GAME CHANGER: Epic Games Store on Your Steam Deck!

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[@Braiam]

You need to put 00:00 as the start to chapter markers to apply cleanly.

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

After I have everything I want installed to I leave my Steamdeck set to Pre-release and Testing ❓️🤔🧐

[@Omnifarious0]

I like these tutorial videos. I think a lot of people could find them helpful.

[@Wyzau]

Great tutorial, thanks a lot - the best part is at 4:03 'make sure to like that smash button' 😂

[@KuittheGeek]

I like that it is making progress, but I will keep using Heroic until this really improves. I am fine to manage my games through Heroic since it brings my GOG, Epic, and Amazon Prime games all together in one place. I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 1k games from all of them combined, so if I have to jump out to access one, I might as well do it for all. Until that improves, I will keep with what I am using. But it is definitely cool that others are working on easier front-ends for the Deck and Legendary.

[@YetAnotherOne]

Curious, is your main sticking point the lack of Amazon? Gog is available at the moment, albeit to Patreons only for now. What improvements in particular are you talking about, your comment suggests that it's a million miles away from being usable (maybe I'm just reading too much into this).

[@ToastedSynapseGaming]

@@YetAnotherOne For me, personally, I just don't want to go through the hassle of uninstalling Heroic and all the games I have there just to start from scratch with this other method (which does look cool, don't get me wrong), but I'm with a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality right now. I'm also not the kind of person that installs and plays 5 games/day so the Heroic interface doesn't bother me every now and then.

[@ToastedSynapseGaming]

@@BobDevV Worst thing is you can't even check your library on the fly (on your phone) as they don't have a web interface or app that you can login and check what games you have. You NEED to have the desktop client.

[@rgmoses2189]

How do you launch heroic out of desktop mode?

[@PietroPizzi]

I use Heroic for it, I think with it I have more control over what goses where aso. But if speed and easy-of-use is more important, it seems like an nice alternative!

[@YetAnotherOne]

The Junk-Store installers and launchers are just shell scripts, so you can have as much control as you like, but it requires a bit of effort. It's even possible to alter some of the UI elements and scripts by just editing a json file. Having said that, I totally get that Junk-Store is not for everybody. Use what ever works for you.

[@PietroPizzi]

@@YetAnotherOne Nice to know. Then maybe I check it out. But when the Plug-In gets an update, gets all overwritten or are the PATH settings and what not in an seperate config file?

[@adriandelgado4448]

so far the best up to current date guide! Thanks!

[@Wh1teMorpheus]

I thought using Heroic launcher and pushing the games to Steam was easier.

[@CiK9-Krew]

I didn't the ui hung on downloads etc all the time

[@CheapBastard1988]

I never had any problems with it, but I only use it for GoG.

[@jasper5945]

How? Assuming you already completed part 1 & 2 since you have heroic launcher I fail to see how thats easier since you can do everything in game mode

[@Wh1teMorpheus]

@@jasper5945 Pretty sure I didn’t have to do part one and two. Just hit up the Discover store, installed Heroic Launcher, then logging into Epic. From there, downloaded games and used the built in functionality to push to Steam. Heroic handles the Proton stuff, and if it gets it wrong, game mode just suggests one anyway, so it all works out. The beauty of Linux is how we can get to the same points different ways. 😎

[@Wh1teMorpheus]

@@CiK9-Krew sorry to hear.

[@koolk2115]

Excellent tutorial and deeply appreciated. Cygni All Guns Blazing was just released for free on the Epic Store. Looking forward to trying this out on my SteamDeck. 😁

[@OMAOILRIAN]

I can’t wait until they add GOG to this. Once they do, I’ll have all my games on SD. Great work. I’ll have to check out your game.

[@christophersullivan7273]

Question, does Junk Store sync your epic game store cloud saves? I lost a 40 hour Death Stranding save when I had to rma my deck. It’s why I quit using the heroic games launcher.

[@jonathont5570]

I have been using the epic store with a command line for others stores for months and its been working great, glad to see there is an alt now.

[@kohiek]

I hope I can get a Steam Deck soon. I already saved this video! I am so excited!

