Heroic Games Launcher

Heroic Games Launcher is available on Windows, Linux, and macOS. It provides a simple, customizable interface to manage game installations, updates, and compatibility settings.

It's especially popular among Linux and Steam Deck users for playing Windows-only games.

How does Heroic Games Launcher run Windows games on Linux or macOS?

Heroic Games Launcher uses Wine as a compatibility layer to run Windows-based games from the Epic Games Store and GOG on Linux and macOS. When you launch a game through Heroic, it wraps the game's executable in a Wine environment, which mimics a Windows system so the game can run natively on your OS without needing Windows installed.

Do I need to download Wine separately to run games first?

No, you don't need to install Wine system-wide before using Heroic. The launcher includes a built-in Wine Manager that lets you download and manage specific versions of Wine, Proton ...