GAME CHANGER: Epic Games Store on Your Steam Deck!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ส.ค. 2024
- Most of us have an Epic Store account (mostly the free games)! But what if you want a way to play all those games on your Steam Deck? We now have an amazing tool that will integrate your EGS library directly into game mode on your Deck. It’s called "Junk-Store" and it’s a plugin for the Steam Deck that’s as aspirational as it is polished! This video will show you how to install it in just a few simple steps!
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-- Chapters --
00:00 - Introduction
01:13 - Step 1 DeckyLoader
01:22 - 1.a Set SteamOS password
02:40 - 1.b Install Decky Plugin Loader
04:11 - Step 2 Proton & ProtonUp-QT
04:44 - 2.b Install the latest ProtonGE
05:36 - 2.c Return to Game Mode
05:48 - 3.a Install Junk-Store plugin
06:06 - 3.b Install Junk-Store dependencies
06:27 - 3.c Log in to Epic Store & Install Games
07:07 - Coming Junk-Store Features
07:25 - Other plugins you can try - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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You need to put 00:00 as the start to chapter markers to apply cleanly.
After I have everything I want installed to I leave my Steamdeck set to Pre-release and Testing ❓️🤔🧐
I have been using the epic store with a command line for others stores for months and its been working great, glad to see there is an alt now.
so far the best up to current date guide! Thanks!
I like these tutorial videos. I think a lot of people could find them helpful.
I've been using epic and ubisoft connect on my deck from the beginning, without using any extra tools. I just added the installers as non steam games on the desktop mode, then changed the shortcut to the launcher itself and it just worked. AC Valhalla may have been a subpar game but it works great on the deck
Can u explain how
U did
This pls 😢
@@sebastianzurita2741 i tried to respond yesterday but now I don't see my reply here so I will remake it now bellow. Please let me know if you see the instructions and how it gots for you
@@sebastianzurita2741 First go to desktop mode, download the installer, open the steam app and go to the library and from the bottom left corner of the steam window add the installer as a non steam game (you might have to force compatibility with proton experimental to make the installer run).
Then, on your library, right click on the name of the installer and go to properties. Change the "target" and the "start in" to the location of the installed launcher BUT make sure to put ' at the beginning and the end of the path.
I removed the example with the paths etc to see if that's the reason TH-cam keeps deleting my post.
If you don't manually add the ' at the start and end, then it will probably not work because of the spaces and the brackets in the path name.
AC Valhalla runs amazingly both on steam deck and on desktop pc using this method
@@sebastianzurita2741 I keep posting instructions but they keep getting deleted. I'm afraid you will have to Google it.
congrats on the verified batch. I hope I get the time to try out Doodlings, cause I prefer retro games in general, so old games. Really happy for you btw.
Question, does Junk Store sync your epic game store cloud saves? I lost a 40 hour Death Stranding save when I had to rma my deck. It’s why I quit using the heroic games launcher.
Great tutorial, thanks a lot - the best part is at 4:03 'make sure to like that smash button' 😂
This worked perfectly, thank you!
Good stuff! Thanks my dude!
Thanks for this. Really appreciate it 😊
Good job on explaining the steps. This reminds me of the multiple steps I took to install non-Amazon stuff on my Kindles in the past. I have since gotten real tablets. I was not a fan and this is even more steps. I wouldn't discourage others but I am not at all interested in going to trouble. If I had a large EPIC library perhaps I'd be more amenable.
I used a video explanation and I only used nosteamlauncher as the guy said and then it was added to Steam. I could download my games and play fine with some, but is this guide better than that one or about the same?
I know that some apps and games require ProtonGE to run, but why do you need it here?
Do you use it normally depending on the game you install through Junk Store?
Or do you just need it installed and Junk Store automatically uses the version you downloaded?
Awesome. Thanks! Will EPIC and GOG cloud saves work? Easy cloud saves for these services are needed
You are awesome. Thanks!!!
I like that it is making progress, but I will keep using Heroic until this really improves. I am fine to manage my games through Heroic since it brings my GOG, Epic, and Amazon Prime games all together in one place. I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 1k games from all of them combined, so if I have to jump out to access one, I might as well do it for all. Until that improves, I will keep with what I am using. But it is definitely cool that others are working on easier front-ends for the Deck and Legendary.
Curious, is your main sticking point the lack of Amazon? Gog is available at the moment, albeit to Patreons only for now. What improvements in particular are you talking about, your comment suggests that it's a million miles away from being usable (maybe I'm just reading too much into this).
@@YetAnotherOne For me, personally, I just don't want to go through the hassle of uninstalling Heroic and all the games I have there just to start from scratch with this other method (which does look cool, don't get me wrong), but I'm with a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality right now. I'm also not the kind of person that installs and plays 5 games/day so the Heroic interface doesn't bother me every now and then.
