One library. Steam, Epic Games, GOG and Xbox / Game Pass, plus any exe or folder you add. Covers, play time, pins and filters.
Free · Windows 11 · 64-bit · portable
The Hybrid Launcher:
manage your games,
manage your mods,
enhance the experience.
One library for Steam, Epic, GOG and Xbox games, and the mods that make them run and look better.
Portable zip, no installer. All releases
- Steam
- Epic Games
- GOG
- Xbox / Game Pass
- OptiScaler
- ReShade
- RenoDX
- Luma
Why this project?
PC gaming got overwhelming.
The best results come from external programs and mods, each with its own installer, its own folders and its own rules: many paths to remember, create and manage, spread over half a dozen launchers.
Hybrid Launcher brings some of the main mods and the usual launcher features together, and offers them as one alternative.
Not a beginner-first app.
It is meant for people with some basic experience. Get familiar with the mods it handles, read their wikis, and understand how they affect your game and your game folder: you will get much more out of it, and you will know what is going on when something does not work.
Features
A launcher and a mod tool, in one program.
Every picture below is the real app, running on sample games.
DLSS → FSR 4
OptiScaler, made easy. A quick panel for the settings you change most, configuration profiles, and new versions fetched from GitHub by themselves. Custom builds are supported too, and every version is saved, listed and one click away.
ReShade, RenoDX, Luma. ReShade's own installers, RenoDX HDR mods and Luma mods matched to the game when one exists.
Smart HDR. Windows HDR switches on when the game starts and off when it closes.
Cloud saves. OneDrive, MEGA, a folder of your choice, or several at once, with history and conflict handling.
Direct downloads. Sign in to Steam, Epic or GOG to download, pause, resume and update your games from one place.
Custom achievements. Rarity, a platinum trophy at 100 %, and a pop-up you design: position, size, colour, sound.
Quick access. Your own shortcuts per game: folders, tools and config files, one click from the game page.
My PC. Your hardware at a glance, displays, Windows' gaming switches and the upscaler versions your driver provides.
How it works
Three steps, no installer.
- 1
Download the zip
Get the latest
HybridLauncher-…-win-x64.zipand extract it anywhere you can write, for exampleC:\Games\Hybrid Launcher. - 2
Run it
Start
HybridLauncher.exe. It finds the games of your launchers by itself, and a short tour shows you around. - 3
Pick a game, add a mod
Open its page, choose OptiScaler or a mod, and press Install. Remove it any time and the folder goes back as it was.
Make it yours
A launcher, a mod manager, or both.
Hybrid Launcher adapts to how you play. At the first start you choose what you need: a starting point, a live preview of a game's page, a switch per feature. What you leave out is only hidden, and Settings → Features brings it back any time.
- Your stores in one launcherSign in and download, update and play your Steam, Epic and GOG games from one place.
- Just a mod managerSkip accounts and downloads, and use it only for OptiScaler, ReShade, RenoDX and Luma on the games you already have.
- Your layoutGame page tabs, banner and launch bar parts, launcher groups, colour themes, the achievement pop-up, tray mode: much of it can be toggled, dragged and hidden.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is it free?
Yes. It is free and open source software under the GNU GPL v3: use it, read the code, build it, change it and fork it. Forks and unofficial builds just need to credit this project.
Does it change my game files?
Only the game folders you ask it to change, when you install a mod. The files a mod replaces can be backed up first (the default), so removing it puts the folder back as it was. Your settings live in %LOCALAPPDATA%\HybridLauncher.
Do I need to sign in to my stores?
No. Without accounts it reads the games your launchers installed on this PC. Signing in to Steam, Epic or GOG only adds direct downloads and your full owned library.
Can mods get me banned?
They can, in games and services that forbid them. Check the rules of every game before you mod it, and never use mods in online or competitive games that do not allow them.
How does it update?
A few seconds after it starts it checks for a new version and asks once before updating.
Support
Support helps cover the costs.
For now Hybrid Launcher is funded only out of my own pocket, and those funds are limited: there is no guarantee it will keep going. Your support could make that possible.
Thank you.
Reporting and requesting
Please read before you report.
Hybrid Launcher is a personal passion project, for now funded only out of my own pocket. Those funds and my time are limited, so there is no guarantee it will keep going. What helps it keep going:
- people to work with (see contributing),
- maintainers and contributors,
- support for the project.
Please respect this choice. Reports and requests are only considered when the description is detailed, understandable and makes sense, with logs and screenshots. Anything else will be ignored, permanently.
The quickest way: in the app, Settings → About → Report on GitHub. It opens the bug form with the version, your system and the log already filled in, with your user name, PC name and e-mail addresses taken out first. Otherwise the issue templates tell you exactly what to include; logs are in %LOCALAPPDATA%\HybridLauncher\logs, one file per session of the app.
Third-party software
Not affiliated.
Hybrid Launcher downloads, runs or links to software and services made by others: OptiScaler and OptiPatcher (the OptiScaler team), ReShade (crosire), RenoDX, Luma, PCGamingWiki, HowLongToBeat, Nexus Mods, Steam, Epic Games, GOG, Xbox, OneDrive and MEGA. None of them is affiliated with me or with this project, and none of them endorses it. Each belongs to its owners, under its own license and terms. All trademarks belong to their owners, including the names and covers of the games shown in the pictures, which appear only as examples.
Disclaimer
Hybrid Launcher is provided AS IS, without warranty of any kind. You use it at your own risk.
- I guarantee nothing: not that it works, not that it works on your PC or with your games, not that it is free of bugs, not that it will be updated, fixed or supported.
- You alone are responsible for its use and for what follows from it, including damaged or deleted game files, lost or corrupted saves, broken installs, anti-cheat problems, suspended or banned accounts, lost data, hardware or software issues.
- Mods change how games run, and some games and services forbid them. Check their rules before you mod, and never use mods in online or competitive games that do not allow them.
- In no event shall the author be liable for any claim, damages or other liability arising from the software or its use.
- Back up what matters to you before using any feature that changes it.
- This project is built with the use of AI. That does not mean it takes no time, design or money: planning it, testing it and fixing it still take time, and the tools are paid for. It also means the code can contain mistakes, one more reason the points above apply.
If you do not agree with all of the above, do not use Hybrid Launcher.