[@empirefilmsuk4502]

I'd recommend maybe the Rog ally if any of the games you play require anti cheat so I'd check compatibility of your games list first before making a choice because all steam games run on the Rog:)

[@RenStrive]

​@@empirefilmsuk4502But ASUS Will you know......

[@kingforkings]

congrats on the verified batch. I hope I get the time to try out Doodlings, cause I prefer retro games in general, so old games. Really happy for you btw.

[@Jude_Zilla]

Been using junk store since it was on beta/experimental and man, I wouldn’t go back to heroic after that. Just easier to install epic games

[@yllwboy1123]

Logged in but i still dont see my games library. Also, both of the battleye and the other button were blacked out for me from the start.

[@gardiner_bryant]

Try this, maybe? github.com/ebenbruyns/junkstore/wiki/Troubleshooting#there-is-a-mismatch-in-my-game-library-between-junk-store-and-egs

[@yllwboy1123]

Ok

[@yllwboy1123]

It listed My games, but they still failed to populated in junk store..

[@YetAnotherOne]

@@yllwboy1123 Upgrade to 1.1 in the testing store or downgrade to 1.0. I've mentioned here already that there's a bug in 1.0.1 that is causing this (I die a little inside every time this comes up because that bug snuck into the main store).

[@jon880215]

@@YetAnotherOne Hey, How do I do that? thank you.

[@Tugennov]

Awesome. Thanks! Will EPIC and GOG cloud saves work? Easy cloud saves for these services are needed

[@TheBlackMage3]

The only thing that makes me hesitant to recommend this is the creator flipped out that he wasn't getting enough support on the first round of advertisement for his plugin. It really makes me uncertain about the future of the plugin and also less likely to contribute to it.

[@librarygeek]

Super easy, thanks!! I tried Heroic Launcher but it stopped working, at least for Epic. Somehow, Fallout New Vegas seems like a game that suits my mood today.

[@b0jkata]

Does the epic games cloud saves work?

[@DanielLerch]

Your ad worked! You reminded me to buy Dudelings! Nice work!

[@Cruzan9]

Good job on explaining the steps. This reminds me of the multiple steps I took to install non-Amazon stuff on my Kindles in the past. I have since gotten real tablets. I was not a fan and this is even more steps. I wouldn't discourage others but I am not at all interested in going to trouble. If I had a large EPIC library perhaps I'd be more amenable.

[@arnol1x5]

I subscribed!!!! Thanks bro September 2024 legit works

[@Tugennov]

Cloud saves? Will all Epic cloud saves work when using this method? Thanks for the instructional video! Cheers.

[@guillaumehajjar]

I cannot find the junk-store. I followed all the steps but I have only 25 options on Decky. Is it because I am in EU ?

[@henrycarter]

Followed all steps and logged into epic account, but no games showing up. Anyone have a fix?

[@OneKing..]

Just leave and rejoin the plugin games thing

[@taylor85345]

Since we were already installing Decky Loader, it might have made sense to direct people to Wine Cellar instead of protonup-qt for managing proton installations.

[@McSmurfy]

I used a video explanation and I only used nosteamlauncher as the guy said and then it was added to Steam. I could download my games and play fine with some, but is this guide better than that one or about the same?

[@bas919]

I know that some apps and games require ProtonGE to run, but why do you need it here? Do you use it normally depending on the game you install through Junk Store? Or do you just need it installed and Junk Store automatically uses the version you downloaded?

[@noob4head]

This worked perfectly, thank you!

[@fiziedon]

Hello.. how can i use game folder in my pc.. can i copy paste or keep it inside memory card? I have starcraft brood war/ WAR craft III (REIGN OF CHAOS & FROZEN THRONE) COMMAND AND CONQUER GENERALS & ZERO HOUR (this is not installed file but game data in a folder ready to play.. .exe game data.. can i playike any windows game out there.?

[@Voyevoda911]

I've seen 3 dif ways so far of getting EGS onto the deck, but idk which one would be the best way.

[@grahamstephens9931]

Thanks for this. Really appreciate it 😊

[@LeroyLemans]

Hello I logged in to epic in junkstore. But every time I launch fortnite it tells me to launch from the epic launcher. Did I miss a step?

