


Notepad++, Sublime), you can use that for the next step - otherwise, go aheadĪnd launch “Windows PowerShell ISE” from the Start Menu. If you’re someone who has a preferred text editor (like Visual Studio Code,

Steam would have no way of knowing if the game was running or not (while youĬould launch the game, Big Picture and streaming wouldn’t work). Steam, however, can’t open this type of shortcut directly. OK - so we have our URL, we should just be able to go there any launch the game.Īs you can see in the picture, we’re launching apps/Kiwi, which is Tetris Effect.

WindowsĪllows programs to register special urls that are opened by specific programs.įor example, Zoom meeting links, when clicked in the browser, allow the Thankfully, we can take advantage of how Epic itself launches games. To begin, we need a way to launch games purchased through the Epic Games Store. We’re not replacing their launcher, just automating it Note: You’ll still need the Epic Game Store application to launch games once this Steam, and even play those games on a Steam Link. However, you can add games from the Epic Games Store to Lacks a lot of the comforts we have with Steam (such as Big Picture Mode, However, Epic’s storefront is less mature, and Epic’s launcher There are some great games on the Epic Games Store (I personally am a big fan of
