I am working on an updated guide with more information which will launch soon. I will update this comment when it does. I just launched a new video for NONSTEAMLAUNCHER in game mode with Decky Loader come check it out th-cam.com/video/0f7fw1WyW3Y/w-d-xo.html
Hey guys I'm the creator of NonSteamLaunchers, first and foremost thank you to everyone who has tried to use my little script for the majority of the year. I also want to say I hear your frustrations, hopefully very soon most of these issues will be fixed, going forward, please keep your eye on the Decky Plugin Version of NSL in the Testing Store of Decky Loader. Going forward I recommend that over the desktop version.
Do you mean we should not follow the first half of this tutorial video and should instead just install Decky, then go to the Testing Store of Decky Loader and install the NSL plugin there and go about my business that way?
@@flowersniffin9233 I had the same issue and found that going into the apps properties > compatibility > force > proton experimental let it work for me w/out issue.
Roy, this video didn't work for me, the apps crash on launch. So I read this reply and installed Decky Loader on your recommendation. I enabled pre-release, but there's NOT any reference to your application there. Please explain what I'm doing wrong.
Holding the steamm button on the launcher will allow you to use the mouse without having to change controls too. In case anybody didn't wannna do all that extra stuff for all the launchers.
Can you describe how to do this in a little more detail? I have a deck coming and not sure what the steam button is. Do you mean a physical button or an on-screen button?
I have been hesitant of doing anything remotely like this with my SteamDeck. I was afraid I would brick it, as I am not really computer savvy. Seeing this video gives me more confidence that I can do it. Thank you!!
You usually brick stuff updating your firmware/bios, these are simple programs so don't worry, if they cause any issue it's very very rare that a program like this brick your whole device.
When you feel like that do it anyways dive deep into it your gonna hit snags and head/heartaches but when you succeed your gonna feel great and want to move into more ambitious projects win lose or draw you gained some xp so level up fellow gamer 😎
@@stefanorigatoI think by bricking he meant corrupting or breaking steam os too. It sucks because he is right, it can happen. I had to recover mine after a dual boot I did without the sd card in 🤷♂️
Yup. I did the same on oled. It does still work. Same quirks as always tho. Sometimes it does successfully add the lau chers to steam in which case its easy to add yourself. Working on an upddated video for this guide but yea this still works
I am doing an SSD upgrade this weekend and this will make it so much easier to add my third party launchers. Thanks so much for the video. I smashed the subscribe button.
Hi@@GameTechPlanet a quick question that I've seen someone else ask but not seen it answered anywhere, does this only work for games purchased on these individual platforms, or does it also work for games purchased on Steam (such as FIfa / Ea Sports FC or whatever they're calling it these days?) Thank you.
To the people who cant get the launchers to show in steam after installing, go to the launcher again and tap Uninstall, delete the ones that arent loading then simply reinstall them, if that doesnt work I am not sure unfortunately, enjoy and thank you for teaching us
@@phrozac Actually "Than" is used to indicate comparison to show who or what something is compared against, when I used "Then" I was talking more past-tense. "Then" is used to show time, as in “at that time” or “after that happened.” and also "Before I knew that".
Man this is the best tutorial to anyone who just got their deck for Xmas or whatever THIS IS THE TUTORIAL YALL NEED !!!! thank you bro you did a great job you helped alotta people
For those of you still having issues after installing the launchers, with them not showing up on Steam. What I found to have worked for me: go to desktop mode, discover app, install ProtonUP-QT. And then install the launchers as in this video (I personally did one by one). I was missing the ProtonUP-QT step beforehand, and after that install, things seemed to work for me; hopefully helps anyone else still having issues.
Hey guys be aware that this method keeps getting broke then fixed. I hope it gets stable as when it works like it did for me when making the video its magic. But when it doesn’t it’s frustrating. I still prefer installing all these launchers one at a time manually. I have videos for that and will be working on an updated video as well. As for this app keep an eye on it for updates and fixes. I was on stable os with just one profile logged into the deck when this was working. If you go thru the proamd the launchers arent auto added to steam for some reason. Usually you can go to where they were installed and still add them manually as you normally would. If this method doesn’t work out for you just uninstall everything and do these manually. They work great that way.
