Steam Deck - How to Install & Use Lutris on Desktop & Game Mode - Getting Started Guide

[@GameTechPlanet]

Lutris is a great way to run & manage your third party PC game launchers like Epic, Ubisoft Connect, EA Play and their games. Works great so far in both desktop and game mode after setup.

[@marwin2510]

pls trz fortnite

[@GameTechPlanet]

@@marwin2510 fortnite wont run on deck due to anti cheat. U have two choices. Cloud gaming or windows

[@marwin2510]

@@GameTechPlanet i toutght soo cuz steam deck runs linux

[@WhiteBlueTv]

does league of legends work?

[@moonrulznumber1]

@@gametechplanet so everything worked great until I launched a game: there’s no audio. Any ideas??

[@Mage882]

An FYI to save you all the trouble of setting the mouse up, if you hold down the STEAM button it will allow you to use the mouse as normal without having to change any control configurations.

[@kaoe145]

I do this when playing final fantasy xiv. Even when I use game pad mode in the game I can use the steam button to use a mouse.

[@Jus_Joj]

Unfortunately this truck does not work with the 8bitdo ultimate, as you power it down the same way you power it up, by holding the button that serves as the steam button.

[@Isassi007]

Love lutris been using it for quite a number of years on my Linux PC's as I hardly ever use windows anymore. Is the same concept as heroic with more wine tricks underneath, wine is a compatibility layer for windows in the in Linux operating systems.

[@GameTechPlanet]

Lutris is handy and has been the only consistent method so far for some of this

[@TheTundraTerror]

I can not express with words how much I hate companies like Ubisoft and EA for having a stupid, unwanted launcher.

[@driley1988]

Lutris is really useful, they're are a couple of fan made games I want to play on my deck but not even lutris can get them to fully work I wish there was a way to fix them

[@Hunikengt]

I just found your video after trying to use that other launcher ugh, Lutris here we go!!

[@GameTechPlanet]

Lutris has been the best option for me after alot of experimenting. I hve another video coming shortly you will find useful as well.

[@davidcopperfield-u4h]

@@GameTechPlanet don’t tell me its a your PORN video 🤣

[@GameTechPlanet]

@@davidcopperfield-u4h 😂🤣

[@alogmoreno4185]

really awesome man! Thanks, now I get to play my epic games purchases.

[@conorsavage1027]

mine was working fine up to a few days ago and now as the game is about to launch i keep getting an error message saying 'A critical error has occurred and the process must be terminated'. Ive re installed both league and lutris but still no fix. Any help greatly appreciated!

[@UmbreonNation]

Great video but one of the worst things to say in a tutorial / guide is "I'm gonna skip through this stuff because -" The whole point of users wanting a guide is so that they're sure they understand all the steps and in case they want to revisit something later.

[@GameTechPlanet]

I hear ya and I rarely will skip over anything in a tutorial. Unless its this. If its just install windows and no options pr clicks or anything rly then i dont need to waste anyones time on that if its a typical install. But I hear ya and I always try to mever leave out any information and also make the videos as short and easy to follow as I can.

[@UmbreonNation]

I'm glad you keep the video part of it very well visible. You shouldn't have to worry about the time wasted because on KZbin people can just seek ahead and you can also put up chapters to help people skip around to the next step / navigate the overall guide in more detail. I have no qualms with the video itself, the content is great and it helped me get Lutris working 👍

[@noblestofdonnas]

Thank you so much for this!

[@wdkpwr6586]

heyy is it possible to make SD ignore Steam layout and just use my mouse and keyboard without emulating it through Steam layout? i cannot play Warframe on M and keyboard bcs it just ignores mouse clicks

[@levi166yt]

I’m new to the steam deck and Lutron’s but I was wondering why I should use Lutron’s if you can run the epic games store through heroic and you can set up your game launchers like origin in steam and run it with proton to get the same effect?

[@sirgilmour]

I have a question about game cover art and banner in Lutris, some are there without me trying but most of the time, other titles are blank. Is there a way to have Lutris find covers like StreamGridDB does in gamemode?

