Does anyone else avoid playing their rockstar or ubisoft games due to how long the launcher takes? call me spoiled but I play mostly offline single player campaigns where Im back in the action within 30 seconds of clicking the game icon.

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    Video game library manager with support for wide range of 3rd party libraries and game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games.

    • Install Playnite open source launcher

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