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GOG Galaxy

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Complete overhaul of the Galaxy client.

Application Details:

Version: 2.0
License: Free to use
URL: https://www.gog.com/galaxy
Votes: 11
Latest Rating: Bronze
Latest Wine Version Tested: 8.8-staging

Maintainers: About Maintainership

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Test Results

Selected Test Results

What works

  • Logging in
  • Synchronizing the library
  • Downloading games
  • Browsing played games, looking at achievements


What does not

  • I failed to launch games that I downloaded using the Galaxy client.
  • GOG overlay doesn't work in-game when launching the game in the same prefix with GOG client running in the background.
  • The performance is super sluggish.

Workarounds

What was not tested

  • I couldn't test the overlay because I couldn't run the game.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU: AMD
  • Driver: open source

Additional Comments

It looks like the client is getting better and better support, but still not enough for everyday use.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?		RatingSubmitter
CurrentUbuntu 22.10 "Kinetic" (+ variants like Kubuntu)May 17 20238.8-stagingYes Yes NoBronzeIgor Zinovyev 
ShowManjaro LinuxJun 03 20227.7Yes Yes NoGarbageIvan Potapov 
ShowArch Linux x86_64Apr 20 20227.6Yes Yes NoBronzeOreeeee 
ShowUbuntu 21.10 "Impish" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Nov 12 20216.21Yes Yes YesSilverDarren Wilkinson 
ShowArch Linux x86_64Jun 19 20216.10-stagingYes Yes YesBronzeHaringat 

Known Bugs

Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
44985 Many applications using CEFv3 Angle OpenGL ES 2.0 for H/W Accelerated Canvas and WebGL display blank/black windows (disabling or removing 'libglesv2.dll' is a workaround) NEW View
48308 GoG Galaxy 2 Beta crashes on unimplemented function kernel32.dll.SetEnvironmentStringsW CLOSED FIXED View
48847 dotnet471: often gets a critical section timeout NEW View
49492 GOG Galaxy 2.0 plugins do not work in KDE UNCONFIRMED View
50212 GOG Galaxy - black screen CLOSED DUPLICATE View
51832 Fork: "The selection contains a non-folder object" when selecting a folder CLOSED FIXED View
52031 GOG Galaxy 2 won't change the default download folder. CLOSED DUPLICATE View

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Comments

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winetricks corefonts
by Ozan on Sunday August 6th 2023, 13:43
I just installed. At first, it did not show any text so I did winetricks corefonts and now I have all the text working.
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It does work; almost
by thisguy on Wednesday April 19th 2023, 22:37
I downloaded the off-line installer from

remote-config.gog.com/components/webinstaller?component_version=2.0.0

and with a fresh prefix, it installed flawlessly, started flawlessly, but I ran in to an error with rendering, and it appears to be some libcef related issue. Not sure how to log the error (its also a GUI popup error).

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G
32GB DDR4
Manjaro (as of 20/04/23) with standard 6.2.1 kernel
WINE 8.5
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Enquiry about how this application entry is classed:
by Dasein on Saturday March 19th 2022, 14:02
Would this entry also encompass the GoG Downloader & Installer service?
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RE: Enquiry about how this application entry is classed:
by Dasein on Saturday March 19th 2022, 14:03
I ask because there seem to be multiple Galaxy entries but not for installer itself, nor the game downloader.
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RE: Enquiry about how this application entry is classed:
by gardenapple on Saturday March 19th 2022, 14:08
Sorry, not entirely sure what you're talking about. If you mean the offline installers for individual games, that should be documented alongside the game itself ("Installs: Yes")
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RE: Enquiry about how this application entry is classed:
by Dasein on Saturday March 19th 2022, 14:31
My apologies, I shouldn't have mentioned them together ?
But the installer for the GoG Galaxy Client itself (and any pre-requisites that it might bring alongside it) was more along the lines of what I was thinking.

It seems to have issues with more recent updates and using stuff like Lutris or Proton on something like the Steamdeck doesn't necessarily help :/ Since GoG themselves didn't want to support Linux outright. It would limit Linux Gamers to lose the features like the Multiplayer ones, or Cloud-Saves, or Integrations etc etc.
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RE: Enquiry about how this application entry is classed:
by Dasein on Saturday March 19th 2022, 14:35
Or even the more social features of the app :/
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RE: Enquiry about how this application entry is classed:
by gardenapple on Sunday March 20th 2022, 4:52
Same thing, the installation process for Galaxy should be documented in a test entry for this application, there is no point in making "Galaxy installer" a separate app.
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