[@tobiasscheibengraber2841]

I want to install lol but it doesn't work, the message always comes up wine client error:458: write: Bad file descriptor what am i doing wrong can anyone help me

[@perahoky]

is it possible to add the lutris games to steam library without having to start lutris before and playing thhe games through starting lutris before?

[@CMX431]

Yes

[@drink_ayahuasca]

i can’t get .exe to launch from game mode

[@darkbloodgt6577]

Thanks for your help bro

[@BlackViperGX]

Hi, is it safe to put the fitgirl repaxk games on the steam deck ssd? Or is better to use another device? Thank you

[@TheDevillus]

We all are received a Death stranding game. After installing a game I have only keyboard controls support in game. How to change controls on steam deck? Game don't see that we are on deck, only WSAD etc.

[@poopscoop2000]

I can't be of direct help I'm afraid but I got the game free too and used the Heroic method and it works fine with all controls set up automatically. Good luck!👍

[@TheDevillus]

@@poopscoop2000 maybe Heroic is the key. i am using Lutris

[@GameTechPlanet]

Have u changed the control scheme? Doesn’t always default to controller support

[@wesrulesflooring]

great video thank you.

[@GameTechPlanet]

👍

[@goonerandre8993]

Anyone know how to delete the .wine file, I can't seem to install a modded game because of this, I keep getting an error code command existed with code 256

[@zedalert]

I don't understand why any launcher runs without a full screen with black borders on the sides, is there a way to fix this?

[@blind486]

problem with this having only the game launcher on desktop is you can't have individual controllers settings for every game. it's universal and you have to change the controllers again when switching to another game. anyone found a way to have a steam shortcut on each game? i love lutris and i don't like to switch to heroic.

[@TheRealLucifer-Morningstar]

Heroic is great why wouldn't you want to switch?

[@SupaKMW]

How do you set the controls for the games in Lutris? I was trying to set controls to my old windows game and there doesn't seem to be a way, at least what I discovered.

[@jaypeeparungao7429]

will it be possible to just use the installed game as a shortcut instead of lutris itself?

[@MarquezDaniel]

I'm having some trouble opening up Lutris. I got installed but it's stuck on the "Checking for runtime updates, please wait" window. Is there a fix for this?

[@stef_fireantz]

For me, I just had to wait it out. It takes forever but it eventually loads.

[@kewlztertc5386]

There's a Decky Plugin for artwork in game mode now.

[@KazuUnix9]

I installed Borderlands 3 this way... It won't boot when I click launch in epic, through lutris. It will say running, then stop and icon in epic will say launch again.... HELP ME!

[@robertcompton5365]

So I followed the video but when I load into fortnite it says try contacting customer support any solutions to help

[@GameTechPlanet]

Not going to work for fortnight due to how the anti cheat and stuff is setup. Must be running windos or using cloud gaming if you wanna play fortnite on deck

[@Jackomojo]

easy anti cheat games tend not to work, so unless the game has an option to launch offline without it, usually it won't work

[@Vamgothic69]

Hello, is there away to cloud save with PC and Lutris on steam deck at all with Epic Games?

[@GameTechPlanet]

Ive had alot of issue with that. Ive got away from lutris and heroic and just install direct. Works much better for me

[@izamanaick]

How can I run a windows batch file through lutris? I would like to install a mod for Thief Gold (Gold to Dark mod), and I'm unsure how to even approach it.

[@thenewgamers7382]

Well I have a game I bought from steam but it needs origin to play, I launch it from lutris and says I need origin downloaded to play, even though it's already downloaded and installed. This is a pain.

[@thegamersplaylist611]

hey thanks for the guide. Question: Im able to use lutris on desktop mode but when i add it to steam, its not launching. followed the steps on the vid but when i hit play it does not launch. TIA for the help

[@BioHazardN00B]

Thanks for the video. I've had some issues using Lutris myself though to install GOG games. For one, Steam shortcuts don't launch when I use the "Add shortcut to steam" button and launch directly from game mode. It soft locks my deck. The games launch fine through Lutris on game mode and on desktop mode, but a direct steam shortcut just doesn't work. I'm not sure if this is an issue specific to GOG games. I also had to use Lutris-Wine-GE to even get GOG games installed as the default Wine runner just errors out with returning code 256. Any insight would appreciated.

