Check out our Monthly Survey Page to see what our users are running.
We do often include affiliate links to earn us some pennies. See more here.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.4.0 is out with GOG Cloud Save support

By - | Views: 28,422

Heroic Games Launcher enables you to download games on Linux and Steam Deck from both the Epic Store and GOG. A big new release version 2.4.0 is out now with some massive new features.

Some of the big new features at a glance include:

  • GOG Cloud Save, which works for games run through Wine / Proton.
  • A joystick overlay.
  • Epic Overlay support.
  • Easy Anti-Cheat + BattlEye runtime support. Plus listing anti-cheat status on game pages, although that may not be entirely accurate as it's using an external source and usually applies to Steam games directly.
  • An easier way to add environment variables and wrappers for launching games.
  • A quick way to add a shortcut directly to Steam.
  • Various helper icons for things like DXVK, VKD3D and others.
  • Lots of UI upgrades

You can download it easily as a Flatpak from Flathub (via Discover on Steam Deck), or as an AppImage from the GitHub page.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
19 Likes
About the author -
author picture
I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly. Find me on Mastodon.
See more from me
The comments on this article are closed.
6 comments

Linas Aug 15, 2022
View PC info
  • Supporter Plus
And if you ask GOG or Epic, supporting Linux is such an insurmountable task, that there is no way in hell anyone could achieve in their lifetime.
anewson Aug 16, 2022
every time I see a post about Heroic I have to make a comment about how much I love it; please someone help
fenglengshun Aug 16, 2022
Quoting: anewsonevery time I see a post about Heroic I have to make a comment about how much I love it; please someone help
Same, they are legitimately awesome. I'd have thought GOG Cloud Saves would be too complicated, but here we are.

I wonder what's next for them -- I'd personally would love for other stores to get support but I really don't know if that's finally in their target now and if so, which one will get priority.
tpau Aug 16, 2022
Quoting: fenglengshunI wonder what's next for them -- I'd personally would love for other stores to get support but I really don't know if that's finally in their target now and if so, which one will get priority.

There are still features that are missing compared to the original clients.
Chatting with Friends, comparing achievements , seeing how long you and your friends played a certain game.
Before you go for new stores, finish the missing features.

Also don't forget that there has to be an open source client like legendary to build upon.
Someone has to do the heavy lifting with research and implementation first ;)
Unless you can provide that Lutris is the easier option.

That needs a lot of tea and pasta:
https://heroicgameslauncher.com/donate


Last edited by tpau on 16 August 2022 at 8:42 am UTC
mr-victory Aug 16, 2022
Quoting: tpauChatting with Friends
Epic Overlay is now supported, doesn't that mean you can chat?
tpau Aug 16, 2022
Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: tpauChatting with Friends
Epic Overlay is now supported, doesn't that mean you can chat?
GoGs social features are not supported yet ;)
I am not sure if this overlay stuff in EGL is complete as i don't know people on Epic.
While you're here, please consider supporting GamingOnLinux on:

Reward Tiers: Patreon. Plain Donations: PayPal.

This ensures all of our main content remains totally free for everyone! Patreon supporters can also remove all adverts and sponsors! Supporting us helps bring good, fresh content. Without your continued support, we simply could not continue!

You can find even more ways to support us on this dedicated page any time. If you already are, thank you!
The comments on this article are closed.