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What's better than GOG Galaxy? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Right now I am running GOG Galaxy in bottles and it is mostly stable. However, I don't like how GOG Galaxy constantly is showing ads and harvesting data.

What I am looking for is another Windows launcher that can manage GOG games. Ideally it should be simple and work with a controller.

I also need an alternative to the cloud sync. I think it might be possible to either use Syncthing to sync folders or to setup a network share and then use some scripting to save my progress once I'm done playing. The biggest issue I have is that I don't know how to import my GOG cloud saves into the offline installer.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Both Lutris and Heroic Launcher allows for integration with GOG accounts. Worth checking out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

Junk Store on Decky Loader will do GoG as well as Epic, but you do have to pay for GoG integration or subscribe to their Patreon

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours ago

Regarding cloud saves, Heroic will let you download or force download them. After that you would just need to place them where they are expected for the game.

I use Heroic on desktop and deck and am a big fan personally.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I believe Heroic Launcher does all of that, minus the saves. That's going to be on you to manage regardless.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 hours ago

Heroic has support for cloud syncs. I have very few games that are not supported. Like Baldur's Gate 3, but it's not on Gog side.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

Lutris is pretty good