[@Araknidvr-official]

Mine says the same thing

[@LeroyLemans]

@@Araknidvr-official yeah, and accessing epic playstore on the deck gives me captcha errors when i try to log in

[@pcruz0073]

dont think fortnite would work. just saw another video saying it doesnt

[@KeepIt1HuniTT]

Thank you very much for this informative video.

[@IconAlvarez]

Does the epic games cloud saves work?

[@ross9804]

Followed all of the steps and when I launched the game it states "Please launch the game through Epic Games Launcher". What do?

[@9190onin]

This is so interesting but I’ve been having an issue with deck loader since signing up for the family share beta. Do you know if it will still work

[@SkylerFuhrman]

Glad I found someone else who had issue. I followed these steps but never saw the games in my Epic library.

[@brattex]

4:02 "make sure you like that smash button" ... Sadly, I don't have a smash button, so I can't say whether I'd like it or not.

[@G4ming_OG]

Thanks man this is epic I got so many games in that store!!

[@Tofaa0_0]

How do you turn of error 200 cauch 200

[@magis123]

I love Decky Loader but my problem is if you are on the beta build, EVERY TIME Valve releases a new version it bricks Decky and sometimes even bricks your Steam Deck until you uninstall Decky.

[@nadhembayouli7645]

@Gardiner_byrant hello in proton up QT your easy anticheat does not say (unused) how did you do that ?

[@joao2349]

It looks very good, but it has been working very well for me already with non steam launcher (Epic, GOG and Amazon Games). I have to switch to desktop mode to add my games to steam os everytime i install a new game, but the whole process takes no longer than 2 minutes

[@bigdavesparky1]

Great vid can we do anything for EA games to them to work on the steam deck?

[@meYogii_]

cant find the plugin tab...

[@hundvd_7]

I don't care about EGS, I was too lazy to even claim their free games the service is so bad. But I _am_ looking forward to GoG, that'd be great. And the games they have are mostly not even available on Steam or anywhere else

[@E2JKiNG]

Accounts linked but no games showing up in the junk store list

[@TheRealMangolorian]

@@E2JKiNG did you find a solution for this?

[@KiriakosTse82]

amazing job. I manage to do it very helpful. It is possible to make also for amazon prime, GOG, and xbox pass? thanks

[@casitapipi3137]

I have several ubisoft games in my Epic account, how can I play them? I remember that in my PC those games always asked for the install of the Ubi Store as well.

[@dewinter1411]

Good stuff! Thanks my dude!

[@25spot12]

Cloud save work ?

[@yokithecat1468]

THANK YOUUUU 🎉

[@wasabiwasabisan5266]

Are all games can play. Can it run valorant in there? I really want to play it on my steamdeck . Thanks for answering my question in advance

[@bland9876]

This just gives you a different way of installing games if the game doesn't run on the steam deck this isn't going to make it work.

[@DantalionSam]

I installed deck but it doesnt show plugin section on gaming mod

[@MillerTaryMan]

I keep getting a error for not enough disk space. I have tons of space on my MicroSD not sure how to get around that. Any tips?

[@charleslamour5693]

Good video the only problem is that is you login Into EPIC by using xbox, playstation, nintendo login it wont work because Junk Store wont open the browser for you and you just gonna be stuck

[@TommySavesTheDay]

Maybe I'm a idiot n most likely but loaded cyberpunk into steam library from gog but in steam there is no player progres or achievements displayed slash info feeds is this how it is or I done wrong

[@PoptartPoole]

I'm having a permission issue. It won't let me install games and I'm not sure what I did wrong. Errno 13 permission denied. I don't know what I did wrong.😢

[@Khepri01331]

Nice video but why arent any of my games showing up? Do i need to download them on another device(PC) for them to pop up?

[@rennazram7829]

same concern here

[@TheRealMangolorian]

Did you ever find a solution to this?

[@bland9876]

I tried to play a video game in game mode that made me log into my Epic account It worked perfectly fine in desktop mode but on game mode Google kept saying the web browser was not secure and wouldn't let me log in. Yes breakout recharged was one of the games that I tried.

