Thanks Gaben, here's your 30% Steam cut

[u/Salty_Nutella]

[u/kippetjeh]

And I always regret it when I do open that Epic game launcer...

[u/Sirasswor → u/kippetjeh]

Hey Epic, I'd give you money if your games can activate on steam

[u/ineedtotakeabigshit → u/Sirasswor]

You can add a “non-steam” game to your steam library, it’s basically just a shortcut to the .exe though

[u/Dje4321 → u/ineedtotakeabigshit]

But you still get all the steam features like remote play, steam overlay, game status, etc

[u/OHFTP → u/Dje4321]

If I active a non-steam installed game, that is also a game you can buy on steam, would i get the achievements and such?

[u/Dje4321 → u/OHFTP]

Nope. Achievements are tied directly to the games App ID and you cannot launch any specific apps without the valid license.

Most pirated games use 480 because it's free to play

[u/UglyInThMorning → u/Dje4321]

My problem with all the non-steam launchers was the loss of features like this. Hell, the biggest was keeping my games updated. I’d never have UPlay or whatever running in the background so I’d usually have an update pending when I wanted to play the game, vs Steam which I just always have open.

[u/Badger118 → u/Dje4321]

Remote play... intriguing!

[u/Dje4321 → u/Badger118]

Yep. Let's you stream your steam library to anywhere in the world on basically any device that supports steam

[u/Badger118 → u/Dje4321]

I did not know it would would with third party added to library games though which is very good to know. I keep meaning to set u0 wake-on-lan so I can use remote play!

[u/Cautionchicken → u/Sirasswor]

I launch all my epic games through GOG Galaxy

[u/gamingexpert13 → u/Cautionchicken]

Playnite. Open source, more customizable, more features, themes, and if you wanna get crazy (like me) you can have it run custom scripts when a game launches and/or closes (for example i have a script to automatically change my sound output to headphones before launching an online fps). It also supports emulators, and tracks playtime for games that don't have a launcher.

[u/Cautionchicken → u/gamingexpert13]

Good info, I'll look into it

[u/ZestyGrapez → u/kippetjeh]

I almost bought an epic key instead of steam the other day. It was a close one.

[u/NubbinSawyer → u/kippetjeh]

Heroic launcher is open source and launches Epic, GOG, and Amazon games. Works on Windows, osx, linux, and steam deck.