[@GameTechPlanet]

Yea i have the same things happen. Its much better to use lutris as a launcher and open it first. Always works better for the most prt. I’m also change compatibility layers as need for some games or launchers. Im still learning my way around Lutris more as well and dont have any magic answers yet. But I hope to make a more indepth video on the app

[@BioHazardN00B]

@@GameTechPlanet I appreciate the response. It's good at least to know I'm not the only one with that issue and I'm not just doing something wrong. Lutris is a great tool when it works.

[@SeanMichael1992]

At 2:39 i don’t understand what you click to get that epic thing to show up. Did you click connect again? Cuz when i do it tells me to install again. Edit: i didn’t see connect and epic show up in taskbar, didn’t pop up auto for me like it did for you. So far we’re good

[@iraklichkhaidze6402]

For me when i installed it and launched fortnite it says launch the game via epic games launcher and dont lets me play and please help me

[@Guitario666]

It would be great if in the next update the controls are automatically set up 😎

[@GameTechPlanet]

Yea thI default scheme isnt good but at least the changing of schemes and remapping are easy on deck

[@sheltery]

I think they should add auto control scheme, like mouse will automatically add to new game

[@brevoo88]

Thanks . Can you help please i try to install a game ( outlast ) but shows error cannot import isskin.dll

[@joncruz]

the wine build you have selected does not support esync steam deck, SO now what?

[@nathanaelhontz346]

When I start a game it reads handle hex (0) Do you know what this means?

[@BestBoiFu]

Mouse trackpad thing does nothing:/ lutris doesn't do jack when I try to do what ur doing

[@joegalloway1613]

I never can get a game to play on the heroic app will lutris help with this???

[@GameTechPlanet]

Lutris does tend to be a bit easier in my opinion

[@wednesday5594]

After installing and running lutris for the first time. Its not launching at all. Lutris icon will briefly show on taskbar then vanish. Any help?

[@sji6397]

Did u manage to fix it? I’m having a same problem

[@thomascivo2035]

hi, I followed your guide and managed to install lutris, but the games start in English and the audio is not heard. In addition, I could not find the item in the settings to make the mouse work, can you help me? thank you

[@jat9926]

Dumb question but does this mean Steam Deck can play any game system? Like say you had Dirt 5 on PlayStation Digitally you could install it on Steam Deck and play it handheld?

[@ankizhou655]

for me it just says something wrong with the ubisoft service and wont let me in, hotspot works but i dont have that much data

[@GristovCristov]

Hi help pls why when start EA play games always have " wine od note supported"

[@Fishster]

So for GoG games that don’t need a launcher (or do they?) can you create a shortcut in the steam launcher directly to the games executable? Put another way do you need Lutris’ run time support? I’m guessing it’s not needed?

[@GameTechPlanet]

For me direct GoG shortcuts for games dont work. Need lutris open first. Add lutris to sttam so u can launch it in game mode

[@Fishster]

@@GameTechPlanet Thanks. Seems like there are a whole bunch of ways to approach non steam games. I’m guessing the non galaxy standalone versions would be fine.

[@RyderWestwood]

I got the ea app installed and a couple games installed on my sd card but neither of them will launch or get errors.

[@GameTechPlanet]

Did u get this working? Unfortunately I haven’t tried the sd card yet with this. But so far any games that are “ supposed “ to work on deck this way do and have launched off the ssd

[@RyderWestwood]

@@GameTechPlanet The sd card must not be the problem because I installed Peggle to see if that would work and it booted up. So it must just be those games.

[@sirgilmour]

I have titles in Lutris that have cover art but some don't, do you know an easy way to get those or the only method is to fetch them on the web and put them manually?

