How to Use Legendary Instead of Epic Games Launcher
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- Install Legendary
- Download Legendary from its GitHub page: https://github.com/derrod/legendary
- Extract the files to a folder or install it with a package manager using:
pip install legendary-gl
- Log in to Your Epic Games Account
- Open a terminal or command prompt
- Run the command:
legendary auth
- Follow the instructions to log in and generate a token for your library
- View Your Game Library
- Run
legendary list-games
to see all games in your Epic Games account - This will show game names and their identifiers needed for installation
- Run
- Install a Game
- Use the command:
legendary install <game_name>
- Replace
<game_name>
with the game's identifier from your library list
- Use the command:
- Launch a Game
- After installation, launch games with:
legendary launch <game_name>
- After installation, launch games with:
- Update Games
- Keep your games up to date by running:
legendary update <game_name>
- Keep your games up to date by running:
Benefits of Using Legendary:
- • Lightweight alternative to the Epic Games Launcher
- • No unnecessary background processes
- • Faster game downloads and updates
- • Command-line interface for power users
- • Open-source and community-driven