{"slug": "heroic-games-launcher", "name": "Heroic Games Launcher", "category": "productivity", "category_name": "Productivity", "description": "Open-source game launcher for GOG, Epic Games Store and Amazon libraries on Linux, Windows, macOS", "recommenders": 5, "commenters": 8, "warners": 0, "score": 5.137, "rising": 1.02, "first": "2025-11-01", "latest": "2026-09-03", "why": "Used on Linux and Steam Deck to install and play GOG and Epic Games Store titles, with games easily added to Steam or launched through gamescope alongside Steam.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 5, "neutral": 3, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": ["GOG on Linux", "Epic games"], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "It's trivial to add games from GOG using Heroic and play them alongside regular Steam games.", "icon": true, "domain": "heroicgameslauncher.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://heroicgameslauncher.com/", "pricing": "open source", "aliases": ["Heroic Games Launcher", "Heroic"], "verdict": [{"text": "Used on Linux and Steam Deck to install and play GOG and Epic Games Store titles", "cites": [{"id": 749246720, "item_id": 46827920, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46827920", "by": "bhewes", "date": "2026-01-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use heroic launcher on cachyos", "excerpt": "Sweet I have about 500 of games on gog and I use heroic launcher on cachyos. Probably a total of 1.3k of titles across steam, gog and epic any idea gaming isn't Linux now is dumb thinking. Glad to see gog work on native.", "context": "Linux gamer", "use_case": "playing GOG games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "GOG: Linux \"the next major frontier\" for gaming as it works on a native client"}, {"id": 735105168, "item_id": 45944073, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944073", "by": "chocalot", "date": "2025-11-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Heroic Launcher to install them, and Steam mode to play it.", "excerpt": "Fair reasons. I won't be getting one, because the Steam Deck is enough for me. > It\u2019s Steam, not Good Old Games. Sure it can run GOG games but the Machine is primarily designed to run Steam. You avoid purchasing from Steam like the plague, yet you\u2019re willing to buy a Machine dedicated to it? Are you crazy? I prioritise getting games on GOG, and the Steam Deck experience with it is good. 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My main \"game console\" is a NixOS box running Jovian, and I have made oodles of Flakes that I use to make custom non-Steam games that launch deterministically, and as far as I'm aware, Valve is perfectly fine with this (not that I particularly care ", "context": "", "use_case": "playing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "Sony makes bold claim about game ownership"}, {"id": 735105168, "item_id": 45944073, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944073", "by": "chocalot", "date": "2025-11-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Heroic Launcher to install them, and Steam mode to play it.", "excerpt": "Fair reasons. I won't be getting one, because the Steam Deck is enough for me. > It\u2019s Steam, not Good Old Games. Sure it can run GOG games but the Machine is primarily designed to run Steam. You avoid purchasing from Steam like the plague, yet you\u2019re willing to buy a Machine dedicated to it? Are you crazy? I prioritise getting games on GOG, and the Steam Deck experience with it is good. I use Heroic Launcher to insta", "context": "Steam Deck owner", "use_case": "installing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "I don\u2019t need a Steam Machine"}, {"id": 782660482, "item_id": 48916280, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48916280", "by": "tim-projects", "date": "2026-07-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "directly launches either steam or heroic launcher", "excerpt": "I use gamescope on a separate TTY that directly launches either steam or heroic launcher. I find this works exceptionally well. No window manager needed as you are playing a game full screen anyway. It fixed some other things like HDR too but at a loss of the volume and brightness keys no longer working.", "context": "", "use_case": "game launcher", "switched_from": "", "story": "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"}]}, {"text": " It suits Linux and Steam Deck gamers", "cites": [{"id": 786685968, "item_id": 49167873, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49167873", "by": "b3lvedere", "date": "2026-08-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Until then we use this:  https://heroicgameslauncher.com/", "excerpt": "Until then we use this: https://heroicgameslauncher.com/", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "GOG games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc"}, {"id": 749246720, "item_id": 46827920, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46827920", "by": "bhewes", "date": "2026-01-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use heroic launcher on cachyos", "excerpt": "Sweet I have about 500 of games on gog and I use heroic launcher on cachyos. Probably a total of 1.3k of titles across