@@BobDevV Worst thing is you can't even check your library on the fly (on your phone) as they don't have a web interface or app that you can login and check what games you have. You NEED to have the desktop client.
How do you launch heroic out of desktop mode?
I can’t wait until they add GOG to this. Once they do, I’ll have all my games on SD. Great work. I’ll have to check out your game.
I thought using Heroic launcher and pushing the games to Steam was easier.
I didn't the ui hung on downloads etc all the time
I never had any problems with it, but I only use it for GoG.
How? Assuming you already completed part 1 & 2 since you have heroic launcher I fail to see how thats easier since you can do everything in game mode
@@jasper5945 Pretty sure I didn’t have to do part one and two. Just hit up the Discover store, installed Heroic Launcher, then logging into Epic. From there, downloaded games and used the built in functionality to push to Steam. Heroic handles the Proton stuff, and if it gets it wrong, game mode just suggests one anyway, so it all works out.
The beauty of Linux is how we can get to the same points different ways. 😎
@@kevinrobbins2429 sorry to hear.
Does the epic games cloud saves work?
Does this work on regular desktop Linux in Steam or is it Deck-specific?
Your ad worked! You reminded me to buy Dudelings! Nice work!
Been using junk store since it was on beta/experimental and man, I wouldn’t go back to heroic after that. Just easier to install epic games
The only thing that makes me hesitant to recommend this is the creator flipped out that he wasn't getting enough support on the first round of advertisement for his plugin. It really makes me uncertain about the future of the plugin and also less likely to contribute to it.
I love Decky Loader but my problem is if you are on the beta build, EVERY TIME Valve releases a new version it bricks Decky and sometimes even bricks your Steam Deck until you uninstall Decky.
It looks very good, but it has been working very well for me already with non steam launcher (Epic, GOG and Amazon Games). I have to switch to desktop mode to add my games to steam os everytime i install a new game, but the whole process takes no longer than 2 minutes
I hope I can get a Steam Deck soon. I already saved this video! I am so excited!
I'd recommend maybe the Rog ally if any of the games you play require anti cheat so I'd check compatibility of your games list first before making a choice because all steam games run on the Rog:)
@@empirefilmsuk4502But ASUS Will you know......
I use Heroic for it, I think with it I have more control over what goses where aso. But if speed and easy-of-use is more important, it seems like an nice alternative!
The Junk-Store installers and launchers are just shell scripts, so you can have as much control as you like, but it requires a bit of effort. It's even possible to alter some of the UI elements and scripts by just editing a json file. Having said that, I totally get that Junk-Store is not for everybody. Use what ever works for you.
@@YetAnotherOne Nice to know. Then maybe I check it out. But when the Plug-In gets an update, gets all overwritten or are the PATH settings and what not in an seperate config file?
Cloud saves? Will all Epic cloud saves work when using this method? Thanks for the instructional video! Cheers.
I installed deck but it doesnt show plugin section on gaming mod
stopped using EGS on the deck mostly due to login issues, epic constantly signs me out forcing a resign-in and verification and it does it so often i just gave up and cbfa with it anymore.
Essential question: when you play Epic games like this, do you get your progression and play history/activity on your Epic Store profile? Because I've done this a long time, and it doesn't register in the play history on Epic.
We have seen it log play time and achievements in epic, but It think you have to allow the game access, it opens a web browser on first launch. Now having said that, just because we've seen it, doesn't mean that it's perfect or will work for everybody. I think it has more to do with epic's implementation on this. Junk-Store is no longer in the mix when it comes to this stage of things. Please report your findings to us via our support channels
This is so interesting but I’ve been having an issue with deck loader since signing up for the family share beta. Do you know if it will still work
Glad I found someone else who had issue. I followed these steps but never saw the games in my Epic library.
Does it support using epic's cloud save & achievement system?
my steam deck is not letting me be able to use buttons when i get to the epic games login page, help!
Cloud save work ?
Since we were already installing Decky Loader, it might have made sense to direct people to Wine Cellar instead of protonup-qt for managing proton installations.
Thanks for the video, but how can I make the cloud saves work?
I've found Decky Loader kept on disappearing when there was a new Steam OS version. It got so I couldn't be bothered to keep on reinstalling DL. This is putting me off checking this out to be honest. I still use Heroic. None of the epic helpers are perfect and games like the Spiderman ones have real trouble with the controls on the deck not working with them.
I have several ubisoft games in my Epic account, how can I play them? I remember that in my PC those games always asked for the install of the Ubi Store as well.
I’m having trouble with the login , whenever I click it after I go into the games page nothing loads for me
Heroic have problem when opening Ghostwire game on steam deck, it will be just black screen when you try to start the game. Anyone experience that?
i have tried heroic and using nonsteamlaunchers rn, but both of them are problematic.
like: heroic is very slow and buggy AND most games need manual things to work.
nonsteamlaunchers' epic cannot work offline. i tried so many times i can't get it to work without internet connection.
so does this work good?
