Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher
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A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS.
6 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 0 stories, 6 comments · first 2021-05-14 · latest 2026-06-01
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Apparently (< https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher... >) Heroic supports launching games with DOSBox Staging or ScummVM.
comment by tmtvl · 2026-06-01 · in Windows GOG DOS Games on M-Series Macs -
…for installing the games? From Heroic's FAQ, that's the first step for adding support to the store. https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher... Not exactly first class, but one step away.
comment by hiccuphippo · 2026-03-25 · in Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls -
It's called heroicgameslauncher, runs on Linux and works with GoG. https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher
comment by bastardoperator · 2023-08-30 · in Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome -
…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
comment by Zhyl · 2021-12-22 · in Linux Has Grown into a Viable PC Gaming Platform and the Steam Stats Prove It -
…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…
comment by peterlopen · 2021-07-16 · in Valve Steam Deck -
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…
comment by onli · 2021-05-14 · in Tried Nvidia’s GTX 1080 – still no external GPU on a Pi