This method is just bad, period. The maintainer doesn't follow conventions and everything uses a single prefix. Neither of these things are good, and this developer should be shunned until he starts doing things right. Use Lutris instead
So what’s the point of having these launchers in steam? Do all the games inside them work now? I thought heroic launcher was the way to play Epic stuff 🤔 Btw thanks for mentioning this SteamGridDB thing, holy crap I was adding all these custom arts manually thru steam and downloading them off the site myself until now 🤦🏼♂️
Okay so I just got a deck this morning as a gift from the wifey pooh. So those of you that are having a problem with game pass, what I did was unclicked the force compatibility experimental mode. You don’t need it at all! It then launched as an app & didn’t time out or crash while launching. My controllers work as well. Thanks for the video fam!
thx for this tutorial....just got a new subscriber 😊. I'm waiting my 2Tb SSD to install os the stuff on my 64Gb steam deck. 😊 With this tutorial i no longer need the dual boot with windows This channel its 10/10
Got my SD a couple days ago. Installed Lutris yesterday and although it was a bit clunky to set up, it seems really good (though I uninstalled it as I'm going to dual boot Windows anyway). Glad there's more options!
This instructions was useful and great. However, how do I add the games that I installed from their respective launchers to be added to the steam library because for some odd reason I can’t find the file path of the game itself that I installed from the respective launchers on the steam deck
That awesome. An oldie but a goodie lol. Things may have changed a little but its ultimately the same process. Just used it myself the other day after a restore
I can manually set these all up but this is great, thank you for bringing it to out attention. I have one question, love the soft keyboard you have that pops up on screen where did you get it?
What about scrolling with the left trackpad how do you set that up? Like how it is on desktop mode And why is Epic launcher not full screen when choosing games i choose to maximize it and its stuck at a square aspect ratio
Not sure what I am doing wrong, but when steam restarts, non of the launchers are there. I tried to reinstall using the cleanup option and reload, but still they are not there. Can someone help?
Thank you ! Managed to install the launcher (Epic), installed the game, but it does not launches from the launcher, not in game mod nor in desktop mode
Everything says installed, restarted steam but none of the apps are showing in my library at all, any ideas? i do have the tabs checked to show the different software on the games list.
@@danpelos i just had to go back the other way to do it, by going to each of the sites, downloading the launcher and adding non steam game that way. Everything showed up and was able to install that way. Sometimes these easier automated ways seem appealing and easier but not always reliable.
When i double click that file you are opening it opens some text field with program names kate and it will not open the window with launchers named or anything, it's just like notepad full of lines and nothing opening . Was trying different browsers and so forth it always asks which app to use to open with and none works and there's no execute command . Such a mess
That sucks. Haven’t had that in any of my setups but ive seen other comments similar. Just doesn’t work on some decks for various reasons and it can change with updates. Takes less than 5 min to setup each launcher the old manual way. Videos on channel if u need help.
@@GameTechPlanet thanks ! I've managed to get it working , so turns out you can only download it to a desktop and open it in a desktop then it opens , any other folder then desktop doesn't work. Epic , blizzard , ubisoft and rockstar went fine then origin took long to install and only running in a deck mode after restarting deck and TH-cam, Netflix and others doesn't work . Thanks again ! All major ones work just ubisoft have issues with keyboard and login
Thanks for the guide. 🙂 My only question is... Do you use this only for games you own on these platforms only ? Or also for games you own in steam which use these platforms ? If the latter, i guess you don't get the steam achievements and time tracking ?
"1 gig SSD I have" - I'm glad I'm not the only who has hiccups like this, lmao. I'm all the time confusing gigabyte and terabyte, terabyte just isn't an amount I need to use very often, so I default to gigbyte. And thank you very much for this video - super helpful, super imformative, really appreciate it. Cheers!
How do you then configure controller profiles per game that you install? How do you add a gane to the steam launcher after it is installed with the Ubisoft Launcher?
8 months later and we got two popular games, palworld and lethal company. I want to play MODDED lethal company and its a struggle, a year in a half later and im basically still new to steam deck, i would love to have a quick an easy tutorial on how to get things working because im missing out on the main experience of what is lethal company
Hi m8 how to update any launcher after install ? Example my battlenet launcer need update but i tryed update in program but didnt update. Can u explain if possible thanks
Thanks for this; Very smooth process and games that you install from the launchers show up as playable games in Deck Mode, which is handy (no additional configuration or "add to library" type fiddling necessary).
Question: This was a very clear and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you. I’ve successfully installed the EA launcher, skipped the pop up to sign in, clicked ok, have it showing in steam, and changed to experimental proton. The green play button appears to launch/sign in and closes with no luck. Have you experienced this, or possibly a step I’ve missed? Is there another way to sign in? Thank you!
First thing I would try is to now go back to desktop mode. Open ea from steam and sign in. Have the launcher open and working. Close everything and go back to game mode.
