Most non-Steam games aren’t compatible with Linux, but there are ways around this.

What aboutEpic Gamesand other launchers?

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“While in Desktop Mode, ensure youhave the desktop tool for Steam running in the background.

This is a launcher that encapsulates both the Epic Games and GOG applications for easy access and downloading.

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You’ll beprompted to sign on to Epic Games.

Steam Deck Power menu

It will state that Wine is not found, or an acceptable version is needed.

WhileHeroic should automatically choose the best version for each game, sometimes you will need to adjust the tweaks.

In the Wine tab, you’ll see theWine Version dropdown.

Steam Deck desktop linux start menu

There aremultiple different Proton versionsto select, such as Proton-Experimental, Proton 7.0, and Proton-GE.

Trychanging this to another versionand see if the game works.

In the Wine Manager section of the Heroic Games Launcher, you caninstall other versions of Proton.

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The first thing you have to do isdownload the executable installer from the Epic Games website.

You then want toopen the Steam software while in Desktop Mode.

Steam Deck desktop heroic launcher

Once in Steam, like you would on PC, hover over Gamesand thenAdd Non-Steam Gameto the library.

Select and add this to your Steam library.

If you cannot findcertain files, they may be hidden.

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tap the three lines at the very top right of your Dolphin file manager.

In the drop-down menu,select Show Hidden Files.The shortcut to show hidden files is CTRL+H.

First, head toShortcut.

Steam application on Steam Deck desktop

In this file location, you’ll find a ton of folders with different numbers.

Once you’ve found it, right-click it andselect Copy Location.

Here,remove the ending of the paththat says “EpicGamesLauncher.exe”.

Steam Deck desktop steam application game shortcut menu

You may alsouse the drop-down sectionbelowto select different Proton versions.

Depending on which one works for you, selecting different ones will mitigate crashing and bugs.

Now you’re done, enjoy your Epic games.

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