This is going to be a pretty straight forward overview of Legendary. Unlike the Epic Games launcher, Legendary is a command line application and with it you can install games, synch saves, play multiplayer and many other features. If you want to know more you can check the repo on Github.
I’m using an Apple M1 and I didn’t encounter problems so far, of course it depends what game you’re playing but generally speaking Legendary is better than the original Epic Games launcher, the latter doesn’t run very well.
Steps to download and install a game
Download from the releases page on Github the macOS build, after that open the terminal and make the file an executable:
$ chmod +x legendary
At this point you can launch the executable in this way:
$ ./legendary
Or you could add an entry to the PATH environment variable, in this way you can launch the executable from every folder in your terminal. In the most recent macOS versions, you just need to add a line in your “~/.zshrc”, e.g.:
$ export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/directory
After you downloaded and set the environment variable, you can download and install a game by following these steps:
- Login into your Epic Games account, the command should open a new tab in your browser:
$ legendary auth
- To install a game you may want to check your library:
$ legendary list-installed
- Install a game by passing the exact name displayed by the previous command (replace “Torchlight II” with your game):
$ legendary install "Torchlight II"
- Launch the game:
$ legendary launch "Torchlight II"
That’s it, you can play your games from the Epic Games Store without the launcher!