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Installing on Windows

GameVault 1 requires Windows 10 or 11. It cannot be installed on Linux or macOS; use GameVault 2 there.

Requirements​

  • Windows 10 or 11. GameVault 1 cannot be installed on Linux or macOS; use GameVault 2 there.
  • The Microsoft Store for the recommended installation.

Installation​

Install GameVault from the official Microsoft Store.

Experienced users can also run:

winget install gamevault

The Store build updates itself; see Updating.

Pre-built artifacts from GitHub​

Download the latest build from gamevault-app releases.

Antivirus and SmartScreen

Antivirus software or SmartScreen may block the binary because it is compiled without a code-signing certificate. Choose More details → Run anyway.

Compile from source​

  1. Install Visual Studio (2022 recommended) with the .NET desktop development workload and .NET 8.0.
  2. Clone the gamevault-app repository.
  3. Open the solution, choose Release and build the gamevault project.
  4. Use the output files.

Extract from the .appxbundle​

  1. Open store.rg-adguard.net.
  2. Paste https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PCKDV76GL75 into the search field.
  3. Download the current .appxbundle.
  4. Extract it, then extract ReleasePackage_[VERSION]_x64.appx.
Manual updates

Everything outside the Microsoft Store is less supported and has to be updated by hand; see Updating.

Verify​

After the first start, the profile selection opens; continue with Connect to a server.

Next steps​