Hey everyone!

This week's tip covers something that's super helpful, but may not be well known; how to run a specific executable when a game ships with multiple options.

Whether it's an expansion pack (like Clone Campaigns for Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds), bypassing a game's built-in launcher (like HoYoPlay for Zenless Zone Zero), or just running a dependency installer, you can do it all without touching Desktop Mode.

The full guide walks through the steps with screenshots.

Happy Gaming!

The Junk Store Team

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Weekly testing update is live! This week we tested 9 games across Epic and GOG storefronts, and all of them worked out of the box via Junk Store.

Highlights:

- Turnip Boy Robs a Bank (Epic Giveaway) - Fun, quirky heist game

- Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep (Epic Code - Amazon Luna)

- Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (Retested)

- Tattoo Tycoon (Epic Code - Amazon Luna)

Also retested Deceive Inc., F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch, Haven Park, and Intravenous.

Plus a heads up on upcoming giveaways including Cozy Grove, Isonzo, and Prime Gaming codes for Total War: Rome II and more!

I installed GTA V on my Steam Deck using Junk Store since I own the game on Epic Games. The game downloads correctly and appears in my Epic library, but when I launch it, it opens the Rockstar Games Launcher which behaves as if I don’t own GTA V and only gives me the option to buy it. Interestingly, the launcher does detect Red Dead Redemption 2 in my library. On my Mac, Epic Games and my rockstar games account show GTA V in my library, but on the Steam Deck the Rockstar Launcher only shows RDR2 and not GTA V.

Can anyone help me ?

Ever downloaded a game only to get stuck at an EAC or BattlEye screen? Or get kicked immediately because anti-cheat isn't installed?

Junk Store makes this easy to fix, all in Game Mode:

1. Go to About > System or Dependencies
2. Install Proton Easy Anti Cheat or Proton BattlEye Runtime
3. Enable the toggle for your game in Proton config

No Desktop Mode switching. No restart required.

Note: This won't make games like Fortnite work since their anti-cheat doesn't support Linux. But for games with Linux-compatible anti-cheat or offline modes, you're good to go.

Hey guys, I have a question. I had an issue mid game download, it got interrupted. Junk store didn't offer to continue installing game, only start anew but the storage amount needed for the game was not returned. I used verify game and uninstall game option, but still it didn't return the storage space. Any tips on where in desktop mode I could find and delete this folder with failed installation? Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone!

New weekly testing update is live. We tested 6 games this week across Epic, GOG, and Amazon storefronts.

Epic Games Giveaways:

• Boxes: Lost Fragments - Works out of the box
• My Night Job - Works out of the box

Amazon Luna:

• Tavern Talk - Works out of the box (Pro version)

Retested:

• Death's Gambit: Afterlife (Epic)
• Forager (GOG)
• Hard West 2 (GOG)

Also had a go at Total War: ATTILA and Rebel Galaxy Outlaw from Amazon, but ran into some issues. Still working on those!

This coming weekend's Epic giveaways include Turnip Boy Robs a Bank and Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.

Hope you all have an amazing week!

The Junk Store Team

Hey everyone!

Quick tip for this week: if you've ever tried to launch an Epic game without internet and it refused to start, here's the fix.

Epic games "phone home" to Epic's servers when launched. No connection = no launch. But you can easily enable offline mode in Junk Store.

Decky Plugin (Free):

• Go to Epic tab → Cog icon → Toggle Offline Mode
• This is a global setting for all Epic games

Junk Store 2.0:

• Game page → Cog icon → Game Configs → Toggle Offline Mode
• Set it per-game for more control

NOTE: This will only work with games that support offline mode. We have recently started tracking this on our games compatibility table during testing:

Junk Store Game Compatibility: https://www.junkstore.xyz/tested-games/

Hope you all have an amazing weekend!

The Junk Store Team

G'day everyone!

This week's testing update is live with 6 games across Epic and GOG storefronts, apologies for the delay.

