Play your Epic and GOG games on Linux with Heroic

The Heroic Game Launcher is an open-source tool for Linux, Mac, and Windows. It allows users to download, launch and play video games from the Epic Games Store and GOG.com.

This guide will cover downloading and installing the Heroic Games Launcher on Linux. We’ll also show you how to use it to game on your Linux system.

Installing the Heroic Game Launcher on Linux

The Heroic Game Launcher needs to be set up on your Linux PC before you attempt to use it to play Epic Games titles or GOG Games titles on your system. To install Heroic on your Linux computer, start by opening up a terminal window.

Unsure about how to open up a terminal window? Press Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Alternatively, search for “Terminal” in the app menu and launch it that way. Once the terminal window is open, follow the installation instructions below that correspond with the Linux OS you use.

Ubuntu

You’ll need to download the official DEB package to use Heroic on Ubuntu. Using the wget command, download the latest version of Heroic to your Ubuntu system.

wget https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases/download/v2.3.9/heroic_2.3.9_amd64.deb

After downloading the package to your Ubuntu system, you’ll be ready to install the software on your computer using the apt install command below.

sudo apt install ./heroic_2.3.9_amd64.deb

Debian

There’s a DEB package available for Debian users, so Heroic should work fine on the operating system. To install it on your computer, start downloading the DEB package to Debian. You can download using the wget command.

wget https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases/download/v2.3.9/heroic_2.3.9_amd64.deb

After downloading the Heroic DEB package to your Debian system, install it using the apt-get install command. Using apt-get install rather than dpkg allows Debian to satisfy all dependencies required to run Heroic automatically.

sudo apt-get install ./heroic_2.3.9_amd64.deb

Arch Linux

Heroic does not have a package listed on the “Release” page, so if you wish to get the app working, you’ll need to install it from the AUR. Using the AUR requires the Trizen tool. To install Trizen, enter the following terminal commands in succession.

sudo pacman -S git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/trizen.git
cd trizen/
makepkg -sri

With the Trizen app installed, the Heroic app can easily be set up on Arch Linux using the following command.

trizen -S heroic-games-launcher-bin 

Fedora

To use Heroic on Fedora Linux, you’ll have to download the RPM package from the “Release” page on the app’s GitHub. Using the wget command, download the package.

wget https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases/download/v2.3.9/heroic-2.3.9.x86_64.rpm

After downloading the RPM package to your computer, install it using the dnf install command below.

sudo dnf install heroic-2.3.9.x86_64.rpm

OpenSUSE

If you’re on OpenSUSE LEAP or OpenSUSE, you can install the Heroic games launcher by downloading the official RPM package from the project’s GitHub. To download the package, use the following wget command.

wget https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases/download/v2.3.9/heroic-2.3.9.x86_64.rpm

After downloading the RPM package to your computer, use the zypper install command to set up the software on your system.

sudo zypper install heroic-2.3.9.x86_64.rpm

Installing games on Linux with Heroic Games Launcher

Launch the app and follow the step-by-step instructions below to install games on Linux with Heroic.

Step 1: Select the “External Login” button under “Epic Games” and log into your account. After logging in, copy the number after “SID” in the browser tab and paste it into Heroic.

Step 2: Once you’ve logged into your Epic Games account, select the login button for “GOG COM.” Using your user credentials, log into your account. When you’ve logged in to GOG and Epic, click the button to access your games library.

Step 3: After accessing your games library in Heroic, find the sidebar. Once you’ve found the sidebar, select “Epic Games” or “GOG.”

Step 4: Once you’ve selected either “Epic Games” or “GOG,” the games you own for the account will appear in black and white. Select a game you wish to install with the mouse.

Step 5: After selecting a game you wish to install in the Heroic launcher, find the yellow “INSTALL” button. Select the “INSTALL” button with the mouse to open the installation dialog.

Step 6: When the “INSTALL” dialog appears, you’ll see a summary of the game, including its download size, installation size, where it will be installed, its WinePrefix, and Wine version. Click on the “INSTALL” button to continue.

Step 7: Upon selecting the “INSTALL” button, the game will download to your Linux computer. The installation will take time, depending on how big the game is. When the installation is complete, select the “PLAY” button to start it up.

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