would you compare it to Steam?
vortexal@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Both GOG and Steam are tied near the top of the list with 9/10 scores.
But I should mention that since the chart was made specifically for my own personal use, it may not be the best for public use (which is why I haven’t posted it online anywhere). If I am to have it posted anywhere, I’d want to make some adjustments like giving certain categories more weight and expanding some others, maybe even add more. I probably wont though, as I’m just one person and I know for sure that my own biases will get in the way.
tio_bira@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Good, now i can ignore it on Catchy OS…
…Wake me whe GoG Galaxy and MO2 gets native versions for Linux
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Fellow CachyOS user (we’re like the lil’ brothers of Arch!).
While I do appreciate GoG working on their own native launcher - is there anything wrong with just using Heroic for both GoG and EGS?
Only tangentially related, but I specifically claim every single game they make freely available on multiple accounts - just in the vain effort of costing Tim Sweeney money, even though I am yet to launch even one.
tio_bira@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
To be honest, as much i despise the AI polemics over Lutris, is still the superior option for modded old games.
I tried migrate my Fallout Tale of Two Wastlands and Skyrim modlists to heroic (thank God OpenMW runs natively) and both failed spectacularly.
Skyrim didn’t compiled the CS shaders and Fallout wasn’t loading the reshade effects, i didn’t even bother in migrate the others (Ultima, Daggerfall, Saints Row 2, Fallout London).
I think then a native GoG launcher and MO2 port to Linux would be a better option, consider all my modable games, except Left4Dead 2 and Half Life Alyx, are from GoG versions
reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
dont need
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 3 days ago
If they don’t integrate Proton as part of this to allow all those Windows games to just work, and then also don’t subsequently make at least a token effort to contribute to Proton’s codebase, this isn’t enough for me to care. On the other hand, if they do actually do both of those things I may be willing to end my nigh on a decade boycott of their services.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 3 days ago
This is exactly why I don’t think this will actually happen because it would require Sweeney to suck up his Valve hate and use something Valve created and considering how he’ll straight up do anything to oppose Valve that’s a lot of sucking up to do.
Mikelius@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
They looking to support cheaters now? /s
notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“The digital distribution storefront equivalent of cancer thinking about moving to Linux”.
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Last time I checked a few years back it was impossible to put multiple items to the shopping cart, leave a review or get community help with a game.
Is the game store good now?
Luffy879@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Nope. Still no reviews, still filled with crypto stuff, janky AF, etc
LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 4 days ago
It won’t be as good as Heroic so who cares?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Well, when something like Alan Wake II comes around, the problem for me is that I have no guarantee from the seller that it will continue to work on my operating system. If I’m an officially supported customer, I have some recourse if they push an update that breaks compatibility for me.
LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 3 days ago
I don’t think a Linux client for EGS necessarily means they’re going to support Windows games via WINE. You’ll just receive support for purchasing games.
dudeface@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Is the windows version worth using yet?
dan1101@lemmy.world 3 days ago
A year or so ago they added a cart so you could check out with more than one item at a time. That’s about it.
ExperiencedWinter@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Do they even have user reviews implemented yet?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Bring back the Rocket League Linux client or eat a fucking dick, Epic.
popcar2@piefed.ca 4 days ago
Doesn’t it work flawlessly via proton?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
I wouldn’t know when they dropped the Linux client was the day I dumped the game
helios@social.ggbox.fr 3 days ago
Yes it does, even with the recent introduction of EAC. It’s totally fine by me that there is no native Linux build in this case.