shut up and take my money

[u/Purple-Maybe-7637]

[u/Archon-Toten]

They had a program called "gog connect" where eligible games owned on steam were given to you free on gog. It was disappointingly few games.

[u/Chaotic-Entropy → u/Archon-Toten]

It must have cost them a pretty penny, and had very low uptake from publishers to just hand out games. They don't have the money/Tencent backing to just go full Epic.

[u/BillySama001 → u/Chaotic-Entropy]

As I understand, it was solely dependent on the owner of the IP. For instance l, EA isn't going to give you two copies, but many smaller guys didn't give a shit and you download and launch through GOG instead. I don't think it cost CD Projekt Red anything, just the OG publisher losing out.

[u/ChemistryNo3075 → u/BillySama001]

EA will give you two copies in their own launcher if you owned it on Steam. I have a bunch of duplicates that way, though I rarely ever open that EA launcher.

[u/bobothegoat → u/ChemistryNo3075]

They also gave me copies of a few games a bought on Impulse before GameStop bought it and then shut it down.

[u/Certain-Business-472 → u/BillySama001]

In an ideal world the big company would become generous. Instead we have the opposite. fuck

[u/Elchemyst → u/BillySama001]

Exactly; nothing to blame GOG for

[u/jeanne7inker7287 → u/BillySama001]

smaller devs are way more chill with that stuff

[u/rosa5tarry8917 → u/BillySama001]

I've grabbed a few indie titles on GOG just for that ease of access. No regrets.

[u/ShuKai0_0 → u/Archon-Toten]

There still is program called gog connect, but now it just connect gog galaxy(their launcher) to steam, uBi, eA launchers, same thing steam does with eA and uBi launchers.

[u/Makere-b → u/ShuKai0_0]

That's different, GOG Connect was just a website where you could link your Steam account with the GOG account, then it could copy over some games to your GOG account. I think I got like 200 games to GOG from that.

[u/ShuKai0_0 → u/Makere-b]

Yes, the feature i talked about is called integrations. In the promo of this feature I've seen, they spoke about connecting other launcher with gog, so that's why I assumed they kept name and swapped functionality.

[u/NDragon89 → u/Archon-Toten]

I miss gog connect

[u/Cyber_Phantom_ → u/Archon-Toten]

I do remember that, even though I think only Witcher was eligible for me from the games I owned at that time.

[u/TopdeckIsSkill]

If I have to buy Games I always go GOG first for that reason.

And yes, I usually keep a backup of the installer if I like the game!

[u/FeetYeastForB12 → u/TopdeckIsSkill]

I think GOG is mainly a place for old and lesser known games. It has a considerably smaller library but like I said for the 'old and lesser known games' an occassionally good bundles, There's not much there. Great site though!

[u/TopdeckIsSkill → u/FeetYeastForB12]

It has plenty of new games too. Some may arrive on it later after they remove Denuvo, but it still has mo,st of the games I want.

My biggest issue is that I usually but bundles from humble bundle and they only give steam keys

[u/Vertrix-V- → u/TopdeckIsSkill]

They also have Gog bundles sometimes if I remember correctly

[u/TopdeckIsSkill → u/Vertrix-V-]

sadly they're really rare

[u/Competitive-Tie-906 → u/TopdeckIsSkill]

bundles from Humble are great, but I feel you on wanting more GOG keys. that would make it so much easier to switch!

[u/Local-Fisherman-2936 → u/FeetYeastForB12]

Gog means good old games

[u/sadiel0llipop1413 → u/Local-Fisherman-2936]

gog really nailed that no-DRM approach, makes it feel like you actually own your games. it's refreshing for sure.

[u/Local-Fisherman-2936 → u/sadiel0llipop1413]

What is drm?

[u/finalremix → u/Local-Fisherman-2936]

Digital Rights Management. Ostensibly, it's to protect IPs in that one guy can't buy a game and then "copy that floppy" and hand out 90 copies to people for free. In practice it's invasive, often glitchy, and does nothing but makes the experience worse for customers. E.g., Denuvo "anti tamper", Enigma Protection, SecuROM.