steam, gog and epic any idea gaming isn't Linux now is dumb thinking. Glad to see gog work on native.", "context": "Linux gamer", "use_case": "playing GOG games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "GOG: Linux \"the next major frontier\" for gaming as it works on a native client"}, {"id": 735105168, "item_id": 45944073, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944073", "by": "chocalot", "date": "2025-11-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Heroic Launcher to install them, and Steam mode to play it.", "excerpt": "Fair reasons. I won't be getting one, because the Steam Deck is enough for me. > It\u2019s Steam, not Good Old Games. Sure it can run GOG games but the Machine is primarily designed to run Steam. You avoid purchasing from Steam like the plague, yet you\u2019re willing to buy a Machine dedicated to it? Are you crazy? I prioritise getting games on GOG, and the Steam Deck experience with it is good. I use Heroic Launcher to insta", "context": "Steam Deck owner", "use_case": "installing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "I don\u2019t need a Steam Machine"}]}, {"text": " who own GOG or Epic games and want them next to their Steam library.", "cites": [{"id": 792869232, "item_id": 49554327, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554327", "by": "tombert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's trivial to add games from GOG using Heroic and play them alongside regular Steam games.", "excerpt": "Valve is also pretty amenable to adding third-party games to the box as well. It's trivial to add games from GOG using Heroic and play them alongside regular Steam games. My main \"game console\" is a NixOS box running Jovian, and I have made oodles of Flakes that I use to make custom non-Steam games that launch deterministically, and as far as I'm aware, Valve is perfectly fine with this (not that I particularly care ", "context": "", "use_case": "playing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "Sony makes bold claim about game ownership"}, {"id": 732548209, "item_id": 45784263, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45784263", "by": "Zambyte", "date": "2025-11-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "or Heroic[1] if you have it through EGL", "excerpt": "Rocket League literally has a platinum status on ProtonDB[0]. It works perfectly on Steam using Proton if you have it there, or Heroic[1] if you have it through EGL. Rocket League has literally never been unable to run on GNU/Linux. The full game. Multiplayer, Steam workshop, everything. I suspect you may be thinking of a different game honestly. Maybe League of Legends? I think they switched to an invasive anti chea", "context": "", "use_case": "Epic Games Store games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux"}, {"id": 749246720, "item_id": 46827920, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46827920", "by": "bhewes", "date": "2026-01-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use heroic launcher on cachyos", "excerpt": "Sweet I have about 500 of games on gog and I use heroic launcher on cachyos. Probably a total of 1.3k of titles across steam, gog and epic any idea gaming isn't Linux now is dumb thinking. Glad to see gog work on native.", "context": "Linux gamer", "use_case": "playing GOG games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "GOG: Linux \"the next major frontier\" for gaming as it works on a native client"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "GOG on Linux", "summary": "Commenters use it to install and play their GOG libraries on Linux and the Steam Deck.", "quotes": [{"id": 749246720, "item_id": 46827920, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46827920", "by": "bhewes", "date": "2026-01-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use heroic launcher on cachyos", "excerpt": "Sweet I have about 500 of games on gog and I use heroic launcher on cachyos. Probably a total of 1.3k of titles across steam, gog and epic any idea gaming isn't Linux now is dumb thinking. Glad to see gog work on native.", "context": "Linux gamer", "use_case": "playing GOG games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "GOG: Linux \"the next major frontier\" for gaming as it works on a native client"}, {"id": 735105168, "item_id": 45944073, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944073", "by": "chocalot", "date": "2025-11-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Heroic Launcher to install them, and Steam mode to play it.", "excerpt": "Fair reasons. I won't be getting one, because the Steam Deck is enough for me. > It\u2019s Steam, not Good Old Games. Sure it can run GOG games but the Machine is primarily designed to run Steam. You avoid purchasing from Steam like the plague, yet you\u2019re willing to buy a Machine dedicated to it? Are you crazy? I prioritise getting games on GOG, and the Steam Deck experience with it is good. I use Heroic Launcher to insta", "context": "Steam Deck owner", "use_case": "installing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "I don\u2019t need a Steam Machine"}, {"id": 792869232, "item_id": 49554327, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554327", "by": "tombert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's