The Epic Games Store launcher is to receive a native Linux version, an Epic Games employee explained on the store's community Discord server. He did not provide a date.
A user wanted to know if a natively running Linux version is on Epic's roadmap. The Epic employee answered with a “Soon” emoji and a caveat. However, the current preview version that Epic Games is building for a comprehensive relaunch of the launcher does not yet include Linux. “As you can imagine, we need to do more than simply have a build of the launcher that can run natively on Linux”, the employee wrote. SteamDeckHQ reported this first.
An Epic Games employee confirmed on Discord that work is underway on a native Linux launcher.
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The Epic employee does not elaborate on what exactly is missing. Linux does not appear on the roadmap that Epic presented for the store at the Unreal Fest in June.