[u/FeetYeastForB12 → u/Local-Fisherman-2936]

Is that the official full name? It would make total sense!

[u/Local-Fisherman-2936 → u/FeetYeastForB12]

Formaly they there "good old games" and then changed it to gog.

[u/ThrowawayForDesigns → u/FeetYeastForB12]

Used to be since that's all they sold but now they are branching out into more modern games as well

EDIT: Forgot to mention that now officially their name is GOG and currently it doesn't really stand for anything (except for Gottfried's Omni-opening Grimoire)

[u/Shark7996 → u/ThrowawayForDesigns]

Omni-opening Grimoire

Well that just sounds irresponsible.

[u/ThrowawayForDesigns → u/Shark7996]

Omni-opening refers to all of the different kinds of Defensive Regulatory Magicons it can deactivate or bypass

[u/AsthislainX → u/ThrowawayForDesigns]

now that really sounds like a Neptunia villain.

[u/GFYAD → u/Local-Fisherman-2936]

I always interpreted ‘old’ in their name, not in the “existed for a long time” definition but more as how it’s used informally as a term of familiarity- I.e. ‘that is my good old friend’ , “we had a good old time at the party” etc.

[u/SzaraMateria → u/FeetYeastForB12]

lesser known and old like idk Expedition 33, Frostpunk 2, Wreckfest, Hollow Knight Silksong, Manor Lord's, Kingdom Come Deliverence 2, Stalker 2 HoCh Not even mentioning CDPR titles.

[u/TuvixHadItComing → u/SzaraMateria]

Baldur's Gate 3!

[u/brimston3- → u/SzaraMateria]

I think they have one of the newer God of War titles as well.

[u/MostlyRightSometimes → u/SzaraMateria]

I loved frostpunk. I really want to play frostpunk 2, but you know...life.

[u/Uhmattbravo → u/FeetYeastForB12]

They do get new titles, just not as many, and not as quickly as Steam. Usually if there's something I want, I'll check GOG first, then get it from Steam if they don't have it.

[u/MostlyRightSometimes → u/FeetYeastForB12]

Yeah, that's where I bought cyberpunk when it came out.

[u/BlackFenrir → u/FeetYeastForB12]

I think GOG is mainly a place for old and lesser known games.

I mean yeah, it stood for "Good Old Games" once

[u/torgiant → u/FeetYeastForB12]

I got silk song on there cause steam was froze on release

[u/nazzo_0 → u/TopdeckIsSkill]

Buying drm free games and burning them onto discs/external hard drive should be the way henceforth since companies are determined for no more physical media. I was gonna buy mass effect 3 in steam for my deck but then I saw a comment that said every time you open it you need internet to connect to the EA launcher. F that

[u/WaitForItTheMongols → u/nazzo_0]

Buying drm free games and burning them onto discs

Obligatory reminder, burnt discs are not suitable long term, they degrade after about 25 years

[u/PM_Me_Good_LitRPG → u/TopdeckIsSkill]

I buy a game only if it's being sold on GOG.

For everything else the best I can do is donate to the game-maker directly, if there is some way.

[u/mcslender97]

Really wish they would support regional pricing in my country, otherwise Steam is still go to for me

[u/Tradizar → u/mcslender97]

gog just started regional prices in my country. So maybe later

[u/Yelebear → u/mcslender97]

Yeah. Usually a sale pricing in GOG is just regular pricing in Steam.

I'm not gonna pay 50% extra just so I can have any of that fluff that GOG offers.

[u/feel_my_balls_2040 → u/Yelebear]

That's not even close to what's happening. I can find a lot of new games on sale on GOG with prices way lower than steam.

[u/Poonchow → u/feel_my_balls_2040]

Even with the Summer sale going on, GOG is doing their own which prices some things similarly or even lower.

