GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026

With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG will improve their Linux support.

GOG does currently support Linux — well, kind of. They publish Native Linux packages for various games, which depends on the developer (just like Steam does without Proton) but they have a very limited support of distributions, which can cause problems installing Linux games from GOG due to dependency mess. That, and GOG Galaxy does not support Linux.

There's easier ways to install games from GOG on Linux / SteamOS though, which you can check out in our GamingOnLinux Guide. You can even do it directly in Steam if you want to.

Things may change though, as of course you don't buy an entire store if you're not going to keep up with the industry. Speaking to PC Gamer, Maciej Gołębiewski the managing director of GOG mentioned in reply to a question about Linux that it's "one of the things that we've put in our strategy for this year to look closer at" Gołębiewski continued "I don't want to commit to any specifics, but certainly you will see this trend, and we also see that Linux is close to the hearts of our users, so we probably could do better on that front, and that's something that we'll be looking at".

New GOG owner Michał Kiciński also mentioned in regards to Windows how "It's such poor-quality software and product, and I'm so surprised that it's [spent] so many years on the market. I can't believe it!".

So, perhaps 2026 or 2027 will see GOG's Linux support get better. One can hope. All stores need proper competition, that includes Steam - it's just better for all of us.