I am a brand new user to Linux (literally changed it yesterday) and I was wondering if there is a GOG Galaxy client for Linux? I have lots of games on GOG and I kinda like the Galaxy too. I am asking for galaxy specifically because I would like to track my playtime and also get achievements for games while playing them. Is there any way to do this? I use Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon.

Kinda sad that there is no launcher for Epic Games or GOG in Linux. I wanna claim the free games in Epic and afaik, you need the launcher for it. I guess you can use the website but I am not really comfortable with that since I would have to login everytime (I clear all of my cookies and history every time I close the browser fully so I have to login to websites if I close and open my browser. Launcher makes my life easier and also helps me browse some games too)

Neither GOG nor Epic have a client for Linux but you can use Heroic Games Launcher or Lutris and it will handle both.

I don't personally use clients as I see no point in them but it seems Heroic and Lutris can handle both time tracking and achievements. The programs will also handle the Windows to Linux conversion (Wine).

If it was Galaxy 1.0, I'd have been interested, but Galaxy 2.0 is very much in the "Do everything, offer nothing" type of situation.

Do you specifically mean a client, or more a downloader?

Heroic can handle achievements? I have only been seeing that it cannot track achievements. This is why I wanted to use the official Galaxy launcher. Time tracking is done through heroic by default but I kinda want the achievement tracker as well. Could you tell me where you saw that achievement tracker is present in heroic for GOG? Any guides or anything? Should I enable something for that?

I mean more of a client. Galaxy was very comfortable for me. I could browse games, install the ones I have bought and also track my achievements with it. Achievements is the biggest concern for me. Everything else, I could do on Heroic Launcher itself.

The lack of a DRM platform on Linux for GOG games is a benefit, not a downside.

Achievements tracking is a new feature in Heroic, it's still early development but it has unlocked Achievements in all games I've played that support them.

I haven't had an overlay pop when they unlock but I can see them in my activity feed on the website.

Heroic Games Launcher is the best alternative, it can track and update playtime for u for ur profile, achivements etc. Its not always 100% acurate and if u close it b4 it can send it, or play offline it also wont send it. If ur the offline player type, be sure to be online when u start the game up, and again b4 u close it down, otherwise Heroic cant submit the data to ur profile. But u can play offline in between that:)
Lutris is the best light weight there is, but it dont have integration with comet, but it still registers on ur profile when u start playing a game(windows not native games and not 100% guarenty in my xp), but no playtime tracking as such.

Heroic is great tbh, there really isnt a big need of galaxy on Linux, galaxy weighs u down in many areas, Hc doesnt.
Heroic tho imo is not as lightweight as Lutris but still far better than other launchers like steam. So if ur on a potato machine and struggling, use Lutris. Otherwise Heroic will do it for u:)

Cool if the Heroic can do all that now. Those achievement popups are kind of anoying (I know from playing some Steam games) so a plus with the popups gone. Personally nothing against invisible achievements.

By any chance could you send me a link as to where you found this? Should enable a setting or is this a plugin or is it available by default? I only ask because I dont see a achievements tab in Heroic. Am I missing something?

Which games have you tried recently in GOG that unlocked achievements for you through heroic? I dont care much about the overlay pop but I really do wanna make sure that I do get achievements in GOG before I try and install a game. Thanks for your help I installed Heroic already. Glad to hear that it does support achievements but I am not able to find an achievements tab in heroic anywhere. I am not sure if I should enable it somewhere or install a plugin for it. I am always connected to the internet and I will launch it through heroic but I just wanna make sure it definitely does track achievements. I am going to try it myself now. I will install a GOG game through heroic and see if it does track achievements for a game.

Even if we do have heroic, I think it is good to have Galaxy on Linux natively too. Lot of people could benefit from it. Me personally, I would love to have the Galaxy on Linux as well. Makes it much easier to buy and browse and install games for me.

In Heroic, go into Settings -> Advanced and ensure "Comet support" is enabled under Experimental Features. It should be on by default.

You cannot view your achievements in Heroic yet and there is no in-game overlay. Go to your GOG activity feed and you'll see them being unlocked there. I've been using Heroic for over a year now and I've had no problems unlocking achievements in any GOG game I've played.

It doesnt have it integrated in that way, but it will update them to ur GOG profile when u get them, if not immediatly (if playing online) then after u close the gamedown.
Sometimes ofc this doesnt always work but thats likely b/c of bugs in GOG end or the game where achivements is known to not work properly.
I am persoanlly using HC when I want gametimes or achivements tracked to my profile, and Lutris when I want 'alone time' or more lightweigt and dont care to have anything from that particualar game registered on my page here.
Apart from when I forget to go online b4 starting closing the game, and GOG or game related bugs, then tis always worked for me so far:)
Cloud saves dont work on native games fyi, and in cases where the game itself dont have it enabled from their end ofc.
You can also turn off playtime syncing if at any point u want to later on for whatever reason, thats done in the general main settings 'disable playtime syncronisation' and apply to all games untill u turn it bk on. u know, for those times u need to fool ur parents into thinking u didnt play more than ur allowed that week ;P

Be sure to have comet support enabled in main settings (see pic) for all this to work properly.
I think, but not 100% sure, that this needs to be ticked on to be able to sync properly.
I didnt actually test this myself yet but have had it on myself and it has worked for me so far at least:)

If u REALLY want galaxy on Linux currently, u can try the mini version, but I quickly ran away screaming in terror the one time I tried it, its not working well for us and was buggy as heck and froze my pc lol xD
And its alr reported to be buggy sometimes on windows, + lacking in features with concerns with it being required for certain features to be used (rollback options I think it was) (not a fan of this GOG), so for me by now im happy with HC and Lutris.
I usually install the game via HC, then import to Lutris from there and play from them depending on my preffered mood :P

Glad to hear that. I have started playing a game using Heroic. Lets see if it does unlock achievements for me. Is it also possible to have cloud saves through heroic? Like cloud syncing my saves and use it between devices?

I have zero experience attempting to run GOG Galaxy with Wine.
Your mileage may vary.

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=16854

I found this old thread to run GOG Galaxy through Steam on Linux - https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_solution_to_gog_galaxy_20_on_steam_deck_and_linux_also_steam_input/?search=Linux

I tried it and it definitely works. It does have some issues but it is functional. For some weird reason, when I try to install games through the Launcher, it does not show me the files or folders from my PC. It still shows windows like directories (like C://Program Files...). Not sure what is the reason behind this, but I am trying to find a solution for this. This is the only problem that is big enough for me. Other things like screen temporarily flashing when you try to go full screen (just keep clicking fullscreen button (the button that is in between close and minimize) and the flashing will go away) does not really affect me as much.