GOG Will Not Offer Official Steam Deck Support

GOG, CD Projekt's digital storefront, will not offer official Steam Deck support. GOG revealed the news in a Twitter announcement earlier today, writing that while there will be no "official support," users can install Windows and try playing GOG-bought games on the Steam Deck that way.

This news isn't a big surprise, as GOG and Steam are competing digital storefronts. It doesn't make sense for GOG to offer support for its biggest competitor's new device.

Another option players have for playing GOG games other than installing Windows, is an open-source platform called Lutris. Lutris can launch games from GOG, Epic Game Store, and other digital storefronts for Linux platforms. It should theoretically work on Steam Deck's native SteamOS that's built off of Linux, if it doesn't, I'm sure some intrepid developer will find a way to eventually get it to run on Steam Deck.

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