Added a new feature! Starting today, All non-steam shortcuts in your library will have metadata! That's right. You can now see more details about your game! This will work similarly to the playtime feature for all your non-Steam games. I've revamped the music button too and made it much simpler!

Also did a couple fixes in the scanner. Redid some logic for the desktop files. Hopefully it will be a much better experience.

Underneath the play button, you now have all the information for your non-Steam games in your library. Starting with a change to the music button. The music button is now located from the old game page to now in the card. Next to it is the launcher icon where the game came from automatically detected . To the right of that is obviously the the music button, but below that is the publisher, the genres, the platforms, the date when the game was created, and then to the right of everything you have the description.

Below the description is a small button for IsThereAnyDeal.com. And when you click on it, that will open the game page’s current deals. And below that is a long list of buttons from all the websites that you guys love:

Google
PC Gaming Wiki
HowLongToBeat
Steam Deck HQ
GameFAQS
AreWeAntiCheatYet
ProtonDB

By clicking these buttons, a game page will open up and you'll be able to browse and utilize any kind of website that you would need. Plenty more will be added to this feature as I expand on it and make it better yo

Some metadata will be incorrect right now and there will be a couple bugs, but bear with me as I work them out.

Currently, right now, no changes have been made to the Decky plugin version just yet. ;)

But that's not all.. This metadata card is also fully working in game mode!

Desktop Version 🖥

• Added new feature Metadata for all nonsteam shortcuts (dde79a4)

• Make - between proton & major version optional because ProtonUp-Qt installs to GE-ProtonXX-YY (1e18ae1) (Commit by @Kronarq on January 24, 2026)

• Fix urllib/requests mismatch in fetch_and_parse_csv fallback The fallback code was incorrectly mixing urllib.request with requests library methods (.raise_for_status(), .text) and exception handling. Fixed to properly use urllib patterns. (8f8e9c3) (Commit by @Kronarq on January 24, 2026)

Decky Plugin Version 🔌

Plugin Files

Linux

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe, depending on your preference.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

What's Changed

• Fix urllib/requests mismatch in fetch_and_parse_csv fallback by @kronarq in #863
• Fix for ProtonUp-Qt installs of GE-Proton by @kronarq in #864

New Contributors

• @kronarq made their first contribution in #863

Full Changelog: v4.2.85...v4.2.86