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Heroic Games Launcher 1.7.1 has been released. Heroic Games Launcher is an open source game launcher for Linux with support for games from the Epic Games Store using the Legendary CLI tool.





Heroic is an Open Source Game Launcher for Linux. Right now it supports launching game from the Epic Games Store using  Legendary, a Linux CLI alternative to launch epic games. Heroic is built with Web Technologies like: TypeScript, React, NodeJS and Electron.
Heroic

How to use it

  • Download and Install the package for your distro or the universal AppImage file on the Releases Page;
  • If you used Legendary before, it loads your library and installed games. If not, it will ask you to login first. Just follow the instructions.

Feature available right now

  • Login with an existing Epic Games account
  • Install/Uninstall Games
  • Import an already installed game
  • Play online (EAC not supported)
  • Update installed Games
  • Repair installed Games
  • Move installed games to different folders
  • Multiple downloads at the same time
  • Play games using the default wine and default prefix
  • Play game with custom wine (Lutris Wine/Proton maybe but can lead to bugs)
  • Run games on custom wine prefix
  • Check basic information about your Games
  • Open game page on Epic Store
  • Search for the game on ProtonDB
  • Sync installed games with an existing Epic Games instalation folder
  • Sync saves with the cloud

Change log for 1.7.1:

Bugfixes

  • Fix a bug with wine settings not being updated when having only one wine version installed.
  • Fix a bug when moving game to a folder with spaces was not working.
  • Fix a bug where DXVK wasn't being installed on a prefix folder with spaces.
  • Fix a bug where when canceling the installation, Heroic started the installation anyway in the wrong path.
  • Other small fixes across settings.

Other

  • Improved Unreal Marketplace selection
  • Other minor UI improvements and fixes.
  Download Heroic Games Launcher 1.7.1