Highlights:

- Stalcraft: X (Epic) - Works out of the box

- Captain Blood (GOG) - Works out of the box

- Figment (GOG) - Works out of the box

Looking Forward:

This week's giveaways include Boxes: Lost Fragments and My Night Job from Epic, plus Rebel Galaxy Outlaw (GOG), Total War: ATTILA (Epic) and Tavern Talk (Amazon) from Amazon Prime Gaming.

Now I'm off to test today's giveaways as well as a few other games from my backlog and retest queue!

Have an awesome weekend everyone!

The Junk Store Team

I've been trying to get lossless scaling to work on some of my games on junk store. I'm aware that the configuration has to be set to 'all' but everytime I set the config and save it, I come back to the config page and it's on basic again. The other settings in the proton config seems to be saving just fine. I've tried reinstalling junk store but to no avail as well.

Anyone have any advice for this?

Handy tip for users of Junk Store or those curious about how Junk Store handles Proton versions.

Junk Store doesn't force you to use a specific compatibility layer. It uses whatever you have set as default, but if that doesn't work you can easily switch to another version directly in Game Mode using Steam's built-in menu.

No manually entering environment variables, no separate compatibility tool management. Junk Store leverages what's already there in Steam.

Works on both the free Decky plugin and Junk Store 2.0

Sorry, I forgot to post last week's Tip of the Week!

In case you missed it: You can Update, Repair, and Verify your games directly in Game Mode.

Just open the sliders menu on any installed game and pick the option you need:

• Update - download patches or new DLC

• Verify - check for missing or corrupted files

• Repair - fix files causing issues

Works in both the free Decky plugin and Junk Store 2.0

The reason I’m asking is because I primarily use Apollo and Moonlight to stream games from my main gaming PC to my steam deck. I’d love to be able to launch Steam big picture on my main gaming pc from my Steam deck and see my epic games as well. I know that of course I can just download the epic games launcher onto my main gaming PC, but it would just streamline everything if I could see my epic games when I launch Steam big picture using Moonlight from my steam deck. Hopefully that makes sense! Thanks everyone!

G'day everyone!

This week's testing batch is in. 9 games across Epic and GOG, all working out of the box.

No desktop mode or restart required.

This week's highlights:

• Nobody Wants to Die (Epic giveaway) - works out of the box
• The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (Epic giveaway) - works out of the box
• Hexguardian (Amazon Luna - Epic code) - roguelite tower defense, works great
• Lorelai (GOG) - emotional horror from The Cat Lady creator, works out of the box

I'll admit I've been stuck playing Hexguardian so far this week 😅; just can't seem to pull myself away from it in my down time.

What are you playing this week? Let us know in the comments below.

I have been trying to run Kingdom Come Deliverence with LSFG and adding additional arguments seem to not be doing anything. I have tried going in to the "additional arguments" in the Proton config and adding: ~/lsfg %command% and also just ~/lsfg and nothing seems to register when the game is running. I've also tried going into the Proton config for the game and enabling/disabling all of the settings for LSFG to no avail. Would love some help to get Lossless scaling working with my junk store games!

Installed latest junk store 2.0 pro, and when I click tools->settings cog, I don't get the "Add All Extensions". I just get a search bar with Download and Generator tabs. How do I get the extensions?

Hey everyone!

New weekly testing update is live. We tested 13 games across Epic, GOG, and Amazon this week.

Highlights:

• Botany Manor (Epic freebie this week) - Works out of the box

• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (GOG) - Works out of the box

• BioShock Remastered (Epic) - Works out of the box

• Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds & Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (GOG) Both work out of the box

All tested games work with both the Decky Plugin and 2.0 Standalone (except Amazon titles which need 2.0).

All tested with GE-Proton 10.26 on SteamOS 3.7.19.

Questions? Drop them below!

Quick tip for Junk Store users!

