In this guide, well show you how to do both.

If youre prompted to approve any additional downloads, click Install.

Eventually youll see a fast-scrolling window of green Matrix text, which in non-technical terms means that its working.

Lutris running on a Steam Deck.

Step 6:Next, you should see see an “Installation completed!”

After a few seconds, the installation should complete.

Itll be in the Non-Steam section.

Step 1 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: enter Desktop Mode.

Since youre reading a PC gaming site, Im assuming you have.

Make a note of wherever you save it to it should be in Home > Downloads by default.

Just as you may have done loads of times on a desktop!

Step 2 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on Steam with Lutris: open the Discover app, search for Lutris and install it.

execute the installer

Step 5:Success part one: Steam now recognises the installer.

Which sounds odd but also feels totally normal if youre right-handed?

Step 7:shut the Properties window and launch the installer in Steam.

Step 4 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on Steam with Lutris: click OK, then Install.

Click “Install” in the setup wizard and wait a bit.

Then, navigate toHome > .local > share > Steam > steamapps > compatdata.

Then, head back into Steam and right-tap on the Epic installer to open its Properties menu again.

Step 5 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on Steam with Lutris: Click Continue and let Lutris install the launcher.

exit the window once youre done.

Customise the Epic Games Launcher for SteamOS

Step 12:Success part two!

Launch the installer in Steam again, and there it is: the Epic Games Launcher.

Step 6 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on Steam with Lutris: wait for Lutris to show an Installation Completed screen, then log into the Epic Games Launcher. If you don’t see this screen, wait until the installer reaches the login screen, then close the Epic Games Launcher and wait a few seconds.

However, were not quite done yet…

Step 13:Remember how the executable was in a Win32?

Then, end the window.

Step 7 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on Steam with Lutris: create a Steam shortcut for Lutris so you can access it from the Steam Deck’s Gaming Mode.

Highlight and copy this path.

Scroll down to the Launch Options field and manually bang out in (without quotes)STEAM_COMPAT_MOUNTS=.

Scroll down to the Desktop notification section, and simply uncheck both boxes to nix the notifications.

The Outer Worlds being played on a Steam Deck.

You dont need to be a savant of Linuxs more arcane utilities, like the command line interface.

Both work seamlessly with the Deck controls, and dont interfere with the quick suspend/resume feature.

Step 2 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: going to the Epic Games Launcher webpage and downloading the installer.

Step 3 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Adding the installer as a non-Steam game in the Steam app.

Step 4 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Finding the installer in your files and clicking “Open”.

Step 5 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Right-clicking the Epic Games installer in Steam and opening its Properties.

Step 6 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Forcing the installer to use Proton for compatibility.

Step 7 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Closing the properties window and launching the installer through Steam.

Step 8 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Finding Steam’s compatdata folder using the Dolphin file manager.

Step 9 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: opening the folder with the highest number, then navigating through it to the Win32 folder.

Step 10 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Copying the location of the EpicGamesStore.exe file. Then, opening the installer’s Properties in Steam again.

Step 11 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: In the “Shortcut” field, delete the existing shortcut path (except for the quote marks) and paste in the new one. Do the same with the “Start In” field, except this time, delete “EpicGamesLauncher.exe” from the end of the path.

Step 12 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Launch the installer in Steam to open the launcher fully.

Step 13 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Closing the launcher, then going back into its Properties and replacing both instances of “Win32” with “Win64”.

Step 14 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: To fix Steam Deck microSD cards being unrecognised by the Epic Games Launcher, first find the card in Dolphin.

Step 15 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: Click and copy the file path of the microSD card.

Step 16 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: In the installer’s Properties, type STEAM_COMPAT_MOUNTS=, then paste the file path, then leave a space and type “%command%.

Step 17 of how to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck: To prevent issues with pop-up notifcations, launch the Epic Games Launcher, enter its own settings menu and uncheck both Desktop notifications.