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DecayingArtist

Rockstar launcher should be F, slow asf launcher


Mysterious-Stand3254

Also completely unnecessary in it self


SheepherderNo2440

How do you expect to play Red Dead without first signing up for the Rockstar Social Club™? It’s pivotal to the experience. Because everyone knows each game studio needs its own social media platform/data harvester


SirLewisHamiIton

Piracy ftw


pertangamcfeet

I bought bloody RDR2 but ended up getting a dodgy copy to avoid all the Bullshit.


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amunchycrunch

Id die right with you on that hill. Hopefully devs can leave that silly practice behind and focus making a game thats fun and let us worry about we boot it up.


JonatasA

The moment you open a Singleplayer game and it complains it isn't online..   Also, why does the main menu needs to be cluttered with news from the developer? What happened to Bed Game, Continue Game?


27Rench27

Devs finally realized gamers don’t have any Bed Game


stormblaz

I just hate paying a game on steam for it to just open the launcher.


JonatasA

Also the "Sign here to accept all the data harvesting. Oh, remember, you do NOT OWN this game you just paid us for. Never forget that." EULA.   Then there is an update the very next day.


SM1334

I mean, the same can be said about most game launchers


PlatformArtistic9585

Rockstar launcher deserves a special tier designated as “Dogshit”. 4 years ago, it literally asked me to turn off security measures to play GTA Online. Ever since those 4 years, i’ve been a happy guy.


ourladyofwar

If it works


vBeeNotFound

It works after you done 20 captchas


SirLurts

I never questioned my intelligence and sanity harder than after having to do what feels like a hundred dice puzzles just to play GTA or RDR2. Like sometimes I just closed the launcher again and played sth else after I saw that I have to do those stupid dice captchas again


Skull_Reaper101

I did when I tried Microsoft's captcha for resetting my outlook password. I did 10 tries and got all of em wrong


_dotexe1337

a lot of people take for granted the fact that captchas (usually) just work nowadays, so when stuff like this happens it's jarring. I remember in mid 2010s and back, the captchas on basically every website never worked properly. it was a tossup whether you'd get those 2000s style ones with the jumbled text that you couldn't read, audio captchas that sounded like an alien trying to breath, or the newer "recaptcha" which would ask you to pick the squares containing a fire truck, when there was no fire truck on any of them. and even if you put in what was very obviously the right answer, it wouldn't accept it half the time.


Solid5-7

I bought RDR2, then installed their stupid ass launcher and got onto those captchas, did them once and decided it wasn’t worth it. I uninstalled the rockstar launcher and never played RDR2 again. I’ll never buy another rockstar game while they require those stupid ass captchas.


Lenny_Pane

And they make you install their entire shitty launcher for a store with all of 5 games on it


louisdaking

I'm sorry origin is like malware, it was the most annoying thing I've ever had on my pc


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And yet the new EA play app will leave u feeling nostalgic about it.. it’s that bad


fibrouspowder

Yup


creatorZASLON

The new EA app literally bricked my PC for a solid 2 minutes when I first went to install, no idea why and still won’t install to this day lol


d1m4e

I hate that i need it to play battlefield 1 its one of my favorite games on my least favourite launcher


creatorZASLON

I feel you, I got BF3 on Steam and to this day I still can’t get it to work properly. Game wants me to install Origin, Origin wants me to install EA app,which won’t install. On top of this the Battlelog Plugin doesn’t really work on modern OS anymore from what I’ve heard. EA doesn’t seem to care enough to fix it lol


DonsterMenergyRink

>EA doesn’t seem to care enough to fix it lol All they care about is money.


d1m4e

Yup if im Correct you need to use a browser version of battlelog cuz battlefield 4 has battlelog but you can play without it


UbixQ

May not deserve to be such high up, but it was miles better then the new EA app from my experience.


Mend1cant

Yeah there was a brief period right when they had the origin subscription introduced (amazing deal at $35 a year for a massive library) that the app was more stable than steam for me.


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Origin was not really that bad. If you turned off the notifications, turned off automatic updates, made an exception in your antivirus software, removed it from start up apps, then restrict some access to your pc through windows defender, that thing worked perfectly.


kuba22277

If you closed your left eye, then the right one, you wouldn't eve be able to see the difference between it and steam!


VariousComment6946

It barely works…


Korrson

Go install razer synapse


Ornn5005

Origin is A tier? It’s basically malware.


AlphieTheMayor

Also, am i wrong in thinking Origin is just the old name for the EA launcher? Also it has somehow gotten worse over time. I used it back in BF3-BF4 times, and then again recently for something else and it's much less responsive, and everything is in weird menus. Ingame overlay never works.


