

Click on home from the navigation on the left-hand side.Click on the folder icon on the taskbar.This part can be a bit of a faff, so some patience is required. Now you've installed Epic Games on your Steam Deck, you now need to add it to Steam so that you can easily launch in when you're in standard mode on your Steam Deck. Set the launcher up in your Steam library Follow through the various steps to launch the app.Close this window and click to launch the installer by pressing play.Click "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility too" and select the GE-Proton version that you installed.Click on the app, then click on the settings cog icon on the right-hand side and click on compatibility options.We find the easiest way to do this is to look for "installed locally" You then need to find the EpicInstaller in your Steam library.Then select the EpicInstaller and click open.Under file type at the bottom of the browse window click the drop down and change it from "applications (*.desktop)" to "All Files".

Scroll through the list of folders that appears and click on "downloads".Click on the "look in" drop-down and look for /home/deck".Select "add a non-Steam game" and then choose browse in the next pop-up Window.When it's running click on the button to "add a game" on the bottom left of the app.Once downloaded click to run the Steam app.Search Google for the Epic Games launcher and download it (but don't run it).Select the Internet option and launch a browser like Firefox or Chrome.Click on the Steam icon on the bottom left of the screen (much like a Windows start button).Unfortunately, you cannot just download launcher and run it, there are more steps so don't try to bypass them. Stay in desktop mode on your Steam Deck for now as there are a few other things that you need to do in order to get Epic Games running. The next stage is to download and install the launcher.
