Game launcher privacy ratings
Game launchers without tracking.
8 games are rated against 4 public criteria, and 8 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 4 with a known jurisdiction, 3 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 3 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source games only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Linux app for running Windows software and games through Wine, with isolated environments called bottles, preset configurations for gaming or software, dependency installers and runner management. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open source game launcher for Epic Games Store, GOG and Amazon Games on Linux, Windows and macOS. It replaces the official clients but still signs in to the user's store accounts. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open source game manager for Linux that installs and launches games from GOG, Steam, Epic and other stores, emulators and Windows games through Wine, using community install scripts from lutris.net. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open source game library manager for Windows that imports games from Steam, Epic, GOG, emulators and other launchers into one interface, with metadata downloads, a fullscreen mode and extensions. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Desktop app for itch.io, an online marketplace for independent games, used to browse, download, install, update and launch games bought or claimed on the site. |
Grade F | 35 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Partial | No | Yes | No |
Epic Games' desktop client for the Epic Games Store, used to buy, install and update PC games, including Fortnite and Unreal Engine, with friends, achievements and cloud saves. |
Grade F | 20 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | No |
Valve's game store and launcher for buying, installing and updating PC games, with friends, chat, cloud saves, workshop mods and a mobile app for account security and trading. |
Grade F | 20 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | No |
GOG's optional desktop client for installing and updating DRM-free games bought on GOG.com, with cloud saves, achievements and integrations that combine game libraries from other platforms. |
Grade F | 0 | 100% | Poland Outside Eyes | No | No | No | No |
Questions
What is the most private option among games?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are games rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.