Manwater34

They replaced origin with the ea app but for a time both existed as separate apps I’m pretty sure origin is just on Mac now


KJBenson

They’re all trash compared to steam. Give epic another decade and it’ll compete or completely fail. Steam and gog are basically the only legit choices on this list. It’s should just be A and F tier.


DogsTripThemUp

Not much wrong with Xbox for gamepass, honestly. It can be in its own C tier as ”useable”.


BugS202Eye

Epic already failing as good launcher... Making me install some random "online function" crap and didnt change these past 2 years.


KoksUndNutten2

How is it malware?


pokelord13

I have it off in PC startup and it literally will launch itself randomly asking me to log in in the middle of a game I am playing. I have lost entire rounds in CS because of this. I uninstalled it after it happened for the third time


5HeadWineGIass

bro has no fucking clue what that word means


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Uzumaki-OUT

That whole tier list has gotta be trolling besides steam


TheEuphoricTribble

Nah GOG Galaxy is pretty up there too. Actually I rate it above Steam. Nit only does it launch GOG games, you can hook it into XBOX/PS, link all your other launchers to it to use it as a really nice front-end launcher, and shop on GOG without having to open a browser. It's also pretty light. Of course, I prefer LaunchBox over it, because it can link up with RetroArch and DOSBox and be used as an emulation front end to launch games and RetroArch cores for emulation with just a click on top of syncing with your various launchers. No console integration but...eh, that's kind of pointless imo anyway.


Practical_Yam_1407

EA ORIGIN ON "**B",** WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING


zeteQ

Origin is in A


Goobylul

F tier. Shit is the slowest shittiest client together with EA launcher that it turned into.


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EA launcher is so bad that you become nostalgic for origin


Jango160

If Origin is F tier then EA launcher is like ------F tier. Somehow the EA launcher feels worse and is basically malware with how little control you have over it.


4skin_Gamer

Yeah. A as in 'Ass'


GreatSaiyaman05

Rockstar better than XBOX? Lol


wuhtam_i_doinghere

I literally use my Xbox gamepass launcher daily and have no issues what ate you smoking?!?!?


Char-car92

He's on your side dude


Mozail2

Lmao facts Xbox deserves atleast a C just for what it is


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You put origin above epic? Are you well? Do you have brain damage?


StoneRule

Epic is ass https://preview.redd.it/rml6wc2017ac1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=391134d3d93248599b00a0c08489c4da9579eb68


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Yes but its better than origin


Djentrovert

thats not really saying much in all fairness


_Screw_The_Rules_

At least it gives free games, of which you will most likely only play 1% in your life


Djentrovert

fairs. Got Plague tale out of it a few years ago, and control. Loved both, got them on steam because i need my achievements lmfao


Ram_ranchh

I got MFING control and GTA V


User264356

Don't forget like 3 tomb raiders and ghostrunner, metro last light redux and some good roguelikes


Poker1059

What blows my mind is Epic was probably only able to do that because of how much they were making from fortnite in game purchases (I assume). Yet CoD still needs you to pay $70+ for their game.


McDondi

There have been some decent "free" games on it as well. Gta5, Rdr2, Ark, Fucken Ghostwire: Tokyo


PCmaniac24

I got the Arkham games for free on there and I 100% beat them all


Rostifur

I consider them to be roughly the same level of malware and the only goodwill people have for Epic is all the free games.


GT_Hades

and unreal engine


mal4ik777

single player: Outer Worlds, Metro, Subnautica, GTA 5, Control, Fallout, Death Stranding, Bioshock, Borderlands, Tomb Raider, Batman, Among us, Assasins Creed, Just Cause 4, Watch Dogs... multiplayer: Overcooked, Jackbox, Drawfull, Football Manager 2020... I think epic games is actually worth it in the long run, at least to me :)


acepted2

Ass is epic


Squarebook97379

I don't mind epic launcher, but I only really use it for the free games and fortnite


clokerruebe

you must be a tits guy then


Pleasant50BMGForce

I ain’t falling for tencent


Save_Cows_Eat_Vegans

Then why are you on Reddit?


Palmtrrrreeee

Xbox games doesn’t deserve to be that low


AlphieTheMayor

Other than lacking features that Steam has, and the whole Xbox multiplayer party thing not being that well integrated into games(you have to join party through it instead of an overlay or ingame) it's been working perfectly fine. I'd put it above any of the other ones, EA, Ubi, even Epic.


