Hi- I could really use some help. I got rid of Windows at home and switched to CachyOS. All my steam games are working really well, but unfortunately I got Satisfactory from the Epic store. I’ve spent way too much time trying to find a way to get Epic game store installed on Linux and working.
There are many guides out there (none officially from Epic) with many different hacks to get it running, but all seem to be either out of date or AI slop. I was able to get the windows version of the store sorta working though wine, but I couldn’t get it to download/install anything. I tried asking on a Satisfactory discord and was hold to “just re-buy it on Steam”. I know it doesn’t seem like a lot to many of you, but I can’t just buy the game a second time. switching back to windows is not an option either.

Is what I’m doing even possible (Satisfactory on Linux on Epic)? If so, is there any up to date instructions on getting the Epic store installed in a way that actually works?

EDIT… thanks everyone… great community. I am working and making factories again

    • moodwrench@lemmy.worldOP
      14·
      26 days ago

      I had started down this path this morning but wasn’t able to login. I just found the “use alternative epic login” option which is allowing me to get further. The game is actually installing now, thanks!!

      • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        26 days ago

        If you still aren’t able to run the game after it installs, one thing that’s worked for me to run games from Epic on linux is to use a script to run it with Proton:

        export STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH=~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata

        export STEAM_COMPAT_CLIENT_INSTALL_PATH=/home/username/.local/share/Steam/

        ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton\ -\ Experimental/proton run GameFile.exe

        Find where the files are installed to and put the script there, replace paths and the executable name as needed.

    • D1re_W0lf@piefed.worldEnglish
      7·
      26 days ago

      Yeah. Heroic Games Launder works really well under CachyOS. I’ve been using it for over one year and after trying Lutris, NonSteamLaunchers, etc, Heroic it’s still my favorite way of integrating Epic / GOG / Amazon games with Steam.

  • Pika@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    26 days ago

    I actually play satisfactory via epic over lutris. I also use the mod manager for the game. It’s been awhile but I remember it being a fairly easy install. I am on debian though \0/

  • Supercrunchy@programming.dev
    3·
    25 days ago

    The solutions in the other comments (lutris, heroic, … ) are better, but if you get stuck a bad but easy solution is to install the epic launcher as a “non-steam game” in steam…

    Download the epic launcher installer, add it to steam, force it to use proton as compatibility layer (in the game properties) and install it. After the install is complete you have to find where on your filesystem the launcher exe got installed (it’s in a special wine prefix managed by steam). Change the path in steam to point to it instead of the launcher. Now you can launch the epic launcher in steam and play all of the games you have there using the steam-managed proton. You can use this trick to also install and run windows software that are not games.

    Note that the name you give to the “game” in steam will be broadcasted to your friends, so they will see you playing “epic game launcher”

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
    1·
    26 days ago

    I played hundreds of hours of Satisfactory on Linux. Crashed a couple times but that could’ve been caused by mods.

    I played it on Steam but I have no issues playing Epic games through Lutris.