[@unger53194]

Make sure they exactly the same name as the game

[@BestBoiFu]

So uhh Did I miss something cause in game mode in game the game does not detect any buttons

[@dylloop]

Mine stuck on checking for runtime updates when launching

[@SwangoZone]

Lutris is the only way I can play WoW and I love it

[@exagearfrancophone]

What's to do when litres not appear in Add game list ?

[@michaelb2948]

Hey GTP, I caught one of your earlier videos before I saw this one and downloaded heroic on the steam deck I just got. Should I delete that and just use Lutris, or am I alright? Is there any reason to use one over the other or does it not matter that much which one gets used?

[@lankiebd]

Lutris uses more storage space

[@JohnDeere_Simulations]

This is a very will demonstrated video I have cerebral palsy and autism so this video helped a lot I came to this video from my friend because I want to install farming simulator 22 now I have a bundle set of 2 disc set, and I wonder if you can make a video explaining how to install a DVD or multiple DVD set with this program. I have a steam deck 512 GB model.

[@JeffYanzi]

It's weird but after launching the lutris game from the steam UI it didn't recognize my controls. Anyone know how to fix it?

[@dman7668]

It's a setting in the controls on steam UI that's the problem. I remember reading something about having to turn it from forced to off in big screen mode. I don't know if that helps answer your question.

[@fixonia]

I havo not the right wine Version, what can I do?

[@mcm426]

I followed this step by step and it's telling me my Wine build does not support esync. Is this a non-issue?

[@crimsonelite2690]

have the same problem 😢

[@sheltorn]

Do you think we'd finally be able to play Modern Warfare 2 or Battlefield 2042 without booting windows when using Lutris?

[@GameTechPlanet]

So far No because of how the anticheats work. Hopefully eventually but not currently

[@sheltorn]

@@GameTechPlanet Thank you for the reply :). Is there a particular place I can keep updated on the anticheat thing or does it sit with the developers of Cod and BF at this point? Also what is it specifically that is stopping the anticheat compatibility?

[@siegel177]

Any chance you can do Vids on trainers and/or programs like wemod. I've heard people getting them to work, but I'm struggling to figure them out.

[@SoLightRNC]

will this method work for kingdom hearts 3? i’ve tried getting it running through other guides but none of them have worked for me so far so this would be a good alternative

[@dionysus3774]

Hello, before I do all this just wanted to know if Titan Fall 2 will work on this. The launcher is origin

[@GameTechPlanet]

Titanlfall 2 should. I play it but in steam os. Cant say i tried thru origin or ea app yet on deck but should. Origin being shutdown. I have a guide coming out for ea app whoch u can install with Lutris or Heroic

[@dionysus3774]

@@GameTechPlanet alright I’d rather just wait for that guide, thanks man

[@IliveinAnarchy]

League of Legends run fine on steam deck, but about 36 minute of the game i have fps drop and nothing help wit that. My friend has the same problem on deck. Installed via lutris, playing via gaming mode on TV.

[@Zatariz]

Thanks for the video, can we add shortcut to Steam from a game inside Lutris?

[@thewildgam3r294]

Hello I am new to the steam deck is this safe to use because I want to use my world of warship not the steam version

[@GameTechPlanet]

Yes lutris is officially a supported Linux app and is safe

[@thewildgam3r294]

@GameTechPlanet what about wine nd I do not have windows

[@somebody22222]

For epic, is lutris or heroic better?

[@stacypalmer1918]

Will this work to play Genshin impact in Epic?

[@GameTechPlanet]

Unfortunately it still doesn’t appear to work

[@unruly9567]

Where do you find the games tho?

[@Flat6Enjoyer]

Does this work with Windows games?? I specifically asked Anna play all my forza games, which I have on windows. And I play them using boot camp. Would this be better alternative to it?

[@owieuychiat6420]

So far I don’t see a way to make Xbox/Windows games work on the steam deck. The dependencies on windows OS prevents the xbox app from running on linux independently.

[@trist0123]

Does division 2 work through ubisoft on lutris?

[@tm51411]

epic doesnt show up at all on my lutris help

[@KidAfro29]

Ive tried this app and could not get the games to work sadly :(

[@MohdAmirulHafiz]

Anyone know why this doesnt work with gamepass or rockstar launcher?