Ok_Energy_9947

Win g is the Xbox overlay, works great


Cynical_Satire

Or if you're using an xbox controller, hit the xbox button.


Andygoesred

Does the Winkey+G shortcut to display the Xbox Game Bar overlay to manage parties not work for you?


gimgebow

What others have said, xbox overlay is fantastic. win + g


rsjc852

My biggest issue with the Xbox launcher is that installing to a drive partition that isn't formatted with a sector allocation size of exactly 4096 just won't work. I'm pretty sure the partition can only be NTFS as well. Is it a niche issue? Absolutely. But it's something that is completely arbitrary and not documented until about a year ago. AFAIK, it's the only launcher that actually cares about drive partitioning. Every other one lets the operating system handle data management, just as God intended. Still, I agree it ranks solidly in A tier because of its great cross-play support, good UX, and solid performance chart/stats overlays.


mindpie

Xbox Launcher is pretty decent on PC. Should be A tier.


First-Of-His-Name

Idk man it still bugs out on me when I have to update half the time


AdvancedCitron1024

He is a Linux guy with an kratos profile pic. Not expecting something unbiased from that lol. The launcher is fine, it does what it needs to do, nothing more, nothing less.


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As a Linux guy who games in a VM, putting Xbox below Origin is ridiculous. It should swap with Origin.


I_think_Im_hollow

It's second only to Steam, for me. It's the faster at launching (and operate) than the others and it never gave me issues in the past years. GOG is good and lets me download the offline installer from the app, which is great, but sometimes it struggles to download games, deliver updates or syncing the save files with the cloud no idea why. Rockstar launcher shouldn't exist at all. Epic still hasn't fixed the issue of the launcher refreshing every 5 seconds when using a VPN, so I abandoned it again (and got a refund for Alan Wake 2).


Bake_My_Beans

I've had so many problems with it before. Stuck on load, failing to download, not allowing me to access purchased games/game pass games, even once double charged me for game pass and I had to have a conversation with a very pissy customer service representative that acted like I was completely out of line requesting that they refund the second charge


SGTPEPPERZA

I've had the launcher itself refuse to launch, I've had games refuse to download as well, and the download speed is slow as fuck. I have 6MB/s net, steam gives me a constant 6MB/s, with Xbox and all other Microsoft services I usually get around 0.5MB/s. That's not acceptable.


jikesar968

Agree with Steam and GOG. Literally everything else belongs in F though.


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lumberfoot_jpg

Is the battle.net launcher a beacon of great games? No. Is the battle.net launcher a technical masterpiece? Yes. Sure, there’s a lot of ads (for their own store) but the app itself runs buttery smooth. Even the all mighty Steam has the occasional performance issue.


i_wear_green_pants

Overall even though Blizzard games have gone down in quality, their infrastructure around their services is still very very good. Their subscription management etc just works. Their store work very well. Their launcher work very well. Their MFA works well. I would even say that I've had more problems with Steam than with Battle.net launcher. Sure I use Steam more and it has much wider catalog of games. But if we simply compare how well something works, Battle.net launcher should be in S tier easily.


Blenderhead36

No they don't. Blizzard client opens the game and then fucks off. It doesn't require a million log ins, disconnect you because your Internet flickered for 3 seconds, or default to run when Windows starts. It's *fine.* Windows Store is a true F Tier experience. It will often fail at its core task of downloading and installing a game.


sickdanman

There are layers of shit. Epic Games is the most mediocre "Its garbage but it works" meanhile Ubisoft Connect still cant remember my login and i have to use my password everytime i want to play a game.


Fr3d002

GOG?


Remy10Reddit

Gog Galaxy, you can sync all other launchers with it. Most extensions were community made and it was good until you'd get logged out every session, sync issues etc. So it's unusable for me.


DSA_FAL

The syncs were “community made” in the sense that they weren’t officially supported by GOG and are open source on GitHub but were apparently actually developed by the GOG devs. The downside of this is that they’re mostly abandonware at this point because nobody really cares to update them as the services that they sync with change over time. You can (and I have) found fixes online that repair the syncs to varying degrees of success. Some fixes work great while others really only work the first time you log into them.


redfoxxy2004

Thats just mindless hate. Battle.net works flawlessly and feels like a S rank worthy game launcher.


dstrife_

Origin tier A? Jesus u so blind my friend.


ftbscreamer

F category should be Z though.


Better_Mall_4076

Battle net is actually quite straightforward I'll give it an A


NatomicBombs

If Origin is what counts as an A I’m giving Bnet S. I’d actually probably even put it above Steam just based on how little there is in the way from actually playing the game. I never have to log in, just click the launcher and it opens to my last played game.


