GOG: Linux 'the next major frontier' for gaming as it works on a native client

January 30, 2026 · XDA Developers

URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-calls-linux-the-next-major-frontier-for-gaming-as-it-works-on-a-native-client/

“GOG confirmed it is developing a native Linux client and treating Linux as a tier-one gaming platform.”

The Steam Deck did the work that two decades of Linux gaming evangelism could not. Valve made Linux gaming a paying market and now everyone else is showing up. GOG was the obvious next entrant because GOG already sells DRM-free, Linux-friendly downloads of older games. The native client is the catch-up. Epic is next or Epic is irrelevant.