WILL SINS OF A SOLAR EMPIRE II BE ON STEAM OR OTHER PLATFORMS?

We would love to have Sins of a Solar Empire II on as many platforms as possible; right now, we are focused on delivering the best game possible on Epic.

From: Sins of a Solar Empire II - FAQ (sinsofasolarempire2.com)

And, it's not happening. Epic exclusivity deals are what they are. They won't change them, and it's not because they want or don't want to accomodate you; they can't, it's a contract. We're not privy to the details of this contract, but there are a few options.

1. A certain years of exclusivity from the first launch
2. Exclusivity until the 1.0, full release occurs
3. A certain years of exclusivity from the 1.0, full release

Ah ok, I understand. The thing is though, this Epic deal sort of cuts a portion of potential consumer base who use Linux.

I just thought beta testing Sins 2 on steam proton is a golden opportunity, because if it can run on Steam proton, then the game can be run on virtually any platform without the developers needing to do additional work porting from one platform to another.

I was thinking of buying the pre-release technical preview but it's risky because potentially using the "Add non-steam game" function that is embedded in the steam app might throw a hissy fit if Epic has some sort of placeholder security that prevents games being added.

It's such a shame, because it would have been a really good time to test the game on Steam Proton and Linux ~ and give feedback to the developers.

I can run Sins: Rebellion and even mods on Linux with steam proton just fine. If anything, I've found that Linux is better than windows because it uses less operating system resources.

So your hoping or guessing that they might test this?

That's depressing.  I will never put any money into a fortnite launcher pretending to be a store.  It's a poor user experience, no steam deck/linux stuff, extra work for multiplayer, etc. 

Alan Wake 2 did poorly on epic because its a bad platform.  I was thinking of doing early access till I saw its epic.  Instead of enjoying an early access experience, I'll likely wait till the following black friday after its steam release (if it ever gets one) to see if its active enough to bother with.  I can't see this being remotely profitable for game devs. 

Unfortunate, but plenty of other RTS games out there.

I already use that for the free stuff.  I do not wish support epic or even legitimize it via giving it money.  Doesn't seem like a lot of people do.

I've decided to stop being stubborn and give it a shot.  Been using Heroic for a little bit and it minus one issue it's really good. 

Love EPIC Have 20 free AA games over the years.

In my 20 years at Steam, I've gotten nothing.

Steam is privately held by GABE and he refuses to terminate his business from Ruzzia.

He stopped Steam purchases from Ruzzia AND Ukraine to appear impartial.

Try as I might, I cannot see a single person defending EPIC in here. Wrong thread?

To be honest, it still seems risky to me when I can just wait a few months and get it on steam. I'd rather not buy the same game twice.

And the brief research I just did means that its possible you're using variant of wine that may not work with D3D11. DXVK which translates DirectX 11 to Vulkan, is one of the components of Steam's Proton compatibility layer which allows you to play any windows game on Linux. It's why Linux players can play 98% of all steam games out there and its a game changer.

I haven't even heard of this heroic games launcher until today so I'm not biased but, from some of the comments here, don't seem to hold positive high regard for this launcher.

I'll wait until the steam release, as I've never had any problems using steam and all my games are there in one place.