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Are you using GOG games on your Steam Deck? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by jqubed@lemmy.world to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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A couple games popped up on my Steam wishlist at really low prices so I was thinking of getting them, but I’ve also had a few older computers recently that are losing Steam client support. This got me thinking I should really try to compare and get more games on GOG so it doesn’t matter if a client stops working on older hardware. But also following this community has had me thinking a Steam Deck makes a lot of sense for me, so maybe I’ll try to get one in the next year or two. It seems like Steam tries to keep things open to other sources on the device, but have you been playing non-Steam games, and how much hassle has it been?

Also the games I was considering are Donut County and Planet Coaster, if you have any thoughts on those.

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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've played non-Steam games no bother. Heroic Launcher and Lutris are your friends and can handle everything from downloading and installing to tweaking settings and adding it to Game Mode.

Most games that I play after pretty old so ymmv. Check any games in ProtonDB - if they are well-rated you'll be fine.

[–] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

and adding it to Game Mode

Wait, waaaaaat? Lutris can do that? Okay, time to download it on my Steam Deck, like, right now. (Okay, not actually right now, I am at work, but today in the evening.)

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

Both Heroic and Lutris have the capability, iirc.