@@GameTechPlanet thanks for the reply! From desktop mode within Steam, clicking play shows it running on the left side bar: however, nothing further opens or shows in the system manager as open. I returned to game mode, also still won’t open to sign in. Tried the game as well just in case, no luck. Thanks, I’ll keep looking for new fixes. Hopefully one comes up!
@gzero26 do you know where this information is reported? I tried finding it on github etc but it would be nice to keep an eye on things as I just tried this tutorial and it still isn't showing up
I tried the Heroic Launcher a while ago, but even with a seperate Proton app/ launcher I couldn't get anything to work. So maybe this app restores some faith in me being able to do this. (I also tried Xemu on both Steam Deck and my pc and both didn't work as intented either despite following the instruction video to a tee😭😭)
So Heroic works with pretty much all games, own experience, if that's not the case with you, then you're definitely making a mistake. I suspect you have not set Proton correctly. This is installed outside of Heroic and selected in Heroic. It definitely works, the program is an absolute dream.
Same here, heroic stopped working randomly after following tutorial strictly, hope this regains my trust in these type of work around for now. Until either it's official in valves book
@@vivorum I just clicked the link in his bio and followed the steps and I downloaded Epic, Battlenet, Hulu, Netflix and Xbox game pass and had no problem getting them to run.
Non of the apps show up in my steam library automatically after the install. I have to manually browse and add them. Also the EA launcher is just completely broken. It isn't in it's install folder at all and every time I try to uninstall and reinstall it using the all-in-one software I just get error saying path not found or available.
Great video, i was wondering if it will be possible to add another launcher that is not in the list. RSI launcher for Star citizen. I dont know if someone has already asked here.
Xbox app runs through UWP and is tightly integrated into Windows which means it's just not possible to get it running on Linux through Proton. UWP apps are encrypted which is why when all Microsoft Store games were forced to be UWP apps people couldn't modify their files at all for backing up saves or modding their games.
Excellent video my man. I am currently looking at the Asus and the Steam Deck decided which i would go with, I am a Avid WoW player and want to know if this works to play WoW on the Steam deck? I like the extra buttons the Deck has over the Asus but i like the versatility of the Asus so, this would make the Deck a better selection if it works with my fav games that are not steam. I dont like the idea of having to stream games from my desktop to the Deck.
I personally dont like to use heroic or lutris that much on the deck. They are fine but i prefer this method over those. Even better tho for me is I prefer to do each of the launcher installs myself manually.
I cheated by just installing windows rather than doing the workaround here, they've recently updated the drivers and the performance isn't as sucky as I was originally led to believe, however, to recover some storage space I'm tempted to do a tiny 11 install to make better use of the 512gb SSD (or might try that when I upgrade it to 2tb!) Anyway hope this helps someone with experience and experiments with their own decks!
Considering a Steam deck, can get a straight swap for my Switch plus games for the LCD version. As its currently unused as I bought a Portal. Looking at videos like this to see what it can do.
Odd you didn't show what happens after you install a game from one of those launchers. Do you get a library entry for each game installed for each launcher? or do you not see any of those games unless you open the launcher first and start a game through it?
@GTP question, if I was to pickup a handheld gaming device which one do you recommend: new ROG Ally (new Windows handheld) or SteamDeck? Thanks for your input.
This is a tough question to answer as i feel they both have their strengths and weaknesses. I have my ally preordered for the channel and I will be diving into those questions and talking about what devices are better for different audiences. If I remember right your a linux fan. For you the answer may be deck unless it’s limitations like not having support for ALL games and so on are an issue for you.
@@GameTechPlanet yes I run linux as my daily driver on my desktop so that's one reason I am leaning towards the SteamDeck, but having a fully functional Windows handheld sounds tempting.
Is there any reason to do this if I've already got the launchers installed through Lutris? Maybe stability? They seem to work ok currently. Great guide though- this looks way easier than my hassle!
Not exactly. Just like an pc or on windows u must open the launcher to do the install and to run the game. You can add games .exe files to steam as nonsteam games but when u open them the launcher must still open first
Just recently found this video and tried this method. It worked at first but when I would go back to the launchers they would crash. Epic never really would fully load. I like this idea but not sure what the issue is as I am a noob to the Steam Deck.
I am working on an updated guide with more information which will launch soon. I will update this comment when it does. I just launched a new video for NONSTEAMLAUNCHER in game mode with Decky Loader come check it out th-cam.com/video/0f7fw1WyW3Y/w-d-xo.html
Doesn't work for me. Not sure what I'm missing. Followed instructions, but Launchers don't work. Hit Play, no sign in option, reverts back to Play.
