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Slowly but surely, Unifideck has become one of the two main ways I play third-party games on the Steam Deck. This Decky Loader plugin pulls games from Epic, GOG, and Amazon and integrates them into your Steam library. The management can be a little confusing, especially when you have large libraries outside of Steam, but it works well and feels like I don't need to do much outside of Game Mode to get them running. The plugin also just got a new update, making it easier to install games and putting it more on-par with Valve's default game pages.

Unifideck v0.5.4

The newest update for Unifideck has a wealth of great new features to make using it significantly easier. Game pages for games being installed by Unifideck will now have their own custom setup above Steam's buttons, which includes a custom Install button, details for the game, showing which store it's from, and Metacritic score. It looks similar to the default pages now, while also simplifying the installation button and showing relevant information.

Along with the newest update, we also have a language selector for GOG games, if they support multiple languages, and Epic games can now run in offline mode without issue. The plugin will also now respect whatever Proton version is forced through the compatibility tab, and a new beta feature to support Steam Account Switching has been implemented.

To install this new update, you will have to do it manually in Desktop Mode. Head over to Unifideck's latest release from GitHub, which is version 0.5.4 at the time of writing, and download the unifideck.prod.v0.5.4.zip. After that, head back into Game Mode, go to the Decky Loader developer tab, and install the new version from the ZIP. It should automatically replace Unifideck if you have an old version installed already. You can also stay in Desktop Mode and just move the downloaded Unifideck folder into the homebrew/plugins folder and replace the old Unifideck folder.

To use Unifideck, you will also need the Decky Plugin Framework installed. You can follow our guide on how to get it up and running if you haven't yet.

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Noah Kupetsky
A lover of gaming since 4, Noah has grown up with a love and passion for the industry. From there, he started to travel a lot and develop a joy for handheld and PC gaming. When the Steam Deck released, it just all clicked.
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