• Yerbouti@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Noob question. Is it easy to play GOG games on Linux? Can you add them to steam?

    • OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      If you need all the online features you can run gog galaxy through wine, however I just use heroic launcher instead. And you can add any executable to steam, if I’m not mistaken I think heroic has a setting to do it automatically

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        5 months ago

        Thanks. I don’t care about online feature so it doesn’t seem too complicated. I will probably grab a game to try this out and a few more and everything works without problems.

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      It’s pretty easy if you use a launcher that can manage Wine, DXVK, and the like. Lutris is good for that, and even has its own database of games with ready-made install scripts. I’m told Steam can register non-steam games and handle it, too.

      One nice thing about GOG (in addition to being DRM-free) is that you can download games with a web browser. There’s no need to install their store app, ever.

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      I play all my GOG games on the Steam Deck. It takes only a very small amount of tweaking. Additionally, I add them as “non-steam games” in the library, update the artwork and icon, and have a very clean interface.

      I play Minecraft on the Deck the same way.