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April 25, 2023

HowTo: Play Epic Games on Linux with EpicAssetsManager+Proton (and assets and plugins) (for Free 🆓)

Using EpicAssetManager to download games from the Epic Game Store on Linux and running them using Proton.

Alternatively you can also download the UnrealEngine, assets and plugins.

The game shown is NeuroDiver (demo) and is a really awesome VN.

Zeldas:

https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.achetagames.epic_asset_manager

https://www.protondb.com/

https://appdb.winehq.org/

Paid games for free https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/free-games

Free games https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/browse?sortBy=releaseDate&sortDir=DESC&priceTier=tierFree&category=Game&count=40&start=0

Timeline

00:00 Intro

00:40 Free stuff on Epic's game store

01:40 Installing flatpak

02:57 Installing EpicAssetManager

03:20 Running EAM

03:55 Log-in

04:15 Overview (Preferences+Projects+Engines)

07:17 Download games

08:18 Activating Proton on Steam

09:05 Adding the game to Steam

10:45 ProtonDB and AppDB

11:35 Running the game

12:00 Removing the game

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