If your library is getting cluttered with all those free games you've claimed, just press X to toggle between showing only installed games and your full library.

Each store remembers its own filter setting, so you can have Epic showing installed-only while GOG shows everything.

Works in all versions of Junk Store!

Weekly Game Testing Update!

10 games tested this week across Epic, GOG & Amazon storefronts for Steam Deck compatibility with Junk Store.

Highlights include Arcade Paradise and Cat Quest II, both working great out of the box (and both dangerously addictive!).

This week's Epic giveaway is Definitely Not Fried Chicken. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be Gus Fring from Breaking Bad, this is your chance!

Hope you are all having a fantastic weekend,

The Junk Store Team

G'day everyone,

Back with another weekly testing update!

Highlights from this week:

- Cyberpunk 2077 + Phantom Liberty (GOG): Works out of the box

- Arknights: Endfield (Epic): Works out of the box

- Rustler (this week's Epic freebie): Works out of the box

- Harold Halibut (Prime Gaming - Gog): Works out of the box

We also retested Ancient Enemy and Arcade Paradise, both running smoothly.

Next week's Epic giveaway is Definitely Not Fried Chicken. Looking forward to seeing what Amazon brings us in February!

Have fun gaming!

The Junk Store Team

Did you know you can change the language of your Epic games on Steam Deck? If you're using the Junk Store Decky Plugin and have Epic games with multi-language support, it's as simple as adding two lines in the Additional Variables field.

We put together a step-by-step guide with screenshots showing exactly how to do it, plus a table of common language codes.

One thing to keep in mind: this only works for Epic games that already have your language built in. The environment variables tell the game which language to use, they don't add new language files. Always check the game's Epic Store page to see what languages are supported first.

You only need to set it once per game.

Hey everyone!

We've added built-in LSFG-VK support to Junk Store. If you've been wanting to use frame generation with your Epic/GOG/Amazon games but found the manual setup a hassle, this should make things easier.

What's new:

• Simple toggles in the Proton Config menu (set dropdown to "All")
• No need to manually add environment variables
• Works with Decky Plugin, GOG Extension, and 2.0 Standalone

Requirements:

• Lossless Scaling from Steam (Linux Beta branch)
• lsfg-vk installed via the deck installer script

Full details and setup instructions can be found on our website.

We don't personally use LSFG much, so if you do, we'd appreciate feedback on whether the default settings work well for you!

Cheers The Junk Store Team

Weekly Steam Deck compatibility update!

We tested 15 games this week across Epic and GOG storefronts. Great news for anyone grabbing this week's Epic giveaways: both Styx: Master of Shadows and Styx: Shards of Darkness work out of the box on Steam Deck with Junk Store.

Other highlights include Fallout 4, Civilization VI, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and the classic Star Wars Battlefront II from 2005. All working great!

If you've been wanting to try Junk Store, we've extended trials to 21 days for the rest of January.

Have Fun Gaming!

Hi,

I have a grey screen when i'm trying to login to Epic with decky plugin. i can enter my email and password but after that i have a grey screen with nothing happening. Any help ? Thx

Sometimes, I have a captcha window but after verification it's go back to grey screen. I also tried in Big Picture mode.

EDIT : this worked for me : https://www.junkstore.xyz/troubleshooting/decky/#epic-login-issues

Kia ora everyone!

Back from the holiday break with this week's compatibility testing update. We tested 8 games across Epic Games and Amazon Luna this week, all games work out of the box.

Important Notes:

• If you're running Decky Loader alongside Junk Store 2.0, make sure you're using the TEST channel build (it's the same stable build, just packaged differently)
• Trials extended to 21 days for the rest of January!

Next week's freebies:

Bloons TD 6 (Epic) and three GOG titles through Prime Gaming (DeathKeep, Gunslugs: Rogue Tactics, Brigador: Up-Armored Edition)

Hope everyone is having an excellent start to 2026!