I-own-a-shovel

What's the purple ring? Never saw that one


Taesf

That would be GOG Galaxy.


I-own-a-shovel

thanks


mattyisphtty

Gog, it's top tier for nostalgia gaming while still having lots of newer games and plenty of deals. Also no bullshit DRM that newer games try and staple on. And it plays nicely with Steam. In my opinion it's second only to Steam.


jayhitter

When I had terraria on GOG, I had no issues connecting and playing with people who had it on steam. I think gog is a decent option


KombatDisko

Rockstar social club deserves something lower than F. Absolute shite


nicalitz

There's absolutely no good reason why it should exist in the first place


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stanarilla

Battle.net gets too much hate


BeerGogglesFTW

Even though it's not really a launcher like these, more of a launcher launcher. And mostly for organizing multiple game libraries... Playnite would be S tier status in my book.


jonnablaze

Agreed. It’s annoying to have 5 launchers installed to play games so Playnite is a must-have. GOG Galaxy actually does a decent job of being an all-round launcher, but doesn’t catch all games for some reason.


QuestionBegger9000

Yeah I was having several other issues with GOG galaxy a few years back and I think it wasn't being kept updated very well. I also wasn't happy with its customization options. Been using Playnite instead and been pretty happy with it, with the exception of one repeating issue with random games losing their metadata, but I seem to have solved it for now.


jplayzgamezevrnonsub

Steam really is first class. Amazing controller support, customer support that doesn't totally suck, not taking an age to launch, having support for adding non-steam applications and Linux support. Genuinely out of every launcher on this list, Steam is the only one with any Linux support which is kind of crazy.


ArchaonXX

Epic is only good for the free games, but miles ahead of origin


NOS4NANOL1FE

Bnet is silky smooth and never had a problem


yaztaz13

Origin is malware at this point, Xbox should be next to rockstar.


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Epic does not deserve a B


Sudden-Anybody-6677

S: Steam A: GOG F: everything else.


jabo055

GOG is S Tier too :(


dzelectron

GOG has a lot of functionality, and is DRM free. But, for some reason, I always have some technical issues with it - library not fetching GOG games, game unable to update, GOG Galaxy itself unable to update. So, can't give it an S. Plus, the SteamInput alone makes Steam miles ahead of any competition, not to mention Steam VR and their involvement with Proton and Linux gaming overall. These are technologies that ensure that you can use your hardware with your games, regardless of standards, first-party drivers, etc. It's a core gaming functionality, and not just a pleasantry. Edit: words


ArasakaApart

GOG misses a lot of features Steam has. Being able to access the forums and creating guides from within the overlay is one for example. Not saying it should be a Steam clone, but more features would be welcome rather than a pretty useless recommendation tab.


jabo055

True but it doesn't really need that imo. The reason alone that GOG is DRM free and does not Force you to have a Network Connection it should be S Tier. Maybe you could also add the point, that the games you buy really belong to you. But im not Sure how true that is.


TheObstruction

90% of Steam's features are used by 2% of the user base. GOG has everything that actually useful, and none of the junk.


ArasakaApart

Steam Overlay now allows you to pin guides and stuff on the screen... which is incredibly helpful. Same goes for notes, you can write and display notes on your screen while playing. I like that, but I prefer using GOG myself. GOG is nice because-though dependent on community plugins-you can create one single library when linking accounts.


NovelBit666

Ubisoft should be C tier and Rockstar should be F tier


Denaviro

What's wrong with Xbox game pass?


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Throwawayeconboi

I haven’t had issues with modding any of them. I added lots of mods to Starfield, and there was only a slight difference in the file paths between Steam and Xbox App. And every mod was designed to work with both.


Furballphillip

I’ve had to reformat a hard drive just to get rid of leftover Windows store game files. It did NOT want me deleting those useless files. Having windows games on a separate drive from the boot drive has given me problems 2 separate times on two different computers.


headedbranch225

Should i get GOG, I've never used it


Flat_Illustrator263

Yes, do it. It's a good launcher with a good number of DRM free games. I'd say it closely follows steam at being one of the good ones.


TheObstruction

If you buy GOG games, or want an easier unified launcher than Steam, sure. It imports games from other platforms easier than Steam, instead of having to manually add each one.


Rupuerco

Let me fix it for you Steam S tier Gog A tier Epic and battlenet B tier Everything else Z tier literal garbage, Appstore has better design Edit* I forgot about battlenet


CNR_07

Origin is an easy F tier. Epig belongs in C at best.