Gotta set to proton experimental before launching@@VaultBoy1974
For all the new Steam Deck owners: THIS IS THE BEST TUTORIAL. Hands down. This one is the one you want to follow.
I appreciate that. Im working on an updated version as well to fill in some things I wanna add. But this still is very relevant and works great
Did you manage to make the games from other launchers boot from steam directly?
@@GameTechPlanetis there something we need to do differently to get gamepass launcher to work? It’s downloaded but it won’t launch
@@alexdroog7236 gamepass / xbox app wont work on steamos unfortunately. Gamepass ypu need to either use cloud streaming or windows on deck
@@GameTechPlanet How do you use cloud streaming on steam deck?
Hey guys I'm the creator of NonSteamLaunchers, first and foremost thank you to everyone who has tried to use my little script for the majority of the year. I also want to say I hear your frustrations, hopefully very soon most of these issues will be fixed, going forward, please keep your eye on the Decky Plugin Version of NSL in the Testing Store of Decky Loader. Going forward I recommend that over the desktop version.
i am trying that now and it doesn't install the epic store for me, allow it to show up, or let me boot it
Do you mean we should not follow the first half of this tutorial video and should instead just install Decky, then go to the Testing Store of Decky Loader and install the NSL plugin there and go about my business that way?
@@flowersniffin9233 I had the same issue and found that going into the apps properties > compatibility > force > proton experimental let it work for me w/out issue.
Same question as above?
Roy, this video didn't work for me, the apps crash on launch. So I read this reply and installed Decky Loader on your recommendation. I enabled pre-release, but there's NOT any reference to your application there. Please explain what I'm doing wrong.
Holding the steamm button on the launcher will allow you to use the mouse without having to change controls too. In case anybody didn't wannna do all that extra stuff for all the launchers.
Thank you so much for this tip!!! I was so bored of using the touch screen on those third party launchers
This is very important and usefull, i used it in yuzu all the time
omfg thank you, that makes using the ea app a million times easier
Can you describe how to do this in a little more detail? I have a deck coming and not sure what the steam button is. Do you mean a physical button or an on-screen button?
@@heibk-2017 nope, the steam button it’s a physical button on the bottom left of the steam deck
I have been hesitant of doing anything remotely like this with my SteamDeck. I was afraid I would brick it, as I am not really computer savvy. Seeing this video gives me more confidence that I can do it. Thank you!!
You usually brick stuff updating your firmware/bios, these are simple programs so don't worry, if they cause any issue it's very very rare that a program like this brick your whole device.
If you do end up bricking it you can at least get the recovery file from steam. Will suck having to start fresh but at least it’s there as an option.
When you feel like that do it anyways dive deep into it your gonna hit snags and head/heartaches but when you succeed your gonna feel great and want to move into more ambitious projects win lose or draw you gained some xp so level up fellow gamer 😎
@@kmyymk2 that’s actually a nice way of looking at it. 🧐
@@stefanorigatoI think by bricking he meant corrupting or breaking steam os too.
It sucks because he is right, it can happen.
I had to recover mine after a dual boot I did without the sd card in 🤷♂️
i just did this on the oled and the video still works just as well so good on you! and for those wondering it still works as intended.
Yup. I did the same on oled. It does still work. Same quirks as always tho. Sometimes it does successfully add the lau chers to steam in which case its easy to add yourself. Working on an upddated video for this guide but yea this still works
@@GameTechPlanetdo games through heroic launcher run better or the same as with this method?
I can’t get either launchers to successfully play Fortnite. If I try to launch the app it just says failure to open properly.
@@MacroMicro99 fortnite needs anti cheat to run. You’ll have to dual boot windows. Just make a windows to go on an SD card and install it there.
@@MacroMicro99 pretty sure Fortnite is blocked on Steam Deck. Linux in general I think.
Excellent video. Thank you. Everything worked proper. I also appreciate you explaining the controller lay out
I am doing an SSD upgrade this weekend and this will make it so much easier to add my third party launchers. Thanks so much for the video. I smashed the subscribe button.
Thank you so much dude!!! It helped me a lot, I was struggling installing third party launcher but you've saved me
This makes it MUCH easier! I struggled to install Ubisoft Connect on my own.
Yea its not perfect but it helps simplify the process alot.
