Battle.net
coloured cat replacement, game distribution and multiplayer services
It is a proprietary gaming platform that may not function on all operating systems.
running reliably under Linux via Wine due to anti-cheat systems
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What people reported, in their own words. Every line links to where it was said.
“it was an awful experience with a fraction of the playerbase. WC3 Battle.net browser is an experience that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.”
NEGATIVE · ease of use · Hacker News · 2026-06-17
“battlenet is a bit annoying to set up (needed to mess with proton version) and sometimes craps out when I launch it. One time after an update it completely broke and I had to reinstall.”
NEGATIVE · reliability · Hacker News · 2026-05-18
“a Battle.net update broke the launcher under Wine some time last year, then for a while Overwatch would intermittently crash once every few sessions”
NEGATIVE · reliability · Hacker News · 2026-05-13
“the original did not have control groups. Those were only added with the Battle.Net edition!”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2026-02-12
“Battle.net client has the same bug as Apple Silicon where it consistently needs to run a game "update" after closing the game”
NEGATIVE · reliability · Hacker News · 2025-12-16
“Battle.net's simple system of just downloading maps you didn't have helped a lot”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2025-12-10
“I still quit after they "patched" bloodlust years later in Battle.net”
NEGATIVE · Hacker News · 2025-12-09
“Had great times as a kid playing in comp stomp lobbies on battle.net!”
POSITIVE · features · Hacker News · 2025-12-09
“I was able to get Battle.net to install and work correctly without issues”
POSITIVE · performance · Hacker News · 2025-12-05
“the Battle.net launcher is still my favorite game launcher edging out Steam because of how snappy it is”
POSITIVE · performance · Hacker News · 2025-11-05
“You just add the Battle.net installer as a "non-steam game" (bottom left of the games list). Then, you start it, add your account, install the game and it "just works".”
POSITIVE · ease of use · Hacker News · 2025-11-03
“tried installing Battle.net and just ran into too many issues and haven't come back yet”
NEGATIVE · reliability · Hacker News · 2025-11-03
“Battle.net runs flawlessly in Steam, have zero issues playing D2R and D4 this way”
POSITIVE · performance · Hacker News · 2025-09-02
“Worse than worthless, they also force people who know what they're doing (eg, are just reinstalling the software) to sit through them or at least click through them. Best is when "skip tour" just hastens you onto the next tour. Just had this with battle.net. Twice.”
NEGATIVE · ease of use · Hacker News · 2025-03-30
“install Battle.net as a custom entry in Steam and run StarCraft II flawlessly in Linux”
POSITIVE · performance · Hacker News · 2025-01-15
“permanently closed my battle.net account from the D2:LoD days following a tedious dispute with Blizzard over a Diablo IV refund”
NEGATIVE · support · Hacker News · 2024-10-08
“Games work -- Steam, Battle.net, Lutris, and others I am sure.”
POSITIVE · performance · Hacker News · 2024-09-04
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