diff --git a/app/src/main/feature/stores/steam/utils/SteamLaunchOptions.kt b/app/src/main/feature/stores/steam/utils/SteamLaunchOptions.kt
index d1668b534..878a3cc69 100644
--- a/app/src/main/feature/stores/steam/utils/SteamLaunchOptions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/feature/stores/steam/utils/SteamLaunchOptions.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package com.winlator.cmod.feature.stores.steam.utils
 /** Parses Steam-style launch options: KEY=VALUE before %command% become env vars; args after become game args. */
 object SteamLaunchOptions {
     private val ENV_KEY = Regex("[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*")
+    // No-%command% autodetect is UPPERCASE-only so bare game args (-dx11) and lowercase
+    // key=value args stay game args, while real env vars (DXVK_HUD, WINEDLLOVERRIDES) are caught.
+    private val ENV_KEY_UPPER = Regex("[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*")
     private const val COMMAND = "%command%"
 
     data class Parsed(val env: LinkedHashMap<String, String>, val gameArgs: String)
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ object SteamLaunchOptions {
         val raw = execArgs?.trim().orEmpty()
         if (raw.isEmpty()) return Parsed(env, "")
         val idx = raw.indexOf(COMMAND)
-        if (idx < 0) return Parsed(env, raw)
+        if (idx < 0) return Parsed(env, raw.substring(consumeLeadingEnv(raw, env)).trim())
         val before = raw.substring(0, idx).trim()
         val after = raw.substring(idx + COMMAND.length).trim()
         for (token in tokenize(before)) {
@@ -25,6 +28,38 @@ object SteamLaunchOptions {
         return Parsed(env, after)
     }
 
+    // Without %command%, a leading run of UPPERCASE KEY=VALUE tokens is env vars (shell-style
+    // prefix); returns the offset where the first non-env token begins (game args from there,
+    // kept verbatim so quotes survive). == raw.length when every token was an env var.
+    private fun consumeLeadingEnv(raw: String, env: LinkedHashMap<String, String>): Int {
+        var i = 0
+        val n = raw.length
+        while (i < n) {
+            while (i < n && raw[i].isWhitespace()) i++
+            if (i >= n) return n
+            val start = i
+            val sb = StringBuilder()
+            var quote: Char? = null
+            while (i < n && (quote != null || !raw[i].isWhitespace())) {
+                val c = raw[i]
+                when {
+                    quote != null -> if (c == quote) quote = null else sb.append(c)
+                    c == '"' || c == '\'' -> quote = c
+                    else -> sb.append(c)
+                }
+                i++
+            }
+            val token = sb.toString()
+            val eq = token.indexOf('=')
+            if (eq > 0 && ENV_KEY_UPPER.matches(token.substring(0, eq))) {
+                env[token.substring(0, eq)] = token.substring(eq + 1)
+            } else {
+                return start
+            }
+        }
+        return n
+    }
+
     @JvmStatic
     fun gameArgs(execArgs: String?): String = parse(execArgs).gameArgs
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/runtime/display/XServerDisplayActivity.java b/app/src/main/runtime/display/XServerDisplayActivity.java
index c8508b6f3..00275ffd9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/runtime/display/XServerDisplayActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/runtime/display/XServerDisplayActivity.java
@@ -8518,6 +8518,8 @@ private String getWineStartCommand(GuestProgramLauncherComponent launcherCompone
                 if (extraArgs == null || extraArgs.isEmpty()) {
                     extraArgs = getIntent().getStringExtra("extra_exec_args");
                 }
+                // Strip %command%/env tokens like the Steam path so args stay consistent across stores.
+                extraArgs = com.winlator.cmod.feature.stores.steam.utils.SteamLaunchOptions.gameArgs(extraArgs);
                 extraArgs = (extraArgs != null && !extraArgs.isEmpty()) ? " " + extraArgs : "";
                 String gameInstallPath = shortcut.getExtra("game_install_path");
 
@@ -8590,6 +8592,8 @@ && new File(storeInstallPath).exists()) {
                 Log.d("XServerDisplayActivity", gameSource + " game launch: " + args);
             } else {
                 String extraArgs = shortcut.getSettingExtra("execArgs", container.getExecArgs());
+                // Strip %command%/env tokens like the Steam path so args stay consistent across stores.
+                extraArgs = com.winlator.cmod.feature.stores.steam.utils.SteamLaunchOptions.gameArgs(extraArgs);
                 extraArgs = (extraArgs != null && !extraArgs.isEmpty()) ? " " + extraArgs : "";
                 String customResolvedPath = resolveCustomExecutableWinPath(shortcut);
                 if (customResolvedPath != null && !customResolvedPath.isEmpty()) {