
If your game is shown in greyscale (on the left above) this means that either Vortex couldn't find it or the game requires a third party extension to be downloaded before it can be managed. Clicking on these tiles will setup of the game for modding inside Vortex. Game tiles that display in colour (as shown on the right above) have been automatically detected. Scroll down the list (or use the search) to find specific games. Here you will find a full list of the games available in Vortex.

To see which games have been detected, head to the Games view from the navigation on the left of the app. This process uses the application IDs from the most popular game stores to determine where the games are installed. Many of your installed games can be detected automatically by Vortex. It is recommended that you run the games you want to mod at least once before trying to manage them with Vortex. If you are seeing error and you're not sure how to fix them, please see the Troubleshooting Guide. Sometimes Vortex will be unable to connect to the authorisation service and will present a fallback. In the window that appears click the "Log In On Website" button to open the authorisation page. If you are planning to use mods from Nexus Mods, you can log in by clicking the "Log In or Register" button at the top of the toolbar or by clicking the blank avatar in the top-right of the screen. Vortex will be able to detected your installed games without an account. You can start using Vortex without logging in. If you do not wish to create a Nexus Mods account, Vortex can also be downloaded from GitHub. Vortex will open automatically once it is ready to use. Make sure this is somewhere your user account has write access to. If you do choose the custom installer, you'll be prompted to select an installation location for Vortex. After downloading the file, simply run the EXE from your downloads folder.

To download your preferred version, click the "Manual Download" button below it. All the "heavy" parts of your mod management experience can be redirect to external drives if space on your C:\ is limited. Vortex itself takes up very little space on your hard drive, so we generally recommend the one-click installer. Here you'll be offer two slightly different builds, the one-click installer and the custom installer. You can find Vortex by visiting the download page at the Nexus Mods website. To get the most out of Vortex we recommend you create a free Nexus Mods account, this will allow you to download and manage mods for supported games.
