Owlcat Games is rolling back its new launcher less than 24 hours after negative fan feedback

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Turbostrider27 on 2026-06-23 16:54:46+00:00.

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You’d have to be idiotic to want to include a launcher in a game that didnt have one before. Fuck I love Stellaris and fuck the launcher I wish it was gone.

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I don’t understand, didn’t all games have launchers back in the 80s-early 2000’s? Particularly ones that were unnecessary because you could just make an shortcut to the .exe and it would run fine?

Why don’t people like them anymore?

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They did, but things were different. Obvious main difference being that we didn’t have centralised store apps with launchers that already do the functions you need: download, setup, updates, news, etc. (well Steam does, with workshop integration for mods and everything)

Nowadays people see launchers as an extra unnecessary step, usually requiring another account for no good reason, and, importantly, a data harvesting tool. That last one is the reason I usually see people hating a launcher. The other issue is I’ve seen a lot of complaints about is launchers simply breaking stuff for some people and not letting them play their game (especially on Linux).

(Generic summary, not specific to Owlcat here)

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Oh, you’re right. The fucking account signups now. I forgot I’ve seen that with Larian and CDPR, let alone the shit goblins at EA who have a mandatory launcher

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That’s really good to hear that there are developers still listening to consumers.

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