NonSteamLaunchers 🚀

This script installs the latest GE-Proton, installs NonSteamLaunchers under one unique Proton prefix folder in your compatdata folder path called "NonSteamLaunchers" and adds them to your Steam Library. So you can use them on Desktop or in Game Mode.

Features ✅

• Automatic installation of the most popular launchers in your Steam Deck 🎮
• Handle automatically the download and installation of your chosen launchers ⌚
• MicroSD Support 💾 This script supports moving the entire prefix to a microSD. The script will install launchers and games to your SD card, and the launchers in Steam will point to the SD card installation. This allows you to save internal storage space on your Steam Deck!

Supported Stores 🛍

• Amazon Games Launcher ✔️
• Battle.net ✔️
• EA App ✔️
• Epic Games ✔️
• GOG Galaxy ✔️
• Humble Games Collection ✔️
• IndieGala ✔️
• Itch.io ✔️
• Legacy Games ✔️
• Origin (only working way) ✔️
• Rockstar Games Launcher ✔️
• Ubisoft Connect ✔️
• Glyph ✔️
• Minecraft ✔️
• Playstation Plus ✔️
• DMM Games Player ✔️
• VK Play ✔️

Supported Streaming Sites for games and as well as any website. 🌐

• Shortcut Creator ✔️
• Xbox Game Pass ✔️
• GeForce Now ✔️
• Amazon Luna ✔️
• Netflix ✔️
• Amazon Prime Video ✔️
• Disney+ ✔️
• Hulu ✔️
• Youtube ✔️
• Twitch ✔️

Find Games

Use the "Find Games" button to load Boilr this will open Boilr for you to set your settings so you can find your games easier.

"NSLGameScanner.service" is also live when you use this script and continues after the script is closed and even works after your Steam Deck has restarted. This works in the background as a service file to automatically add your games to your library on every Steam restart. Currently only adds Epic Games Launcher and Ubisoft Connect games.

How to Install 🔧

• Go to desktop mode, right click the download button above and save the .desktop file to your Steam Deck desktop.
• Go to your desktop, click the NonSteamLaunchers icon, it will download and run the latest NonSteamLaunchers.sh from this repository and run it.
• You will simply have to choose which launcher to install and let the script handle the rest. 💻 No files are left in your "Downloads" they are deleted after installation.
• After running the script, launch Steam on your Steam Deck. You'll find the new launchers in your library under the non-steam tab. Click a launcher to see your installed games from that store, and launch them directly from Steam! If you have downloaded a game inside of your launcher, restart your deck or steam adn the NSLGameScanner.service should add it to your library. Even in gamemode 🥳

▶️ YouTube Tutorial 🡺🡺🡺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svOj4MTEAVc 🡸🡸🡸 ▶️

📖 Step-by-step Article 🡺🡺🡺 https://www.steamdeckgaming.net/post/easy-launchers-install-on-steam-deck 🡸🡸🡸 📖

How to Uninstall 🗑

• Just run the script, select which launchers to remove. Press OK.
• That's it.

Currently Working On 👷‍♂️

• Decky Loader Plugin ❌
• Integrate better with BoilR ❌

Contributing 🤝

If you have any suggestions or improvements for this script, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

You can donate to me on ko-fi, liberapay, or sponsor me on github or patreon

Development Environment

Dev Container

Install Docker. Once installed, a clean dev environment with a Docker container native to VSCode is spun up automatically.

• Command palette (⇧⌘P) > Dev Containers: Reopen in Container
• F5 for debug
  • May need to select interpreter (e.g., /opt/venv/bin/python) first

VSCode Extensions (Dev Container)

• Atom Keymap
• Bash IDE
• Better Comments
• Docker
• EditorConfig
• GitHub Copilot
• GitHub Copilot Chat
• gitignore
• GitLens
• Markdown All in One
• MS Visual Studio Live Share
• Python
• Shellcheck

Manual Docker Instance

If VSCode isn't present or only the python portion (cf. __init__.py) is being worked on, it's possible to just run a Docker container on its own. The container installs the correct version of python and any dependencies (e.g., ipython, rich) in requirements.txt.

# navigate to directory with Dockerfile
cd .devcontainer/

# build image
docker build -t nonsteamlaunchers .

# run container
docker run -it --rm --name=mynonsteamlaunchers --workdir=/app -v $(pwd):/app nonsteamlaunchers bash

# exit container
exit

Python virtual environment

Useful for the python module(s), but extra compared to the dev container portion that covers the core shell script.

# create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv

# activate virtual environment
source .venv/bin/activate

# install dependencies
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt 

Additional tooling

Additional tooling includes but is not limited to:

asdf

• Install asdf
• Usage

  # add python plugin
  asdf plugin-add python
  
  # install stable python
  asdf install python <latest|3.11.4>
  
  # set stable to system python
  asdf global python latest
  
  # add poetry asdf plugin
  asdf plugin-add poetry https://github.com/asdf-community/asdf-poetry.git
  
  # install latest version via asdf
  asdf install poetry <latest|1.5.1>
  
  # set latest version as default
  asdf global poetry latest
  

shellcheck

.shellcheckrc excludes various bash language rules. Useful to control noise vs. legitimate warnings/errors when using the shellcheck extension.

License 📝

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.