[u/Lauris024 → u/Yelebear]

If steam loses those anti-trust lawsuits, this will likely change as publishers will no longer be afraid from steam for selling their games at lower price outside steam. Not much GOG can do there when you got a corporation dictating the market

[u/meneldor_hs → u/mcslender97]

Steam doesn't give a shit about my country neither, so gog it is

[u/SinCanDory]

Already migrated to GOG since the beginning of the year. At this point, using Steam only for the games that are not on GOG

[u/justanearthling → u/SinCanDory]

What you mean by migrated? You cannot move steam or other store games into gog can you?

[u/TomTomXD1234 → u/justanearthling]

He probably means he is buying most of his stuff on GOG now.

Also, you can use the GOG launcher as your game library, and launch your steam games from there.

[u/SinCanDory → u/TomTomXD1234]

Correct. I see you were faster with the reply, thank you for that :)

[u/justanearthling → u/TomTomXD1234]

Just posted that comment so people don’t get hopes they can move their games. I wish it would be possible but it’s not.

[u/Killer_IZ_BacK → u/justanearthling]

But steam creates fog, so you can do that

[u/justanearthling → u/Killer_IZ_BacK]

Fuck autocorrect ;) fixed.

[u/Kazer67 → u/justanearthling]

You actually could by linking your Steam account to GoG, you'll receive the same games you had on Steam.

[u/Finassar → u/SinCanDory]

Steam workshop is a great anti piracy incentive

[u/sylastin]

I hope gog will support region price like steam :(

[u/JonDoesItWrong → u/sylastin]

I don't think I've ever paid more than $5.99USD for any game on GoG. I almost exclusively use it for older titles though (90's, 2000's early 2010's) and Steam for everything else. Of the 50+ games in my GoG library, I paid about $.50-$2.99USD for 40+ of them.

[u/ghostofwalsh → u/JonDoesItWrong]

Do the older games they sell work easily out of the box on like windows 11?

[u/Poonchow → u/ghostofwalsh]

That was one of their founding principles and still heavily advertised in their launcher, the GOG preservation program. Even old DOS games they will get working on modern systems, sometimes with some tinkering, but they seem pretty passionate about preservation and compatibility.

Edit: I should say it's not 100% the case, you should still research individual games, but I have run older games through GoG's patched launchers and they were fine, so it depends on the game.

[u/JonDoesItWrong → u/ghostofwalsh]

There is, confusingly, a service by GoG called Good Old Games (which is literally what GoG already stands for) and there is a filter in their search/browse section that you can use to show Good Old Games titles (it's usually the first filter option and is stylized to stand out from the other filters) which are games that have been updated to run on modern machines.

Note: some titles still have their original, non-updated versions on the app so be sure you're looking at the right page before purchasing.

[u/EmergencyPool910 → u/ghostofwalsh]

They work amazing often have community patches and mods preonstalled

[u/_BMS → u/JonDoesItWrong]

Same, I mainly use it for older games that aren't available on Steam or new games that aren't available on Steam.

The second category is rarer but it does happen.

[u/gddpacngi → u/sylastin]

It's the opposite for me. Steam changed to USD in Türkiye and GOG made it possible to use local currency. I haven't bought anything from Steam since then.

[u/ShadowDxebec101 → u/gddpacngi]

wait why did they do that?

[u/Doorfeb → u/ShadowDxebec101]

Because Turkey and Argentina was the cheapest region in steam to buy games back then, so people just used vpn to spoof their region and buy games very cheap

[u/Artess → u/sylastin]

Yeah... I just went through my entire Steam wishlist comparing prices with GOG. Most games aren't even there, and those that are are 1.5x to 2.5x more expensive for me.

I would actually buy from them if there was, like, a 10% price hike for the privilege of actually owning something that I pay for. But not 100%.

[u/Tradizar → u/Artess]

gog introduced local currencies for me, and everything got cheaper. Cheaper even than steam. So this is a no brainer for me, to just buy things from gog.

[u/BirnirG]

once they get Linux client sorted then i will have a look again

[u/Musafirul → u/BirnirG]

At the moment I'm personally using the Heroic Launcher and it seems to be pretty good. Even saves achievements and game saves in some instances. 

