GOG
GOG is the only store on at first. Every store installs from Settings › Downloads, so what this page says about installing and updates holds for all four; the Steam, Epic Games and itch.io pages say what differs.
Signing in
Section titled “Signing in”In Settings › Stores, Y turns a store on or off and A opens its page.
- On Settings › Stores › GOG, pick Get a sign-in link. It shows a QR code and an address.
- Open it on your phone or a computer, and sign in to GOG.
- You land on an address ending in
code=…. Pick Enter the code and enter what followscode=, or the whole address.
Signed in then shows your GOG user name.
Installing from the store
Section titled “Installing from the store”A game you own joins your library once you install it. Settings › Downloads shows one store at a time, and its Store card picks another. A on a game opens what you can do with it, such as Install, Update or Uninstall….
Install asks first, with the download size and the free space. One install runs at a time. Cancelling keeps what was downloaded, and Resume picks it up. X (Refresh) asks the store again, so a game you just bought shows up.
Every store but Steam installs new games in the folder the first run asked for, ~/Games by default. Settings › Game defaults › Folders › Games, shown with Y, changes it for the games installed from then on, and a store’s own Install folder overrides it.
Games already on this PC
Section titled “Games already on this PC”A GOG game already on this PC shows under On this PC as Not in your library, and Add to library brings it in with its art. When Heroic is installed, the first run’s Heroic · GOG row adds them all at once.
Updates
Section titled “Updates”Universe never updates a game by itself. A game behind reads Update available, and Downloads in the sidebar counts them. Update updates one game, Update everything all of them.
Uninstalling
Section titled “Uninstalling”Uninstall…, in the game’s menu in Settings › Downloads, moves its folder to the trash and keeps the game in your library, ready to install again. Disk space says how it differs from removing the game.
Cloud saves and achievements
Section titled “Cloud saves and achievements”GOG’s page in Settings › Stores turns both on or off for every GOG game, and a game’s Game settings › GOG card for that game alone. Achievements is on by default, and needs comet: System check says when it’s missing. Cloud saves are off by default.
GOG’s settings
Section titled “GOG’s settings”Depot platform picks the build GOG downloads: Windows, the default, or Linux. Give a Linux build the Linux runner, in its Game settings › Launch › Runner. Install owned DLCs is on by default.
The Switch 2 and PS5 looks install from other pages: see Looks.