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Two mentions of Lutris, it works, but personally I think it's over-complicated, ugly and unreliable.
Bottles is the better alternative, IMO. Simpler UI, still with access to advanced options if you need them, wine bottle version control, etc.
For games I find Lutris more comfortable than bottles.
Why?
Bottles can add executables to steam, same as lutris, and configuring games in lutris is supposed to be easy, but that's never really been my experience.
If I'm going to have to fiddle with wine versions and prefixes, I'd rather do it with the app that has a vastly more navigable UI.
With Heroic for GOG and Epic, and Bottles for the odd other game, whats the use case for lutris?
It has more granular settings aimed at games, like having antimicro and mangohud toggles (for antimicro you can select a map to use). Gives many versions of wine to use (even custom ones like GE). Plus, I can use it to launch other games which does not need wine, like emulators or native ones.
To me it gives no hussle and UI is not that bad.
Bottles seems more aimed at software.
The idea of using lutris as a launcher is appalling to me. I have a library of thousands of games, the thought of setting them all up in lutris, is anxiety inducing. Its library management and browsing features, do not exist.
It is not. Though it can still do that, too.
I've not found a single thing only lutris could do. It's a single app that tries to do everything, but IMO the result is that it does none of it well. Least of all function as an attractive and functional everyday way to access my games library.
Bottles gets my game installed and running, and then added to steam, which actually does have tags and categories, as well as various other management tools, as well as a good-looking UI.
We're in the same boat. I've had no luck with pirated games and bottles, and zero issues on Lutris (other than they do take considerably longer to install than on bottles).