Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers

The Epic launcher is an unmitigated disaster that has barely improved in library management capabilities since it launched. I'm not sure if they fixed it but last I used it you literally could not see the download size of the game you're downloading and the controls for changing the queues are non-existent. The launcher is also the biggest resource hog of them all beating Origin and UPlay which is an achievement in itself. I am not wading through how troublesome it is to use what should be a fairly well featured launcher after 4 years of launch to support a "competitor". Discoverability on the store is also awful when Steam has been working on this space for over a decade to try and highlight indies. The reviews system is also incredibly inferior.

If I have to use some third party launcher to make up for what it lacks, I might as well use steam

The Epic launcher is actually a UE4 app. This explains its resource usage.

It is sad that you have to keep the launcher running while playing. I would rather used the storefront apps to update the games only.

And launch the exe directly from Windows desktop or start menu.

There are a few games that allow this, for example Cyberpunk 2077 and Control.

I sometimes refund games if they are obnoxious with letting me launch them from the start menu.

> If I have to use some third party launcher to make up for what it lacks, I might as well use steam

Devil's advocate: Epic allows you to use third party FOSS clients, Valve never did.

They also took years to add a shopping cart.