Hi@@GameTechPlanet a quick question that I've seen someone else ask but not seen it answered anywhere, does this only work for games purchased on these individual platforms, or does it also work for games purchased on Steam (such as FIfa / Ea Sports FC or whatever they're calling it these days?) Thank you.
NGL, I was debating on getting a Steamdeck. Knowing now I can use other game launchers on the deck, making me want to get one
To the people who cant get the launchers to show in steam after installing, go to the launcher again and tap Uninstall, delete the ones that arent loading then simply reinstall them, if that doesnt work I am not sure unfortunately, enjoy and thank you for teaching us
Unfortunately didn’t work for me 😢
@@angli8114tell me the steps you did
This is so much easier then how I was doing it before, thank you.
It’s way more complex what you mean
than*
@@phrozac Actually "Than" is used to indicate comparison to show who or what something is compared against, when I used "Then" I was talking more past-tense. "Then" is used to show time, as in “at that time” or “after that happened.” and also "Before I knew that".
@@ChirstInTheDistance Whoa! Plot twist!
Man this is the best tutorial to anyone who just got their deck for Xmas or whatever THIS IS THE TUTORIAL YALL NEED !!!! thank you bro you did a great job you helped alotta people
For those of you still having issues after installing the launchers, with them not showing up on Steam. What I found to have worked for me: go to desktop mode, discover app, install ProtonUP-QT. And then install the launchers as in this video (I personally did one by one). I was missing the ProtonUP-QT step beforehand, and after that install, things seemed to work for me; hopefully helps anyone else still having issues.
This is the way
Awesome video mate. Can’t wait to do this. Never bothered with others until now. Cheers
This is amazing. Thank you. I just got my Deck yesterday. I'll be doing this later.
Congrats. If for whatever reason this method doesn’t work well for you there are other methods as well. I still prefer doing each manually myself
Did this method work for you my deck is coming in 2 days just to make sure
@@RyanCaveda sadly, I've been playing a lot and haven't tried it yet. 😂
This deck is amazing I tell ya.
Hey guys be aware that this method keeps getting broke then fixed. I hope it gets stable as when it works like it did for me when making the video its magic. But when it doesn’t it’s frustrating. I still prefer installing all these launchers one at a time manually. I have videos for that and will be working on an updated video as well. As for this app keep an eye on it for updates and fixes. I was on stable os with just one profile logged into the deck when this was working. If you go thru the proamd the launchers arent auto added to steam for some reason. Usually you can go to where they were installed and still add them manually as you normally would. If this method doesn’t work out for you just uninstall everything and do these manually. They work great that way.
dam i just tried it and it broke my battle net link and i had diablo 3 downloaded, how do i delete it now?
This method is just bad, period. The maintainer doesn't follow conventions and everything uses a single prefix. Neither of these things are good, and this developer should be shunned until he starts doing things right. Use Lutris instead
@@jfaristide lol dam maybe i shouldnt have used it
So what’s the point of having these launchers in steam? Do all the games inside them work now? I thought heroic launcher was the way to play Epic stuff 🤔
Btw thanks for mentioning this SteamGridDB thing, holy crap I was adding all these custom arts manually thru steam and downloading them off the site myself until now 🤦🏼♂️
Does anyone know how I uninstall the NonSteamLaunchers files properly? Can I just delete the files?
Great Video, thanks a thousand times for it ! It will solve some points that had make me very unhappy at the Deck.
Niceeee glad it helped out.
Nice clear and consice, ten mins and done, great video.
Okay so I just got a deck this morning as a gift from the wifey pooh.
So those of you that are having a problem with game pass, what I did was unclicked the force compatibility experimental mode. You don’t need it at all!
It then launched as an app & didn’t time out or crash while launching.
My controllers work as well. Thanks for the video fam!
Thank you! This worked like a charm for my steam deck and downloading epic games. I appreciate the video
Awesome glad it worked well for ya. Still my go to method.
thx for this tutorial....just got a new subscriber 😊.
I'm waiting my 2Tb SSD to install os the stuff on my 64Gb steam deck. 😊
With this tutorial i no longer need the dual boot with windows
This channel its 10/10
Got my SD a couple days ago. Installed Lutris yesterday and although it was a bit clunky to set up, it seems really good (though I uninstalled it as I'm going to dual boot Windows anyway). Glad there's more options!
Outstanding tutorial, thank you!
I was a bit worried about getting a steam deck, as I wasnt sure if I could run my other launchers, but your video has put that one to bed, thank you.
Great video, well done. Explained everything pretty good.
