It's really quite simple!
Simply go to https://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_game_of_the_year_edition (this should also work with the regular edition) and buy and add the game to your library.
Do NOT click "Download and Install" at this point. We will do this through Lutris.
Visit https://lutris.net/downloads/ and follow the instructions for getting Lutris installed on your system. This is likely as simple as running some terminal commands (getting the PPA, then update & install).
For Debian/Ubuntu based distros, this should be as simple as, opening a terminal with ctrl alt t
and then running:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lutris-team/lutris
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y wine lutris
(I tacked on wine
to the above install command to install wine too, just in case dependencies are needed)
In Lutris, you "import games" from your accounts such as steam, gog, humblebundle and etc. This means it downloads directly and installs from those sources (you do not need to download it manually beforehand).
- Open a Terminal with
ctrl alt t
- Run
lutris &
- Click the Plus (+) icon and choose
Import Games...
- On the left side choose gog.com and then login to gog via the prompts. It also might already be logged in if it could read your browser cookies.
- Now it should load in the games you have purchased on gog.com
- Check the box next to The Witcher 3
- Click
Import games
- The rest of the prompts should be mostly automatic. It might ask you what folder to install it to, just leave default or choose it yourself
After it finishes installing it will give you the option to Launch and play now. You can do that if you want, or simply exit. If you exit now, you can tweak more options by right-clicking the entry. Or just double-click to play it. See comments at the bottom for more tips.
Bonus Tips:
Some additional stuff you can do with Lutris:
Auto-change and restore screen resolution
System options
TabSwitch resolution to
you can tell Lutris to change your screen resolution automatically prior to launching the game!Restore resolution on game exit
-- Lutris will auto change back when the game exits!Get the game to run faster