Bethesda launcher does not exist anymore (they shut it down in 2022). We got our games transferred to Steam
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Missing [itch.io](https://itch.io) and Amazon launchers… and playnite maybe?
NoSexAppealNeil
Need to add riot games to the shit list, i need to have epic open and than it prompts riot games (that can’t be closed, or my PC needs a restart) trash
PhatManSNICK
That’s like your opinion man.
Reznc
Low to none? I thought a prerequisite of being on GoG was that it had to be 100% DRM free, period. They believe in complete and total video game ownership and you can’t have that with DRM.
Lumb3rCrack
not sure why everyone is supporting monopoly lol… yes they’re shit for a reason but I’m not sure what’d happen to the prices if they weren’t there
TrueYahve
Gog is better than steam though
NapoleonBlownApart1
Battlenet is way less shit than the others on the same tier, and doesnt it predate them all? Shouldnt be where it is just for that.
ooohmaaaaaan
Better but still wrong.
Count_Rugens_Finger
honestly if it was me I’d put Epic in C tier
even Steam needs someone to keep them honest. Epic’s store and launcher are seriously lacking in features, but it has worked for me and I’ve got a lot of games cheap
Visual_Strike6706
GOG is S tier, Steam is A. Or both in S, but not the other way around
Aykh4n_
Epic deserves to exist because of the free games, c’mon.
TopHatVelociraptor
Aren’t they pretty much all fair to exist? I think it’s fair to not want 30% of your revenue to go to someone else. Doesn’t make their launchers any good though.
darkness1418
What is the A rank store ?
hendrik421
As someone not that well versed in that stuff, why is Epic Games bad? There are massive sales there, the free games are often quite useable and the launcher opens in like 5 seconds. I find stuff like origin or Ubisoft much worse
NotSoGermanSlav
Last time i downloaded EA app i had to use some kind of software to edit download location because it didnt work in app and had problems logging in, for years i had to manualy kill games after quiting them in ubisoft app because they kept running in background, ubisoft app to this day doesnt remember my login info and i have to put it in manually everytime and this had been issue for years, rsc runs like crap and crashes, egs runs like crap and takes them years to add basic functions and all of them have atrocious UI.
GOG is good but biggest problem is lack of games, which is due to their no drm policy and we know how it ends when they add game like that (Hitman “cough”).
And people wonder why Steam is only big player, i mean how hard it is to make good launcher when you make millions/billions a year????
AndroidNougat7
As a Linux user, i fully agree that tier list!
Steam is the only storefront on which I spent money for games
copyrightgrapher_YT
Dbh epic gives away free games ¯_(ツ)_/¯
doupIls
Best one so far.
TheodorCork
I agree
Djghost1133
I would actually move epic up a bit but overall I agree with the rest
noodleguy12
What’s the reason for GOG to exist? It’s better than the rest but I can’t find a justification for it
idontstealgrapes
Yeah yeah we get it steam good, other launchers bad, do you have anything interesting or funny to say?
VoidRippah
I’d say none of them should exist in their current form. There should be a store from which you can buy games which you can install and you should never need touch the store again if you don’t want
Armageddonis
Call me a whore but i’ll hug 50+ free games a year from epic without thinking twice. Will i play them? In 95% of cases, no, but if i’d ever want to, i now have that opportunity. Also, people bitching about clients being shit – my brothers in Bhaal, you’re spending there less than a minute while launching the game, chill the fuck out.
DaVirus
I thought the Epic Store was just a free game claiming service. Do they actually sell games?
ilikepizza1275
Honestly I don’t care about people’s opinions on Epic. I get my games where they’re the cheapest (and no that does not include pirating the games), and right now that’s Epic because of their holiday sale. I did also buy some games from Steam from their winter sale this year because they were not on Epic, meaning Steam was the cheapest i could get them. I haven’t used any of the other launchers. I’ve heard good things about GOG but I haven’t gotten around to trying it out yet.
BeerGogglesFTW
For me, even Steam isn’t special anymore. I used to love their features but they or the 3rd party games essentially stopped supporting what I liked.
* Steam Workshop – maybe the paid mods were the beginning of the end for that tool. It was great to have super easy mod access, then games stopped supporting it.
* Steam Market – When was the last game to utilize that? But it was great to have a place to collect items and even buy and sell them.
* Steam Friends/Chat/etc – All that social stuff switched over the discord
* Steam Link – I have a computer almost completely dedicated to running Steam Link from my office to living room. But with games spreading out, Xbox Game Pass, I now run it primarily with Playnite/Moonlight.
* Steam Sales! — everybody has sales. EGS has the best sales for new games. That’s where I buy most of my single player games. If it’s cheaper elsewhere, I have no reason to buy on steam.
Just install Playnite. Then every launcher is B tier. It just needs to download and launch the game as far as I’m concerned.
jarred99
“Only one storefront / launcher should exist and it should be steam so valve has a monopoly” is a stupid fucking take jesus.
Golden_Star_Gamer
Epig Games Launcher is good, and necessary for UE
Kobhji475
Battlenet is good
knoxeez
epic is okay
Atomspalter02
finally a good version of this.
radiatione
Steam you can even configure your X to actually close the launcher, that software does not belong in S.
Gomez-16
Remember to log in every month or loose your games. I love modern gaming.
