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      7 months ago

      You’d be surprised how many steam games have no DRM other than steam itself. And how easy it is to put in a replacement (open-source) dll that acts as a steam emulator and runs the games without steam. I’d say… pretty much every non-AAA game on steam can have DRM removed this way. It’s such barebones DRM that I can’t really find reason to be angry at it.

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        7 months ago

        Cool, but it’s still DRM, contrary to GoG where you just download the installer and pass a pendrive around.

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            7 months ago

            But you do still need to install Steam to get the files at all. GOG lets you download installers from the website, and the desktop client is completely optional.

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              7 months ago

              You can also use steamcmd or DepotDownloader. It’s not DRM just because no website download is available, once they are downloaded they are yours to keep.

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                7 months ago

                True, but my point is that having to use third-party tools just to access games you bought without downloading a desktop client isn’t as consumer-friendly as the way GOG offers offline installers directly for every game.

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                  7 months ago

                  my point is that having to use third-party tools just to access games you bought

                  In other words, contrarianism for the sake of contrarianism. You had to download that DRM-free installer somehow, yes? I’m betting you used a web browser to do that. I.e. a third-party tool used to access the games you bought.

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      7 months ago

      Yup, but they need to support Linux better. I’m glad that Heroic exists and apparently they’re now taking a cut of GOG purchases made through their launcher, but there’s still a lot missing from what Galaxy does.

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        True, and I’ve played GOG games that were misconfigured when using the downloaded installer but were fine when installed with their launcher. So its not as clear cut as it looks on the surface.

        But I do wish steam promoted DRM Free games with a tag like they do gamepad support, family sharing, or steam workshop.

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        7 months ago

        @JulesTheModest Er…How do you mean? The Galaxy app has its issues, but I’ve not run into this one.

        Biggest issue I ran into was years back trying to point it to my existing directory of GOG games from before Galaxy to get it to recognize them without reinstalling them, but eventually I just decided to reinstall whenever I felt like playing them again (and uninstall from old location).

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        No need to use the app at all. The games on there are drm free. Run the game any way you want. That said, I like gog galaxy cos it keeps all the games I own on every platform together, and I use the search function to find the game I want and hit play. Or just hit view all and browse.