There's an offline toggle, but not all games will work. The best thing to do is to try it and report your findings back to the community and us so we can figure out if we can do something about it or not.
Was thinking of getting a steam deck, issue is I play mostly with keyboard and mouse for all but 2 games I own so not sure if for me. I do like the fact that this is propelling gaming for Linux however so I respect the deck.
Great vid can we do anything for EA games to them to work on the steam deck?
I tried to play a video game in game mode that made me log into my Epic account It worked perfectly fine in desktop mode but on game mode Google kept saying the web browser was not secure and wouldn't let me log in.
Yes breakout recharged was one of the games that I tried.
Hey there..I followed every step and when I get to install games through Epic Game there is an error message : "command produced no output. Can anyone help me with that. New steam deck user here.
I'm having a permission issue. It won't let me install games and I'm not sure what I did wrong. Errno 13 permission denied. I don't know what I did wrong.😢
do egs games cloud saves like this? it does with heroic
Hi sir just want to ask if this will work with gta ?
Are all games can play. Can it run valorant in there? I really want to play it on my steamdeck . Thanks for answering my question in advance
This just gives you a different way of installing games if the game doesn't run on the steam deck this isn't going to make it work.
Is it possible to play Epic Multiplayer Games?
Nice video but why arent any of my games showing up? Do i need to download them on another device(PC) for them to pop up?
same concern here
Does this bypass the launcher? Does this require a constant internet connection? Even for single player games?
There's no epic launcher in sight, it uses legendary to do it's magic. There's an offline toggle so you might be able to play some games offline. Not all games support this. We also don't have the resources to test all of this thoroughly so your mileage may vary on this. We do have a community wiki, so if you decide to give this a whirl you might want to contribute to it so others in your situation can learn from your experience.
Logged in but i still dont see my games library. Also, both of the battleye and the other button were blacked out for me from the start.
Try this, maybe? github.com/ebenbruyns/junkstore/wiki/Troubleshooting#there-is-a-mismatch-in-my-game-library-between-junk-store-and-egs
Ok
It listed My games, but they still failed to populated in junk store..
@@yllwboy1123 Upgrade to 1.1 in the testing store or downgrade to 1.0. I've mentioned here already that there's a bug in 1.0.1 that is causing this (I die a little inside every time this comes up because that bug snuck into the main store).
@@YetAnotherOne Hey, How do I do that?
thank you.
So, i've done everything described in the video. Now I'm logged into my EGS Account but the library isn't showing up! Just blank space only showing that I'm logged in. Any suggestions where I could look for a mistake?
Check my comment at the top level, it should help.
The same here with me very frustrating.. 🙁
are you on version 1.1? update to the latest version. Another thing to check is that the account you're logged into is the right one and has games added to it (I know this shouldn't need to be pointed out, but it happens more often than you think). @strider775 can you verify you're on 1.1 too?
Accounts linked but no games showing up in the junk store list
Logged in, but my game list does not showup, cannot install anything 😔
Haven't been able to get ea games from epic working right
How do I get my external hard drive to show up? 😭😭
does my steam deck oled's screen need to be on at all times while downloading an epic game ?
It does not
I can't get wuthering waves to boot can anyone help
Good video the only problem is that is you login Into EPIC by using xbox, playstation, nintendo login it wont work because Junk Store wont open the browser for you and you just gonna be stuck
what to do if i forgot my steam os password?
Hello I logged in to epic in junkstore. But every time I launch fortnite it tells me to launch from the epic launcher. Did I miss a step?
Mine says the same thing
@@Araknidvr-official yeah, and accessing epic playstore on the deck gives me captcha errors when i try to log in
dont think fortnite would work. just saw another video saying it doesnt
cloud saving working?
be careful after updating your steam deck non of my games are working i tried restarting uninstalling/reinstalling game i spent hours diagonsing and looking at internet for answers it turns out decky loader is the culprit after updating my steamdeck deckyloader bugged and all i did to fix it is to delete the homebrew folder and it worked again
I tried to use this to play dark and darker, and it tells me path not found, also how can we delete the game
sliders menu, uninstall. Is this a game issue or a Junk-Store issue?
Best solution!!
I won't use Epic Game store on principle, even if they give away "free" games they still push for PC games to be "exclusive" which I've never liked on PC or console.
I keep getting a message when i try to launch fortnite "Please launch the game through the Epic games launcher" can anyone help me.....?
I'm giving up with this, can't get a game list to appear.. I can login ok...but get no games list :( back to heroic
Check out the top level comment I made about this, basically upgrade to version 1.1 in the testing store.
