Game Launchers for Linux

Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute a wide range of games and related media entirely over the internet, stretching from one-man independent efforts to some of...

Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux. It allows you to gather and manage (install, configure and launch) all your games acquired from any source, in a single interface.

Heroic is an Open Source Game Launcher for Linux, Windows and macOS (10.15+, won't work properly on High sierra and older versions). Right now it supports launching games from the .

A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once. It is a MultiMC fork.

GUI for legendary. An Epic Games Launcher open source alternative.

Hydra is a Game Launcher with its own embedded BitTorrent Client and a self-managed repack scraper.

Pegasus is a graphical frontend for browsing your game library (especially retro games) and launching them from one place. It's focusing on customizability, cross platform support (including embedded devices) and high performance.

A simple and lightweight app for running Windows games using UMU-Launcher.

A simple GOG client for Linux that lets you download and play your GOG Linux games

Legendary is an open-source game launcher that can download and install games from the Epic Games platform on Linux and Windows. It's name as a tongue-in-cheek play on tiers of item rarity in many MMORPGs.

TLauncher is a cracked Minecraft launcher.

Cartridges is a simple game launcher for all of your games. It has support for importing games from Steam, Lutris, Heroic and more with no login necessary. You can sort and hide games or download cover art from SteamGridDB.

Games is a GNOME application to browse your video games library and to easily pick and play a game from it. It aims to do for games what Music already does for your music library.

DBGL is a Java frontend for DOSBox, based largely upon the proven interface of D-Fend.

vangogh helps you create and manage a personal, DRM-free library of your GOG game collection. It works alongside theo to simplify downloading, installing and playing games on your devices.

Minecraft launcher which Look and Feel is close to the the good old official Launcher.

A graphical front-end for command line emulators that hides the underlying operating system and is intended to be controlled with a joystick, gamepad or spin dial. Ideal for use on arcade cabinet setups.

A front-end or user interface (UI) is the presentation and interaction layer of an app or website. Most modern emulator apps have basic game list UIs that you can interact with using a mouse/keyboard but not a game controller.

Fast, lightweight and easy to use Minecraft launcher. Natively available for Windows and Linux.

Sleepy game launcher is made by 'an-anime-team' on github. SLeepy game launcher is a game launcher for running Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) on linux. With telemetry disabling for users as well.

XXMI Launcher is a universal modding game launcher for Hoyoverse games. It is coded in python, and is primarily meant for Windows.