Nice, one more OS where I can choose to not use it.
Epic Games Store will get a Linux version sometime "soon"
Submitted 3 weeks 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 weeks ago
mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Eat a dick, Tim Sweeney.
ozoned@piefed.social 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Dude peaked at ZZT.
who@feddit.org 3 weeks 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.
N0ll@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It’d be pretty funny if the Linux client will be actually usable unlike the windows version
nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 3 weeks 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 weeks 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
radiouser@crazypeople.online 3 weeks ago
Tim Sweeney is a bitch.
Katana314@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Can’t wait to get 20 Fortnite ads. And then an error message that Fortnite doesn’t run on Linux.
vortexal@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks 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 weeks ago
Where’s GOG on that chart? How would you compare it to Steam?
vortexal@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks 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.
ShadowPurge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They specifically went out of their way to not support Linux no way will I ever buy their games .
Kaligalis@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It already has - Heroic works just fine.
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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
tio_bira@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 weeks 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.
notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“The digital distribution storefront equivalent of cancer thinking about moving to Linux”.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
dont need
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 weeks ago
Nope. Still no reviews, still filled with crypto stuff, janky AF, etc
Mikelius@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
They looking to support cheaters now? /s
LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
It won’t be as good as Heroic so who cares?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago
Is the windows version worth using yet?
dan1101@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Do they even have user reviews implemented yet?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Bring back the Rocket League Linux client or eat a fucking dick, Epic.
popcar2@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t it work flawlessly via proton?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I wouldn’t know when they dropped the Linux client was the day I dumped the game
helios@social.ggbox.fr 3 weeks 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.