Can't login... Clicked login through gmail icon and the gmail login screen doesn't appear. Any fixes ??
there's a detailed write up on our wiki about how to do this. OAuth is a pain in the butt unfortunately. I'd post a link, but the YT AI will nix me for this
@@YetAnotherOne i managed to login through big picture mode
I can't see my games it's telling me to install the launcher.
Not all of my epic games is showing
It logs in but shows no games for me. Will just go back to Heroic until this plug in improves
I've answered this on other commets, the ytai has been very aggressive on me so I'm trying to avoid posting the same replies.
4:02 "make sure you like that smash button" ... Sadly, I don't have a smash button, so I can't say whether I'd like it or not.
One issue.
So I tried to play Fortnite. I even enabled the “battle eye” in settings.
The game runs.
You can get on the staging island…
When it’s time to get on “the bus” it kicks you back to menu because it is unable to access “background services”.
Feels anti cheat related?
Tim Sweeney won't allow Fortnite to play on Linux because he's a petty loser.
It’s definitely a Tim decision there, I experienced this, now it won’t even launch with Thursday’s update
Thats cool and all epic now bring back Unreal Tournament for purchase
My games aren't showing. Any thoughts? I followed the guide and it says I'm logged into my account but nothing.
I have answered this elsewhere (not wanting the YT AI to nix me for repeating myself)
Going back to 1.0 worked for me
You have to uninstall junk store and when installing again, select the version 1.0
@@battadenis7632 The fix for this is now on the main store, upgrade to version 1.1.
Oh man, I like this guide.
My only issue is running is that none of my games are showing up. Even after refreshing it and reseting it.
Folks in the discord ain't making it clear what I need fix.
where did you ask or look? There's plenty of places we have answered this. upgrade to 1.1 in the testing store or downgrade to 1.0
I would absolutely like to see GOG and Amazon games available
I just dl launcher from browser... then open from desktop..
It'll be awesome if they support GOG cloud saves as Heroic does
Can someone help me run nba 2k 13?
It stopped working after an update last year and now it is super slow.
Probably want to ask on a steam deck discord or something
Would love to see gamepass also supported!
Lutris works just fine but it's nice to have options
After logging in my games list is empty in junk store. Any idea what I could try?
Did you install dependencies? You can also try this: github.com/ebenbruyns/junkstore/wiki/Troubleshooting#there-is-a-mismatch-in-my-game-library-between-junk-store-and-egs
I've answered this question already, I fear if I keep repeating the answer I'll get booted by the ytai
''once you're done with that you should see your Epic library''
and what if you don't ?
because i don't ;)
Wait! Can I play Destiny 2 safe on my Steam Deck now???
No, this is known not to work on linux. Nothing I can do about that, sorry.
GFN is the only way at the moment.
Does this work with Destiny 2 on epic?!?!
i need to know also
Anyone else get the “please launch the game through the epic games launcher” error? May just be a me problem lol
I’ve barely used my steam deck since getting it, did it every get easy anticheat support?
Devs need to enable it as far as I'm aware. A lot of devs refuse to do it. The support is there, but some devs just don't want to bother
@@TechJolt3d Same with BattlEye.
Same. It's had about 3 hours use since summer '22.
Nothing is enjoyable on it. Whether it's down to the controls or the tiny characters etc, I've yet to find anything that doesn't require perseverance and effort. Neither of which I'm willing to spend on attempts to entertain myself. Just give up. Every time. Should've sold way back when.
I don't care about EGS, I was too lazy to even claim their free games the service is so bad.
But I _am_ looking forward to GoG, that'd be great. And the games they have are mostly not even available on Steam or anywhere else
Now if only egs stopped kicking me out every other day like on my desktop after shutting it down.
It doesn't support cloud sync.
thanks for that, i see no point of using it without cloud save support.
I can’t install games to my micro SD card using junk store does anyone know a fix?
Could you try version 1.1 on the testing store. I've changed a few things around SD card detection there. I don't think I'm fully out of the woods on this one yet, but a lot more people have had success with 1.1
@@YetAnotherOne what’s the testing store? How do I get that? Found it! But sadly still the same error-
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
‘/run/media/mmcblk0p1’
@@playnicegames In the decky settings chance the store to testing from default. Then you should be able to install version 1.1 when you go into the plugins tab.
@@YetAnotherOne Found it! But sadly still the same error-
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
‘/run/media/mmcblk0p1’
@@playnicegames The problem is that your sd card isn't named in the usual way that I've seen on the steam deck, I scan the symlinks and mounted sd cards and I guess this still doesn't line up with what you have. How did you format that SD card? This is usually what's causing the issues around this (or this could be a new problem all together)
Can you play rocket league or fortnite on it?
After following your guide fortnite isn't running because it's asking for direct x12
Fortnite is not compatible because Tim Sweeney is a petty bitch
@@gardiner_bryant Ahh ok
@@gardiner_bryant😂😂 well said 💯
I think heroic launcher is easier