Nyto242
If GOG had all the games like steam it’s would be incredible
Vetesser
i dont think battlenet is worse than xbox for pc, agree with the rest tho. (+ riot games launcher, old 2014 league launcher was god tier)
Tail_sb
Xbox is not shit,
Like it has Cross purchases Between Xbox & Windows & It has Game Pass which Is Amazing BTW
Also while I don’t like the Epic Games Launcher but the Epic existing is a Good thing cause competition is a Good thing Steam shouldn’t be the only popular launcher out there
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Bethesda launcher does not exist anymore (they shut it down in 2022). We got our games transferred to Steam
​
Missing [itch.io](https://itch.io) and Amazon launchers… and playnite maybe?
Need to add riot games to the shit list, i need to have epic open and than it prompts riot games (that can’t be closed, or my PC needs a restart) trash
That’s like your opinion man.
Low to none? I thought a prerequisite of being on GoG was that it had to be 100% DRM free, period. They believe in complete and total video game ownership and you can’t have that with DRM.
not sure why everyone is supporting monopoly lol… yes they’re shit for a reason but I’m not sure what’d happen to the prices if they weren’t there
Gog is better than steam though
Battlenet is way less shit than the others on the same tier, and doesnt it predate them all? Shouldnt be where it is just for that.
Better but still wrong.
honestly if it was me I’d put Epic in C tier
even Steam needs someone to keep them honest. Epic’s store and launcher are seriously lacking in features, but it has worked for me and I’ve got a lot of games cheap
GOG is S tier, Steam is A. Or both in S, but not the other way around
Epic deserves to exist because of the free games, c’mon.
Aren’t they pretty much all fair to exist? I think it’s fair to not want 30% of your revenue to go to someone else. Doesn’t make their launchers any good though.
What is the A rank store ?
As someone not that well versed in that stuff, why is Epic Games bad? There are massive sales there, the free games are often quite useable and the launcher opens in like 5 seconds. I find stuff like origin or Ubisoft much worse
Last time i downloaded EA app i had to use some kind of software to edit download location because it didnt work in app and had problems logging in, for years i had to manualy kill games after quiting them in ubisoft app because they kept running in background, ubisoft app to this day doesnt remember my login info and i have to put it in manually everytime and this had been issue for years, rsc runs like crap and crashes, egs runs like crap and takes them years to add basic functions and all of them have atrocious UI.
GOG is good but biggest problem is lack of games, which is due to their no drm policy and we know how it ends when they add game like that (Hitman “cough”).
And people wonder why Steam is only big player, i mean how hard it is to make good launcher when you make millions/billions a year????
As a Linux user, i fully agree that tier list!
Steam is the only storefront on which I spent money for games
Dbh epic gives away free games ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Best one so far.
I agree
I would actually move epic up a bit but overall I agree with the rest
What’s the reason for GOG to exist? It’s better than the rest but I can’t find a justification for it
Yeah yeah we get it steam good, other launchers bad, do you have anything interesting or funny to say?
I’d say none of them should exist in their current form. There should be a store from which you can buy games which you can install and you should never need touch the store again if you don’t want
Call me a whore but i’ll hug 50+ free games a year from epic without thinking twice. Will i play them? In 95% of cases, no, but if i’d ever want to, i now have that opportunity. Also, people bitching about clients being shit – my brothers in Bhaal, you’re spending there less than a minute while launching the game, chill the fuck out.
I thought the Epic Store was just a free game claiming service. Do they actually sell games?
Honestly I don’t care about people’s opinions on Epic. I get my games where they’re the cheapest (and no that does not include pirating the games), and right now that’s Epic because of their holiday sale. I did also buy some games from Steam from their winter sale this year because they were not on Epic, meaning Steam was the cheapest i could get them. I haven’t used any of the other launchers. I’ve heard good things about GOG but I haven’t gotten around to trying it out yet.
For me, even Steam isn’t special anymore. I used to love their features but they or the 3rd party games essentially stopped supporting what I liked.
* Steam Workshop – maybe the paid mods were the beginning of the end for that tool. It was great to have super easy mod access, then games stopped supporting it.
* Steam Market – When was the last game to utilize that? But it was great to have a place to collect items and even buy and sell them.
* Steam Friends/Chat/etc – All that social stuff switched over the discord
* Steam Link – I have a computer almost completely dedicated to running Steam Link from my office to living room. But with games spreading out, Xbox Game Pass, I now run it primarily with Playnite/Moonlight.
* Steam Sales! — everybody has sales. EGS has the best sales for new games. That’s where I buy most of my single player games. If it’s cheaper elsewhere, I have no reason to buy on steam.
Just install Playnite. Then every launcher is B tier. It just needs to download and launch the game as far as I’m concerned.
“Only one storefront / launcher should exist and it should be steam so valve has a monopoly” is a stupid fucking take jesus.
Epig Games Launcher is good, and necessary for UE
Battlenet is good
epic is okay
finally a good version of this.
Steam you can even configure your X to actually close the launcher, that software does not belong in S.
Remember to log in every month or loose your games. I love modern gaming.
If GOG had all the games like steam it’s would be incredible
i dont think battlenet is worse than xbox for pc, agree with the rest tho. (+ riot games launcher, old 2014 league launcher was god tier)
Xbox is not shit,
Like it has Cross purchases Between Xbox & Windows & It has Game Pass which Is Amazing BTW
Also while I don’t like the Epic Games Launcher but the Epic existing is a Good thing cause competition is a Good thing Steam shouldn’t be the only popular launcher out there
Finally all in order
epic gives free games so should at least exist