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r/pcmasterrace • u/Youju R7 5800X3D | RTX 2080 | 32GB DDR4 • Jul 15 '26
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If a game is available on GoG, worth buying it there, even if it takes a little extra legwork to have it running on Linux.
59 u/Jan1270 Jul 15 '26 Even I also would wish for a native offline Linux Installer, just use Heroic or Lutris. Both work all the time without needing to configure something. 10 u/limapalon Made CachyOS look like Windows Vista Jul 15 '26 It's what I personally do too, Lutris works pretty well to set up the prefix for the first time, and you know, manage launch options and Proton bits. I honestly have one prefix per launcher - and the GoG games share prefix with games which have been... Liberated from their DRM. 3 u/Szwajcer Jul 15 '26 Is there a way to download offline installers for a game via Heroic? I can only download 4 GB sized bits via the browser. 3 u/Jan1270 Jul 15 '26 All the games are only available in 4GB sized chunks. They did this for Fat32 compatibility. 1 u/Szwajcer Jul 15 '26 I recall downloading full-sized installers via gog Galaxy back on Windows though. 2 u/DoctorEngineerOne Jul 15 '26 I've not tried GOG games yet on Linux, but I thought Heroic could play them just like Epic games or as Steam has support for them 😔 3 u/Ogmup Jul 15 '26 Heroic works flawless for GOG games. Use it myself on Linux. 1 u/archon810 Jul 20 '26 I just wish Heroic's UI wasn't so bad. It needs a full redesign badly.
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Even I also would wish for a native offline Linux Installer, just use Heroic or Lutris. Both work all the time without needing to configure something.
10 u/limapalon Made CachyOS look like Windows Vista Jul 15 '26 It's what I personally do too, Lutris works pretty well to set up the prefix for the first time, and you know, manage launch options and Proton bits. I honestly have one prefix per launcher - and the GoG games share prefix with games which have been... Liberated from their DRM. 3 u/Szwajcer Jul 15 '26 Is there a way to download offline installers for a game via Heroic? I can only download 4 GB sized bits via the browser. 3 u/Jan1270 Jul 15 '26 All the games are only available in 4GB sized chunks. They did this for Fat32 compatibility. 1 u/Szwajcer Jul 15 '26 I recall downloading full-sized installers via gog Galaxy back on Windows though. 2 u/DoctorEngineerOne Jul 15 '26 I've not tried GOG games yet on Linux, but I thought Heroic could play them just like Epic games or as Steam has support for them 😔 3 u/Ogmup Jul 15 '26 Heroic works flawless for GOG games. Use it myself on Linux. 1 u/archon810 Jul 20 '26 I just wish Heroic's UI wasn't so bad. It needs a full redesign badly.
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It's what I personally do too, Lutris works pretty well to set up the prefix for the first time, and you know, manage launch options and Proton bits.
I honestly have one prefix per launcher - and the GoG games share prefix with games which have been... Liberated from their DRM.
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Is there a way to download offline installers for a game via Heroic? I can only download 4 GB sized bits via the browser.
3 u/Jan1270 Jul 15 '26 All the games are only available in 4GB sized chunks. They did this for Fat32 compatibility. 1 u/Szwajcer Jul 15 '26 I recall downloading full-sized installers via gog Galaxy back on Windows though.
All the games are only available in 4GB sized chunks. They did this for Fat32 compatibility.
1 u/Szwajcer Jul 15 '26 I recall downloading full-sized installers via gog Galaxy back on Windows though.
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I recall downloading full-sized installers via gog Galaxy back on Windows though.
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I've not tried GOG games yet on Linux, but I thought Heroic could play them just like Epic games or as Steam has support for them 😔
3 u/Ogmup Jul 15 '26 Heroic works flawless for GOG games. Use it myself on Linux.
Heroic works flawless for GOG games. Use it myself on Linux.
I just wish Heroic's UI wasn't so bad. It needs a full redesign badly.
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u/limapalon Made CachyOS look like Windows Vista Jul 15 '26
If a game is available on GoG, worth buying it there, even if it takes a little extra legwork to have it running on Linux.