# Games privacy ratings

Game launchers without tracking.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bottles](https://privacyratings.com/games/bottles/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | 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. |
| [Heroic Games Launcher](https://privacyratings.com/games/heroic-games-launcher/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | 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. |
| [Lutris](https://privacyratings.com/games/lutris/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | 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. |
| [Playnite](https://privacyratings.com/games/playnite/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | 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. |
| [itch.io](https://privacyratings.com/games/itch-io/) | F (35/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | 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. |
| [Epic Games Launcher](https://privacyratings.com/games/epic-games-launcher/) | F (20/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | 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. |
| [Steam](https://privacyratings.com/games/steam/) | F (20/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | 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. |
| [GOG Galaxy](https://privacyratings.com/games/gog-galaxy/) | F (0/100) | Poland | 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. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/games/