This guys deserves a sub. Great video
This instructions was useful and great. However, how do I add the games that I installed from their respective launchers to be added to the steam library because for some odd reason I can’t find the file path of the game itself that I installed from the respective launchers on the steam deck
OMG u are a lifesaver! I was about to restore to factory settings then I founs your vid.
Really helpful guide still works
That awesome. An oldie but a goodie lol. Things may have changed a little but its ultimately the same process. Just used it myself the other day after a restore
Damn, I wish I saw your video before setting up Lutris, this is way better
I can manually set these all up but this is great, thank you for bringing it to out attention. I have one question, love the soft keyboard you have that pops up on screen where did you get it?
Its in the steam points store
What about scrolling with the left trackpad how do you set that up? Like how it is on desktop mode
And why is Epic launcher not full screen when choosing games i choose to maximize it and its stuck at a square aspect ratio
If you move your finger clockwise on the left track pad it will scroll down.
Not sure what I am doing wrong, but when steam restarts, non of the launchers are there. I tried to reinstall using the cleanup option and reload, but still they are not there.
Can someone help?
Same Issue Here
@@TimPen same issue
same
Yep same
same😢
great video, im trying to finnish my steam games before other launchers but great video
Thank you ! Managed to install the launcher (Epic), installed the game, but it does not launches from the launcher, not in game mod nor in desktop mode
This was very easy to follow and worked. 👍👍👍👍
Everything says installed, restarted steam but none of the apps are showing in my library at all, any ideas? i do have the tabs checked to show the different software on the games list.
Same. Doesn't work for me
Same for me too - decky installed though
@@danpelos i just had to go back the other way to do it, by going to each of the sites, downloading the launcher and adding non steam game that way. Everything showed up and was able to install that way. Sometimes these easier automated ways seem appealing and easier but not always reliable.
This is an amazing video, super helpful!!
I followed all steps , reboot SD and it doesn't show any launcher in my library? Any suggestions?
Why i don't see that video earlier...btw thank you so much for that video.
When i double click that file you are opening it opens some text field with program names kate and it will not open the window with launchers named or anything, it's just like notepad full of lines and nothing opening . Was trying different browsers and so forth it always asks which app to use to open with and none works and there's no execute command . Such a mess
That sucks. Haven’t had that in any of my setups but ive seen other comments similar. Just doesn’t work on some decks for various reasons and it can change with updates. Takes less than 5 min to setup each launcher the old manual way. Videos on channel if u need help.
@@GameTechPlanet thanks ! I've managed to get it working , so turns out you can only download it to a desktop and open it in a desktop then it opens , any other folder then desktop doesn't work. Epic , blizzard , ubisoft and rockstar went fine then origin took long to install and only running in a deck mode after restarting deck and TH-cam, Netflix and others doesn't work . Thanks again ! All major ones work just ubisoft have issues with keyboard and login
Thanks for the guide. 🙂
My only question is... Do you use this only for games you own on these platforms only ? Or also for games you own in steam which use these platforms ?
If the latter, i guess you don't get the steam achievements and time tracking ?
"1 gig SSD I have" - I'm glad I'm not the only who has hiccups like this, lmao. I'm all the time confusing gigabyte and terabyte, terabyte just isn't an amount I need to use very often, so I default to gigbyte. And thank you very much for this video - super helpful, super imformative, really appreciate it. Cheers!
Lmaoo
Any ideas on why non of the launchers are showing in my steam library…. Followed everything as in the video, but can’t find any of them.
I’m having the same problem. Hope someone can share the answer.
Not showing in mone aswell
How do you then configure controller profiles per game that you install?
How do you add a gane to the steam launcher after it is installed with the Ubisoft Launcher?
same. I really just wanna play my fall guys and my forts. I don't really want all the extra launchers
Play them in game mode
Bottles and lutris is a far better option @@Thoushaltplaymore
yup... saving this for later today
My oled should be here today 👀. Cant wait to dive in
Thanks for the reply, almost forgot hahaha doing this instalation right now on my sd thanks again for the tutorial
Can’t find anything on my library after install. Has anyone find a fix?
Did fresh install and restarted steam deck twice after fixed it for me
Having the same issues
yup having same issue here
Following. Same issue
I had the same issue so i did them one at a time and it worked for me
8 months later and we got two popular games, palworld and lethal company.
I want to play MODDED lethal company and its a struggle, a year in a half later and im basically still new to steam deck, i would love to have a quick an easy tutorial on how to get things working because im missing out on the main experience of what is lethal company
Hi m8 how to update any launcher after install ? Example my battlenet launcer need update but i tryed update in program but didnt update. Can u explain if possible thanks
Thanks for this; Very smooth process and games that you install from the launchers show up as playable games in Deck Mode, which is handy (no additional configuration or "add to library" type fiddling necessary).
