Submitted 9 hours ago by brrt@sh.itjust.works to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
I‘ve checked a few of the resources I found here but I seem to be unable to wrap my head around this.
I want to play one specific game purchased from GoG on my Steam Deck. It only has a windows installer. I don’t need a fancy launcher (at the moment). The game has low hardware requirements so should run fine via emulation/proton…
What’s the easiest way to install and add this game to game mode?
Install Heroic. Log into GOG account from Heroic. Go into settings and click “automatically add games to Steam”. Click install. Click launch. Cross your fingers.
If you don’t want to go the Heroic route (you really should go the Heroic route) you can
Trouble with that method is that Steam always creates a new Wine prefix (a kind of fake Windows drive) every time you run a new none-Steam-game with Proton. They can pile up and take unnecessary space away. It also makes it harder to install dependencies or mods or add ons.
So yeah, Heroic is the way.
Add the exe to steam Right click it and set force compatibility to proton Run it and install into steam Should run after
Or do the heroic launcher method other people suggest
Something to consider: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay6C2f55Pc8
github.com/Faugus/faugus-launcher
gabmus@retrolemmy.com 9 hours ago
Easiest way is to use heroic. You can easily install it from the discover store, log in with your gog account and click install. Then right click and add to steam directly from the heroic interface, this way it will show up in the deck game mode.