/SteamLinkEpicLauncher

A very small .NET Console app to launch Epic Games Store games from a Steam Link

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A very small .NET Console app to launch Epic Games Store games from a Steam Link

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About

This is a very simple .NET console app based on the article from Sean Z on how to launch Epic Store Games on a Steam Link device or mobile app. This is often needed for games in the Epic Game Store because of their DRM.

That said, special thanks to Sean Z for his article.

Usage

Download

Download latest stable release from the GitHub releases page

Alternatively you can also get the latest build from GitHub Actions artifacts

Adding an Epic Store game to Steam

Setting up the SteamLinkEpicLauncher

  1. Download the SteamLinkEpicLauncher as linked above
  2. Extract the zip to a folder where you can be sure the executable will always be available.
    • I personally recommend creating some dedicated folder for it somewhere. For example, do not place it in your "Downloads" folder, just in case you accidentally delete it from there.

Getting the URL of the Epic game

  1. Open Epic Games Store.
  2. Navigate to your library.
  3. Find the game you want in Steam.
  4. Click the . . . menu near the game.
  5. Click "Create Shortcut". This will place a shortcut on your desktop.
  6. Minimize the launcher, navigate to your Desktop, and find your new shortcut (it will have the name and icon of the game).
  7. Right click on the shortcut and hit "Properties".
  8. A window similar to this should show up:

Properties Window.

  1. Copy the value in the URL field and save it somewhere for later.

Adding your game to steam

  1. Open Steam
  2. Click "Add a game" then "Add a Non-Steam Game"
  3. Click "Browse" and navigate to the SteamLinkEpicLauncher.exe, select it, then confirm adding the game with "Add selected programs"
  4. Right click the newly added "SteamLinkEpicLauncher" and click "Properties"
  5. In the "Target" field add a single space and a single " (quote) character. Then paste the value you copied in the previous section, and type another " (quote) character.
    • For example for Kingdom Hearts 3 the full "Target" could be:
    "E:\dev\favna\SteamLinkEpicLauncher\out\SteamLinkEpicLauncher.exe" "com.epicgames.launcher://apps/fd711544a06543e0ab1b0808de334120?action=launch&silent=true"
  6. Customize the name of your shortcut by modifying "SteamLinkEpicLauncher" to whatever you want
  7. Click the generic icon to change it to something you want.
    • Tip: you can navigate to the executable of your game to assign the icon of that executable.

Launching your game

  1. Make sure the Epic Games Store is running on your system
  2. Start your Steam Link
  3. Launch the game shortcut you created

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This project is and always will be open source, even if I don't get donations. That being said, I know there are amazing people who may still want to donate just to show their appreciation. Thank you very much in advance!

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