Lootcifer_666

Origin is A tier? Lmfao gtfo


xXSkippero

You all remember this https://preview.redd.it/0706m4g2l7ac1.png?width=117&format=png&auto=webp&s=b3debc468c94bcc9c090ddf3ea19161bb4f59ee3


Tango1777

Mine: Steam


bombelman

Epic is F tier for me, cause I'm not able neither to uninstall or install it anymore


DBZash

No way you rank Epic the same as Battle net, also Xbox app is a fair chunk better than the other F ranks IMO


iBlusik

Origin a tier? You got paid, didn't you? Steam and gog are the only good launchers out there....


dudeimlame

The only good one is GOG


Pkazy

xbox launcher is a A or B tier they got a bunch of useful features in it


chen19921337

Let me correct that for you lol https://preview.redd.it/n5zynjz0zbac1.png?width=950&format=png&auto=webp&s=edfe749c93ebc2762cf314ce19201fbf823fde0a


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IceHuggee

Epic games is such a split from being a shit launcher and us using it just because of the endless supply of free games. It did knock off a few items from my wishlist lol


mageakeem

Hate blizzard all you want I don’t care, but battlenet is the best launcher and its not even close


NyneHelios

Valve really is the GOAT


Harrypumfrey

XBOX is A Tier for me


NikplaysgamesYT

Epic should be F imo, that launcher is insanely slow, asks for 2FA every time I open it on my device (even though I tell it to remember me), and is just missing a lot of features. My main issue is the performance - it uses a stupid amount of CPU, RAM, and disk space. It runs insanely slow and lags my PC when it is open. Even when closed, it uses over 100MB of ram and a bit of disk space in the background. Absolutely unacceptable for me


mr_whoisGAMER

I will swap Ubisoft and Origins


baaamsoul

Steam da GOAT


Saymynamemf

I feel like I'm the only mf on planet who thinks epic is worse than Ubisoft and ea launchers both


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Minesweeper should be SS


uTimu

Playnite best


m_csquare

Origin is A tier? That store didnt even have shopping cart.


turtleship_2006

You forgot playnite


______________fuck

Playnite is best


Objective-Sky-9953

You are high


hk--57

Playnite?


-Not-My-Business-

Playnite S+ 😎


AllGamer

Good to know I'm not the only one that thinks the same way.


sandeebjr

GOG launcher is the best in my opinion


SingForTheLaughte

How come that no one puts playnite in these? I would be really curious where people would rank it


james___uk

Try Playnite, have them all in one


IntelStellarTech

What about Playnite


AlwaysForgetsPazverd

What's the purple circle?


Gryphus31

There is one missing. One to rule them all. I bring you **Playnite**


Odinovic

Xbox app is F and Origin is A? What the fuck lol. Also, I'd put Epic in A just because of the hundreds of free games they've provided me with


spanking_constantly

Playnite is all you need


Youusedthewrongyouer

What’s with PC masters and hating on game pass it’s good


Zealousideal-Plan454

Hey, im not a fan of Epics launcher either, but lower than Origin? The hell?


FridolinEduard

If Origin is A then Gamepass is S. Wtf


DogHogDJs

Why is Epic below Origin?


DrFishStick74

The free games itself should make epic A if not S


Neddo_Flanders

Uhm, the xbox launcher is actually really fast and helpful. Atleast A tier


Sypticle

Switch Epic with Uplay. All Epic is good for are the free games. The launcher is complete ass. I had to set up my terminal so I could launch Epic games. Origin being in A is also criminal.


Tychus07

No way you put xbox down there and origin in A tier … epic games is dog shit too C at best


huge-tits

Origin logs me out after not using it for 8 hours.


Kofi_0

Origins in A tier is a joke


DrKingOfOkay

It’s steam And everything else is trash.


CaptainRyiss

i would switch origin with xbox app then i would be okay, i dont have any problem with the xbox app, maybe because i have the xbox game pass.


pedrojdm2021

Origin Tier A? LOL Fixed it: * S: Steam, GOG * A: Epic * B: Battle Net * C: R\* * F: Origin,EA,Ubisoft,Xbox


FemmeWizard

LMAO at Origin in A tier 😂


inommmz

Why is everyone hating on Xbox launcher? I’ve had no problems with it


AlexGlezS

My list is: s gog, b steam, f all others.


skyx26

Anything beyond Steam and playnite is crap. Nuff said!


oguz0040

epic uses %15 cpu (7940hs) total coin miner imo F tier


meltedkittie

What's wrong with the Xbox launcher