trivial to add games from GOG using Heroic and play them alongside regular Steam games.", "excerpt": "Valve is also pretty amenable to adding third-party games to the box as well. It's trivial to add games from GOG using Heroic and play them alongside regular Steam games. My main \"game console\" is a NixOS box running Jovian, and I have made oodles of Flakes that I use to make custom non-Steam games that launch deterministically, and as far as I'm aware, Valve is perfectly fine with this (not that I particularly care ", "context": "", "use_case": "playing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "Sony makes bold claim about game ownership"}]}, {"label": "Epic games", "summary": "It runs Epic Games Store titles on Linux, such as Rocket League.", "quotes": [{"id": 732548209, "item_id": 45784263, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45784263", "by": "Zambyte", "date": "2025-11-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "or Heroic[1] if you have it through EGL", "excerpt": "Rocket League literally has a platinum status on ProtonDB[0]. It works perfectly on Steam using Proton if you have it there, or Heroic[1] if you have it through EGL. Rocket League has literally never been unable to run on GNU/Linux. The full game. Multiplayer, Steam workshop, everything. I suspect you may be thinking of a different game honestly. Maybe League of Legends? I think they switched to an invasive anti chea", "context": "", "use_case": "Epic Games Store games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux"}, {"id": 745390482, "item_id": 46586905, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586905", "by": "masfoobar", "date": "2026-01-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "has Steam and Heroic (Epic) without issues", "excerpt": "I have been a Linux user since 2005 or 06. It was one of the best decisions I ever made in the world of computers. I started with Ubuntu and went on a distro hunt such as Fedora, Mandriva, Mint, and others. In the end, I have stayed with Debian for a good 10 years, now. Both for desktop/laptop and server. (Maybe one day I will dive deeper with Arch.. but I also like the direction of Guix) While I use Windows at work,", "context": "Linux user since 2005", "use_case": "Epic games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"}]}, {"label": "Steam integration", "summary": "Games installed with Heroic can be added to Steam and played alongside Steam games.", "quotes": [{"id": 792869232, "item_id": 49554327, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554327", "by": "tombert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's trivial to add games from GOG using Heroic and play them alongside regular Steam games.", "excerpt": "Valve is also pretty amenable to adding third-party games to the box as well. It's trivial to add games from GOG using Heroic and play them alongside regular Steam games. My main \"game console\" is a NixOS box running Jovian, and I have made oodles of Flakes that I use to make custom non-Steam games that launch deterministically, and as far as I'm aware, Valve is perfectly fine with this (not that I particularly care ", "context": "", "use_case": "playing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "Sony makes bold claim about game ownership"}, {"id": 735105168, "item_id": 45944073, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944073", "by": "chocalot", "date": "2025-11-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Heroic Launcher to install them, and Steam mode to play it.", "excerpt": "Fair reasons. I won't be getting one, because the Steam Deck is enough for me. > It\u2019s Steam, not Good Old Games. Sure it can run GOG games but the Machine is primarily designed to run Steam. You avoid purchasing from Steam like the plague, yet you\u2019re willing to buy a Machine dedicated to it? Are you crazy? I prioritise getting games on GOG, and the Steam Deck experience with it is good. I use Heroic Launcher to insta", "context": "Steam Deck owner", "use_case": "installing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "I don\u2019t need a Steam Machine"}, {"id": 782660482, "item_id": 48916280, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48916280", "by": "tim-projects", "date": "2026-07-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "directly launches either steam or heroic launcher", "excerpt": "I use gamescope on a separate TTY that directly launches either steam or heroic launcher. I find this works exceptionally well. No window manager needed as you are playing a game full screen anyway. It fixed some other things like HDR too but at a loss of the volume and brightness keys no longer working.", "context": "", "use_case": "game launcher", "switched_from": "", "story": "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"}]}, {"label": "Proton tooling", "summary": "It can use UMU Launcher behind the scenes to run games from GOG and other stores.", "quotes": [{"id": 760203169, "item_id": 47512698, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512698", "by": "badsectoracula", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "launchers like Heroic can use it behind the scenes", "excerpt": "There is also UMU Launcher[0] which is basically all that without the Steam integration/dependencies so you can run games from GOG and other stores (it is a command-line tool but launchers like Heroic can use it behind the scenes). I used to install dxvk, etc manually but in recent months i switched to it as it tends to work much more seamlessly for games (i did disable its autoupdates though). 