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A couple games popped up on my Steam wishlist at really low prices so I was thinking of getting them, but I’ve also had a few older computers recently that are losing Steam client support. This got me thinking I should really try to compare and get more games on GOG so it doesn’t matter if a client stops working on older hardware. But also following this community has had me thinking a Steam Deck makes a lot of sense for me, so maybe I’ll try to get one in the next year or two. It seems like Steam tries to keep things open to other sources on the device, but have you been playing non-Steam games, and how much hassle has it been?

Also the games I was considering are Donut County and Planet Coaster, if you have any thoughts on those.

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[–] stuckgum@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This launcher breaks for me all the time. I must be doing something wrong…

[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 4 points 7 months ago

Heroic has definitely had some brown-paper-bag releases. I've had to roll back and hold off on Heroic for a lot of their "major" updates.

[–] Imma_lazyboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How does it break? The app doesn’t open? Or games do not work? Are you able to log into the gog store? Can you install a game?

[–] stuckgum@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The app does not launch. Have to wipe it and reinstall

[–] Imma_lazyboy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

Weird. Are you installing from the discover store is desktop mode?