[@Jyan1991]

Thanks for the guide, can you close lutris in the background once the game starts or does it need to be open?

[@owieuychiat6420]

Needs to be open.

[@Hellmiauz]

Didn't work for fall guys. Just says running and then launch.

[@megamodspc6436]

by holding the steam button you can use the trackpads

[@xXLoneSoulXx]

gog isnt working for lutris.just looks greyed out.the logo

[@GameTechPlanet]

For GoG I would check out my more recent guides using nonsteamlauncher and junkstore options.

[@iDuhTiNpHaN]

is there anything that can pass the anti cheat on nexon maplestory?

[@ZFAIRGENTLEMAN]

*so i can finally get nfs unbound on the steam deck?*

[@GameTechPlanet]

The steam version od nfs unbound works great and probably has better performance than goong thru yet another launcher

[@Noumakara]

did u manage to get EA app and Amazon app to work? I had no luck

[@natsumono]

Is there final fantasy xiv launcher is lutris?

[@mowgli6345]

Does this work for League?

[@lexi_ngl999]

When I tried to open vrchat it kept saying error #1 and I would have to exit

[@IS0nL]

Vrchat is already on steam tho why would u use a launcher

[@XUNKNOWNSURVIVORX]

how you fix the no audio?

[@linuxstreamer8910]

if you have a wine game & it needs or you want launch arguments/parameters go to the game options of the game & paste it in arguments i use them because i want to load mods for doom 64 ex

[@Denisovan09]

can you get vac ban using this third party software on steam deck? same for heroic?

[@WTfire10]

Bro it's a Linux pc. Why would you get a vac for installing a program on your pc that doesn't affect steam games.

[@darkbloodgt6577]

When I go in my it doesn't show anything

[@voltagespark7341]

Getting error saying unsupported graphics card

[@GWFO]

how to import registry files into lutris, tutorial please

[@gameodyssey-07]

How to install it on pc windows?

[@ramiris4174]

Is this compatible to genshin impact? TIA

[@GameTechPlanet]

Not thst i know of. Haven’t tried but be careful as genshin will ban accounts pretty easily when playing on non supported devices.

[@ramiris4174]

@@GameTechPlanet thanks, Ishould go to external ssd windows 11 boot.

[@LuminousSpace]

i think lutris better than steam compatibility mode idk why

[@Noots_gaming]

I cannot launch fn pls respond and help me thx

[@GameTechPlanet]

FN?? Are you talking Fortnite? Because it will not run on steam os. Its blocked there. Windows or cloud is the only way

[@Noots_gaming]

@@GameTechPlanet oh thx

[@fieryfirevivin]

How to install to SD card

[@The3pleSix]

It would be nice if you could let us download the Lutris icon, banner & capsule banner I want that too, just like you I like it looks neat rather than blank showing nothing

[@GameTechPlanet]

I use decky loader these days with the plugin for artwork so its easy to change on any game or app.

[@fistpump64]

thank god its not like the 90s and i don't have to actually learn anything about Linux Windows a nerd already made programs to make my games work.

[@GameTechPlanet]

Lol i feel ya. I was on MS-Dos when i started back in the day

[@jamalm5076]

How to find my SD card name ?

[@oscarandino9230]

Would I need lutris to play bioshock on steam with my steam deck

[@GameTechPlanet]

Steam version? No. Lutris would be for your non steam games like from Epic, Ubisoft, EA launchers etc.

[@oscarandino9230]

@@GameTechPlanet Yes ,if I purchase bioshock off the steam store

[@oscarandino9230]

I am sorry I am new to the steam Deck/PC gaming

[@GameTechPlanet]

@@oscarandino9230 hey no worries. Thats why we are here. For all of us to learn and have fun. Never hesitate to comment and ask questions. I try to always be available

[@oscarandino9230]

@@GameTechPlanet thank you. I truly appreciate your channel. 😎

[@tenzinsherab9174]

Can i connect with EA

[@michalchmurka5207]

it doesn't even open in gaming mode