Heroic Games Launcher
 Heroic game laucher icon for macOS | |
| Developer(s) | Contributors Flávio Fearn |
|---|---|
| Initial release | January 5, 2021.[1] |
| Stable release | 2.18.0
/ July 23, 2025[2] |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | TypeScript |
| Engine | |
| Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows, SteamOS |
| Available in | 52 languages[3] |
List of languages English, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian ,Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified Han script), Chinese (Traditional Han script), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Ladino, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Silesian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese | |
| Type | Game manager and game launcher |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | heroicgameslauncher |
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Heroic Games Launcher is a free and open-source game manager for operating systems like Linux, Windows, macOS and SteamOS. It is developed and maintained by Flávio Fearn and contributors, it is released under the GNU General Public License.[3]
It is built with support for Wine, Proton and CrossOver for games that require compatibility in Unix-based operating systems. In such cases where it is used as a compatibility layer, it offers automatic configurations of the Wine environment for games purchased from GOG, Steam, Epic Games Store and local game files.[4]
History
Heroic started as a project to implement a GUI to Legendary, a free and open-source replacement for the Epic Games Launcher on Linux and macOS using Wine.[1] This graphical interface is build using the software framework Electron.[5]
It has since had over 180 releases. The main development features have included the access to various game store, such as the Epic Games Store, Amazon Prime Store or GOG store[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dawe, Liam (2021-01-05). "Heroic Games Launcher is a new unofficial Epic Games Store for Linux". GamingOnLinux. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ↑ Kupetsky, Noah (2025-07-23). "The Heroic Launcher Gets A New Update With Proton GE Priority, Anonymous Analytics, And More". Steam Deck HQ. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "What is Heroic?". Heroic Games Launcher. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ↑ Pablinux (2025-02-24). "Heroic Games Launcher: Complete Guide with Installation and Features". Linux Adictos. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ↑ Esselbach, Philipp (2021-05-25). "Heroic Games Launcher 1.7.0 released". Linux Compatible. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ↑ Dawe, Liam (2022-02-24). "Heroic Games Launcher 2.2 (plus a hotfix) adds GOG support". GamingOnLinux. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
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