[@kukemax4379]

Thanks for the video, but how can I make the cloud saves work?

[@user-Nate-b33]

Bro can you test PUBG on stam deck using epic games store on your stam os cuz i just tried fall guys and it woked and it did not stop me saying stuff like anti cheat and stuff im curious to know if epic games can by pass the anti cheat system on steam on i installed my epic games store through lutris and really positive it will work i just wanted you to test pubg and let me know i really appreciate your videos btw your cool

[@IYF86]

How do I get my external hard drive to show up? 😭😭

[@vedranart]

I get C++ Runtime Error on Steam Deck for Dakar Dessert Rally game for example. Any way to fix that? Tnx!

[@anneritchie8264]

Thank you for the tutorial! I followed it and got to the Epic login screen. But it won't let me click on anything or type my credentials. I have to force kill the app to get control of my SteamDeck again. Same thing happened even after a reboot.

[@poligarpi]

It'll be awesome if they support GOG cloud saves as Heroic does

[@johnknight9150]

Does this work on regular desktop Linux in Steam or is it Deck-specific?

[@mashi81]

do egs games cloud saves like this? it does with heroic

[@troywallace7011]

Lutris works just fine but it's nice to have options

[@gameswithoutfrontears416]

I've found Decky Loader kept on disappearing when there was a new Steam OS version. It got so I couldn't be bothered to keep on reinstalling DL. This is putting me off checking this out to be honest. I still use Heroic. None of the epic helpers are perfect and games like the Spiderman ones have real trouble with the controls on the deck not working with them.

[@Umanabro]

Oh man, I like this guide. My only issue is running is that none of my games are showing up. Even after refreshing it and reseting it. Folks in the discord ain't making it clear what I need fix.

[@YetAnotherOne]

where did you ask or look? There's plenty of places we have answered this. upgrade to 1.1 in the testing store or downgrade to 1.0

[@Jacob6853]

Was thinking of getting a steam deck, issue is I play mostly with keyboard and mouse for all but 2 games I own so not sure if for me. I do like the fact that this is propelling gaming for Linux however so I respect the deck.

[@r333z]

So, i've done everything described in the video. Now I'm logged into my EGS Account but the library isn't showing up! Just blank space only showing that I'm logged in. Any suggestions where I could look for a mistake?

[@YetAnotherOne]

Check my comment at the top level, it should help.

[@strider775]

The same here with me very frustrating.. 🙁

[@YetAnotherOne]

are you on version 1.1? update to the latest version. Another thing to check is that the account you're logged into is the right one and has games added to it (I know this shouldn't need to be pointed out, but it happens more often than you think). @strider775 can you verify you're on 1.1 too?

[@Lenford82]

Is it possible to play Epic Multiplayer Games?

[@Slithlou]

Would love to see gamepass also supported!

[@disasterincarnate]

stopped using EGS on the deck mostly due to login issues, epic constantly signs me out forcing a resign-in and verification and it does it so often i just gave up and cbfa with it anymore.

[@empebe]

The ideea is very good but still need work. I have a LCD 512GB steam deck and I never get more then 13.99MB/s on install. You also have to ramain in plugin so the download continue. I think to still use Heroic becouse it's still more useful. I get up to 60MB/s download speed and it's more stable then this plugin!

[@Jairoviedo]

You are awesome. Thanks!!!

[@martin2dn]

Can't launch Fornite, a error apears thats say I have to use Epic Launcher, can you help me?

[@Christfollower31826]

my steam deck is not letting me be able to use buttons when i get to the epic games login page, help!

[@djfranck23]

Hey there..I followed every step and when I get to install games through Epic Game there is an error message : "command produced no output. Can anyone help me with that. New steam deck user here.

[@katanamaru1]

Does this bypass the launcher? Does this require a constant internet connection? Even for single player games?

[@YetAnotherOne]

There's no epic launcher in sight, it uses legendary to do it's magic. There's an offline toggle so you might be able to play some games offline. Not all games support this. We also don't have the resources to test all of this thoroughly so your mileage may vary on this. We do have a community wiki, so if you decide to give this a whirl you might want to contribute to it so others in your situation can learn from your experience.