Thank you you’ve just saved me from tearing my hair out 😆
Does this fix issues with Kingdom hearts 1.5 fmv thru epic? Or is it just an alternative to heroic launcher?
Very good question i want to know that as well hmmm
Great video!
Don't you run the risk of getting banned in any of the games you play?
I run the software but the apps dont show up in my steam library
Same here
same here
Same very frustrating
Same..anyone found a fix?
Same here
Great video!
Any way to get the games installed via the different launchers to show up and start directly from within Steam?
Asking myself the same question, not easy to find an answer xD
I will stick with hgl and individual setups
It doesn’t work well. The different apps are installed but they don’t get added to steam
Same issue I’m having.
Same here, so I just reinstalled everything one or two at a time and it worked. I also restarted the deck before just in case
EA did not work for me, it does not open at all.
Question: This was a very clear and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you. I’ve successfully installed the EA launcher, skipped the pop up to sign in, clicked ok, have it showing in steam, and changed to experimental proton. The green play button appears to launch/sign in and closes with no luck.
Have you experienced this, or possibly a step I’ve missed? Is there another way to sign in?
Thank you!
First thing I would try is to now go back to desktop mode. Open ea from steam and sign in. Have the launcher open and working. Close everything and go back to game mode.
@@GameTechPlanet thanks for the reply! From desktop mode within Steam, clicking play shows it running on the left side bar: however, nothing further opens or shows in the system manager as open.
I returned to game mode, also still won’t open to sign in. Tried the game as well just in case, no luck.
Thanks, I’ll keep looking for new fixes. Hopefully one comes up!
Great video! Is possible do add the games installed with this launchers as separate Steam Games so I can launch they with one click? And if so, how?
I really need to know that too 🤔🤔🤔
A part from gog games all other launchers don't let you launch their games without the launcher anyway
@@Jur1_00 but maybe there is a workaround to make the launcher load and then load the game directly
@@Jur1_00 not true, amazon games don't need the launcher and many from epic don't either
Thank you bro, absolute legend for this
Launchers do not appear in steam after the installation. Please help
Apparently the app is currently broken we will need to wait till there is an update to the app.
What app
Same for me it's not showing up
@gzero26 do you know where this information is reported? I tried finding it on github etc but it would be nice to keep an eye on things as I just tried this tutorial and it still isn't showing up
Can u add the games separately to game mode or do u have to always start the launcher first?
No matter what the launcher will need to be open just like a windows pc. Games wont run otherwise
I tried the Heroic Launcher a while ago, but even with a seperate Proton app/ launcher I couldn't get anything to work. So maybe this app restores some faith in me being able to do this.
(I also tried Xemu on both Steam Deck and my pc and both didn't work as intented either despite following the instruction video to a tee😭😭)
So Heroic works with pretty much all games, own experience, if that's not the case with you, then you're definitely making a mistake. I suspect you have not set Proton correctly. This is installed outside of Heroic and selected in Heroic. It definitely works, the program is an absolute dream.
Same here, heroic stopped working randomly after following tutorial strictly, hope this regains my trust in these type of work around for now. Until either it's official in valves book
@@MrAboutLife worked and works normal here....
Thank you so much you are a lifesaver ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I followed the video but the launchers were not added to my steam
same, did you fix it?
You guys closing the konsole too early wait for itself to close
@@batuozen7230 it Never close… How long do you have to wait?
Wait for the program to close itself it may take a bit but if you close it yourself it won't work, just follow the video.
@@Repoocekim when this attempt was made it was brokem however since then i have it working
Definitely buying a steam deck after this video
No of the launchers I wanted showed up like did you do something else to your steam deck I knew this was to good to be true
This video helped me out tremendously, finally got Epic games on my deck. Thanks.
How did you get yours to work?
@@vivorum I just clicked the link in his bio and followed the steps and I downloaded Epic, Battlenet, Hulu, Netflix and Xbox game pass and had no problem getting them to run.
So epic games does run?
@@xXDarthKushGoonerXx yes, it pulled up and let my sign into my account with out any problems.
Non of the apps show up in my steam library automatically after the install. I have to manually browse and add them. Also the EA launcher is just completely broken. It isn't in it's install folder at all and every time I try to uninstall and reinstall it using the all-in-one software I just get error saying path not found or available.
same here
same
The app is currently broken we need to wait for an update
I'm speechless everything works great ❤❤❤❤
The launchers aren’t appearing in my steam and I followed the video step by step
Yeah same here
Great video, i was wondering if it will be possible to add another launcher that is not in the list. RSI launcher for Star citizen. I dont know if someone has already asked here.