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It's trivial to add games from GOG using Heroic and play them alongside regular Steam games. My main \"game console\" is a NixOS box running Jovian, and I have made oodles of Flakes that I use to make custom non-Steam games that launch deterministically, and as far as I'm aware, Valve is perfectly fine with this (not that I particularly care ", "context": "", "use_case": "playing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "Sony makes bold claim about game ownership"}, {"id": 786685968, "item_id": 49167873, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49167873", "by": "b3lvedere", "date": "2026-08-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Until then we use this:  https://heroicgameslauncher.com/", "excerpt": "Until then we use this: https://heroicgameslauncher.com/", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "GOG games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc"}, {"id": 782660482, "item_id": 48916280, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48916280", "by": "tim-projects", "date": "2026-07-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "directly launches either steam or heroic launcher", "excerpt": "I use gamescope on a separate TTY that directly launches either steam or heroic launcher. I find this works exceptionally well. No window manager needed as you are playing a game full screen anyway. It fixed some other things like HDR too but at a loss of the volume and brightness keys no longer working.", "context": "", "use_case": "game launcher", "switched_from": "", "story": "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"}, {"id": 760203169, "item_id": 47512698, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512698", "by": "badsectoracula", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "launchers like Heroic can use it behind the scenes", "excerpt": "There is also UMU Launcher[0] which is basically all that without the Steam integration/dependencies so you can run games from GOG and other stores (it is a command-line tool but launchers like Heroic can use it behind the scenes). I used to install dxvk, etc manually but in recent months i switched to it as it tends to work much more seamlessly for games (i did disable its autoupdates though). 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Glad to see gog work on native.", "context": "Linux gamer", "use_case": "playing GOG games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "GOG: Linux \"the next major frontier\" for gaming as it works on a native client"}, {"id": 745390482, "item_id": 46586905, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586905", "by": "masfoobar", "date": "2026-01-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "has Steam and Heroic (Epic) without issues", "excerpt": "I have been a Linux user since 2005 or 06. It was one of the best decisions I ever made in the world of computers. I started with Ubuntu and went on a distro hunt such as Fedora, Mandriva, Mint, and others. In the end, I have stayed with Debian for a good 10 years, now. Both for desktop/laptop and server. (Maybe one day I will dive deeper with Arch.. but I also like the direction of Guix) While I use Windows at work,", "context": "Linux user since 2005", "use_case": "Epic games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"}, {"id": 735105168, "item_id": 45944073, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944073", "by": "chocalot", "date": "2025-11-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Heroic Launcher to install them, and Steam mode to play it.", "excerpt": "Fair reasons. I won't be getting one, because the Steam Deck is enough for me. > It\u2019s Steam, not Good Old Games. Sure it can run GOG games but the Machine is primarily designed to run Steam. You avoid purchasing from Steam like the plague, yet you\u2019re willing to buy a Machine dedicated to it? Are you crazy? I prioritise getting games on GOG, and the Steam Deck experience with it is good. I use Heroic Launcher to insta", "context": "Steam Deck owner", "use_case": "installing GOG games", "switched_from": "", "story": "I don\u2019t need a Steam Machine"}, {"id": 732548209, "item_id": 45784263, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45784263", "by": "Zambyte", "date": "2025-11-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "or Heroic[1] if you have it through EGL", "excerpt": "Rocket League literally has a platinum status on ProtonDB[0]. It works perfectly on Steam using Proton if you have it there, or Heroic[1] if you have it through EGL. Rocket League has literally never been unable to run on GNU/Linux. The full game. Multiplayer, Steam workshop, everything. I suspect you may be thinking of a different game honestly. Maybe League of Legends? I think they switched to an invasive anti chea", "context": "", "use_case": "Epic Games Store games on Linux", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux"}]}