How to get your Epic Games library on the Steam Deck

Last year, Steam’s parent company, Valve Corporation, launched a dedicated handheld device called the Steam Deck. It’s a portable computer running on SteamOS with an AMD Zen 2 CPU, allowing you to access your Steam library at any time. Initially, people took time to get accustomed to the Steam Deck, but later they enjoyed it a lot. Its performance makes people want to play other library games.

At first, there was no access to other types of games available on the Steam platform. Later on, companies developed emulators that ran other game libraries on the Steam Deck. There are plenty of game libraries at your disposal, like Xbox Cloud, PlayStation, and many others. But gamers want epic games. So here, I’ll guide you to running Epic Games on your Steam Deck.

How to Get Your Epic Games Library on the Steam Deck

A plethora of games can be found in the Steam library, without a doubt. The Epic Games library, however, contains a few keen titles that always appeal to players, whether they are playing on PC, mobile, or here on the Steam platform. You’ll be surprised to know that today we have numerous emulators to run the Epic Games library on the Steam Deck. We found a dominant emulator called Proton that makes getting the Epic Games library on Steam so much easier. So, without any further delay, let’s look at the instructions below.

Phase 1: Install ProtonUp on Your Steam Deck

• Hit the power button and scroll down to desktop mode.
• Tap on desktop mode to turn your deck into a PC-like appearance.
• Next, click on Discover, which looks like a shopping bag showing on the left side of the taskbar.
• Hit STEAM + X to get the on-screen keyboard.
• Using the on-screen keyboard, type “ProtonUp” into the search bar.
• Install ProtonUp-Qt on your deck.
• Hit Application Launcher >> Utilities >> Launch ProtonUp-Qt >> Add Version >> Pick the latest version.
• Once the installation finishes, right-click on Steam and click on Exit.

Phase 2: Download the Epic Games Launcher and install it.

• On your desktop, head to the Epic Games website to download its launcher (download the Windows version).
• Open Steam >> Add Game (at the bottom left) >> Add Non-Steam Game.
• Browse the files, select the downloaded Epic Games launcher, and select Add Selected Program.
• On your deck, open your Steam library and scroll down to EpicGames Installer.
• Right-click (using the left trigger) on the EpicGames Installer.
• Go to Properties >> Compatibility >> Mark the option “Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool.”
• Select the most recent version of Proton and go back to the Steam library >> Hit Play.
• Lastly, tap on Install to get the Epic Games installed on your Steam Deck, and you are done.

Apart from Epic Games, many players want to load Heroic Games Launcher on Steam. Heroic Games Launcher is an open-source GOG and Epic Games launcher for Linux, Windows, and MacOS. If you have trouble following the above method, you can follow this one. Simply follow the instructions below to install Heroic Games Launcher on your Steam deck.

• Press the Steam button. Scroll down to Desktop Mode and enter it.
• Head over to the Discover page.
• Search for “Heroic Games Launcher” and install it on your deck.
• Open the Heroic Games Launcher and go to Settings >> General >> Enable Add Games to Steam Automatically.
• On the left-side menu, log into the GOG Store and Epic Games Store.
• Click the Library >> Refresh Library button to view the Epic Games and GOG libraries.
• On the left-side panel, click on Wine Manager and install the latest Wine-Ge and Proton-Ge.
• Once it finishes, choose a game to run >> Click Game Art >> Three Dots >> Check Compatibility.
• ProtonDB will open, where you can find the latest version of Proton.
• Click on Install >> Click on Wine Version and select the Proton that works best for your game.
• Return to Game Mode, and you will see the game you chose has been added to the Steam Deck.

To sum up, installing any other store’s game on the Steam Deck is not as big of a task as people think. Initially, people assumed we could only play Steam games on the Steam Deck. But the truth is in front of you, as you can play both Epic Games Store and GOG Store games on the Steam Deck. All thanks to emulators that made it possible to run these store libraries on SteamOS. I hope you got the right way to install the Epic Games Library on your Steam Deck. If you still have questions, ask them below.

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