It’s weird almost all launchers work perfectly through Proton but not Xbox App 😂
Xbox app runs through UWP and is tightly integrated into Windows which means it's just not possible to get it running on Linux through Proton. UWP apps are encrypted which is why when all Microsoft Store games were forced to be UWP apps people couldn't modify their files at all for backing up saves or modding their games.
Thank you!!!! Save lives in many ways 😂
Excellent video my man. I am currently looking at the Asus and the Steam Deck decided which i would go with, I am a Avid WoW player and want to know if this works to play WoW on the Steam deck? I like the extra buttons the Deck has over the Asus but i like the versatility of the Asus so, this would make the Deck a better selection if it works with my fav games that are not steam. I dont like the idea of having to stream games from my desktop to the Deck.
Great guide worked flawlessly. Only one I couldn't get rubbing for some reason was Xbox game pass & playstation plus. Yet everything else👌🏾
Great Video dude, much appreciate it.
Do I have to still install Visual C++ in order to launch certain games?
Thanks in advance ❤
Great video. I like your virtual keyboard theme. Could you share where you got it?
It only comes with the most expensive Steam Deck variant
Worked great. That’s bud 👍
Most excellent tutorial 👌 Thanks
I’m assuming you use experimental for gog as well?? Thank you so much!
Thanks for the tutorial! Is this now the best way to have nonsteam games vs heroic launcher?
I personally dont like to use heroic or lutris that much on the deck. They are fine but i prefer this method over those. Even better tho for me is I prefer to do each of the launcher installs myself manually.
great video,easy to understand !
I cheated by just installing windows rather than doing the workaround here, they've recently updated the drivers and the performance isn't as sucky as I was originally led to believe, however, to recover some storage space I'm tempted to do a tiny 11 install to make better use of the 512gb SSD (or might try that when I upgrade it to 2tb!)
Anyway hope this helps someone with experience and experiments with their own decks!
Great Video Man!
Once a game is downloaded in (say EA app) can the game be added to steam or do you have to launch it within the app
I just launch within the app like pc. U can find the game .exe and add to steam usually but when u open that it has to open the app first anyway.
Thanx buddy
Considering a Steam deck, can get a straight swap for my Switch plus games for the LCD version. As its currently unused as I bought a Portal. Looking at videos like this to see what it can do.
Dude thank you so much. I did 2 tutorials to install Uplay both didn't work. Yours did ❤
Odd you didn't show what happens after you install a game from one of those launchers. Do you get a library entry for each game installed for each launcher? or do you not see any of those games unless you open the launcher first and start a game through it?
So just like any pc the launchers have to be open for rhe games to run. So u open the launcher then the game.
liked best way to install lunchers
@GTP question, if I was to pickup a handheld gaming device which one do you recommend: new ROG Ally (new Windows handheld) or SteamDeck? Thanks for your input.
This is a tough question to answer as i feel they both have their strengths and weaknesses. I have my ally preordered for the channel and I will be diving into those questions and talking about what devices are better for different audiences. If I remember right your a linux fan. For you the answer may be deck unless it’s limitations like not having support for ALL games and so on are an issue for you.
@@GameTechPlanet yes I run linux as my daily driver on my desktop so that's one reason I am leaning towards the SteamDeck, but having a fully functional Windows handheld sounds tempting.
@@Isassi007 True and if you need windows for something it would he there both portable or docked.
Is there any reason to do this if I've already got the launchers installed through Lutris? Maybe stability? They seem to work ok currently. Great guide though- this looks way easier than my hassle!
Thank You very much. Much appreciated. 🙏🏾
You’re awesome!!! Thank you soooo much!
Great video. Thank you. Well done
Once these are installed like that, can you also install the individual games (like Jedi Fallen Order) and then add it as a non-steam game as well?
Not exactly. Just like an pc or on windows u must open the launcher to do the install and to run the game. You can add games .exe files to steam as nonsteam games but when u open them the launcher must still open first
so greatfull i found this video 😁
Awesome tutorial, thanks
Just recently found this video and tried this method. It worked at first but when I would go back to the launchers they would crash. Epic never really would fully load. I like this idea but not sure what the issue is as I am a noob to the Steam Deck.
Have you tried different proton layers? Specifically newer versions of GE Proton? The default often doesn’t work