[@TheDollar88]

Essential question: when you play Epic games like this, do you get your progression and play history/activity on your Epic Store profile? Because I've done this a long time, and it doesn't register in the play history on Epic.

[@YetAnotherOne]

We have seen it log play time and achievements in epic, but It think you have to allow the game access, it opens a web browser on first launch. Now having said that, just because we've seen it, doesn't mean that it's perfect or will work for everybody. I think it has more to do with epic's implementation on this. Junk-Store is no longer in the mix when it comes to this stage of things. Please report your findings to us via our support channels

[@ahmettay2382]

i have tried heroic and using nonsteamlaunchers rn, but both of them are problematic. like: heroic is very slow and buggy AND most games need manual things to work. nonsteamlaunchers' epic cannot work offline. i tried so many times i can't get it to work without internet connection. so does this work good?

[@YetAnotherOne]

There's an offline toggle, but not all games will work. The best thing to do is to try it and report your findings back to the community and us so we can figure out if we can do something about it or not.

[@Paul-tn2lq]

Hi sir just want to ask if this will work with gta ?

[@beautyneytiri]

does my steam deck oled's screen need to be on at all times while downloading an epic game ?

[@Beduw]

It does not

[@mentlegen6326]

Not all of my epic games is showing

[@rajapriyam100]

Can't login... Clicked login through gmail icon and the gmail login screen doesn't appear. Any fixes ??

[@YetAnotherOne]

there's a detailed write up on our wiki about how to do this. OAuth is a pain in the butt unfortunately. I'd post a link, but the YT AI will nix me for this

[@rajapriyam100]

@@YetAnotherOne i managed to login through big picture mode

[@etherweb6796]

I won't use Epic Game store on principle, even if they give away "free" games they still push for PC games to be "exclusive" which I've never liked on PC or console.

[@Fooly_ink]

Finally figured it out lol thanks

[@Bv1nte]

Logged in, but my game list does not showup, cannot install anything 😔

[@TheRealMangolorian]

Did you find a solution to this?

[@jrmprl]

Heroic have problem when opening Ghostwire game on steam deck, it will be just black screen when you try to start the game. Anyone experience that?

[@TheBigGeordieGeek]

I would absolutely like to see GOG and Amazon games available

[@RangerInfinity]

It doesnt let me download easy anti cheat or BattlEye Runtime

[@tbatrics]

My games aren't showing. Any thoughts? I followed the guide and it says I'm logged into my account but nothing.

[@YetAnotherOne]

I have answered this elsewhere (not wanting the YT AI to nix me for repeating myself)

[@Vormund]

Going back to 1.0 worked for me

[@battadenis7632]

You have to uninstall junk store and when installing again, select the version 1.0

[@YetAnotherOne]

@@battadenis7632 The fix for this is now on the main store, upgrade to version 1.1.

[@dylondiesel4920]

I tried to use this to play dark and darker, and it tells me path not found, also how can we delete the game

[@YetAnotherOne]

sliders menu, uninstall. Is this a game issue or a Junk-Store issue?

[@fatjawns3671]

Junk Store reloading scripts for some reason are taking forever(1 hr+) and never actually reloading

[@MapleSIstersMedia]

Anyone else get the “please launch the game through the epic games launcher” error? May just be a me problem lol

[@FeisarX]

One issue. So I tried to play Fortnite. I even enabled the “battle eye” in settings. The game runs. You can get on the staging island… When it’s time to get on “the bus” it kicks you back to menu because it is unable to access “background services”. Feels anti cheat related?

[@gardiner_bryant]

Tim Sweeney won't allow Fortnite to play on Linux because he's a petty loser.

[@Louis-Law]

It’s definitely a Tim decision there, I experienced this, now it won’t even launch with Thursday’s update

[@cheshirecustomcamper9797]

I'm giving up with this, can't get a game list to appear.. I can login ok...but get no games list :( back to heroic

[@YetAnotherOne]

Check out the top level comment I made about this, basically upgrade to version 1.1 in the testing store.

[@HeathenMetalhead221]

Thats cool and all epic now bring back Unreal Tournament for purchase