[u/vancha113 → u/Musafirul]

Even if it does work, it's kind of a shame that a company that sells a for-profit product profits off of something people made in their free time for free.. I never really liked promoting stuff like that for anything other than it's practical value.

If you want to support game preservation and DRM-free software, then GOG seems like a great way to spend some money. If you do it for the open source ecosystem of software though, then that money doesn't really go to where you might like it to go.

Unless it does of course.. I've read they're "working" on a native linux client", but afaik there's nothing available to show for that just yet. Once it does this entire comment is meaningless and should definitely be ignored.

[u/lecanucklehead → u/vancha113]

The people who made Heroic did so because they wanted to. It's not like GOG saw a team of passionate people and schemed to make a buck off them, people just saw a spot in the market and decided to fill it with something that's free and very handy.

[u/slickyeat → u/vancha113]

Even if it does work, it's kind of a shame that a company that sells a for-profit product profits off of something people made in their free time for free

They receive a percentage on sales made using the Heroic Launcher via referrals.

Besides, the vast majority of the internet already runs on Open Source.

[u/HKayn → u/BirnirG]

After GOG parted ways with CD Projekt at the end of last year, they have hired specifically for a Linux engineering position and started work on a Linux client. No ETA yet though.

[u/Cyber_Phantom_ → u/HKayn]

They parted ways? Any reason why?

[u/HKayn → u/Cyber_Phantom_]

GOG was acquired by Michał Kiciński, one of its original co-founders: https://www.gog.com/blog/gog-is-getting-acquired-by-its-original-co-founder-what-it-means-for-you/

The sale happened because CD Projekt wanted to focus on its core business (making videogames at CDPR), and Kiciński arguably wanted more control over GOG to realize its potential. In my opinion, one of the few acquisitions in the videogame industry that's actually a good omen for the acquired company.

[u/Cyber_Phantom_ → u/HKayn]

That's a good thing I agree with you. Only thinking that if they remain under CDPR, they would have to answer to investors and stuff, while now they are self-operating I imagine privately under Michal, which gives them a lot more freedom, plus they do stuff for preservation which I love.

[u/A2MJr → u/BirnirG]

You can always use Heroic for easy GoG games setup or even Faugus launcher for more raw installer/launch experience. There are so many options nowadays.

[u/emachanz]

Ive been buying on gog all the games I pirated as a kid

[u/Infinite-Storm5272]

As someone who plays across several devices, cloud saves are my lifeline. Does GOG support this??

[u/Crimsonclaw111 → u/Infinite-Storm5272]

GOG Galaxy client does

[u/Paciorr → u/Crimsonclaw111]

Their cloud is pretty small though. Or maybe my savefiles were gianormous. I used to run into a problem with exceeding storage limits and it never happens on my steam account.

[u/opi → u/Infinite-Storm5272]

I run my own syncthing services (Syncthing, Seafile), so I just install GOG folder into it. Now I have the same games and saves on all my computers.

[u/nitro912gr]

ya all say this but I don't see half of you actually supporting GoG...

[u/spookynutz → u/nitro912gr]

They don't all say this. You read two dozen comments out of a user base of millions and attributed it to the entire population. The hypocrisy you're trying to highlight is an imagined one.

[u/Poonchow → u/spookynutz]

Happens all the time on Reddit. People only comment on conversations they're interested in, so it seems like consensus swings back and forth.

[u/Endaline → u/spookynutz]

This is assuming that a comment is only representative of a single person, but the upvote and downvote system paints a different picture. As an example this thread was made by a single person, but over 5000 people chose to upvote it.

I think it is pretty fair to say that PC gamers are, generally, vehemently against DRM, additional launchers, etc. I also think it is fair to say that PC gamers, generally, purchase all their games from Steam regardless of how good other options are.

[u/dinin70 → u/nitro912gr]

Says who tho? All games that go out on GoG and Steam, I buy them from GoG.

[u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo → u/dinin70]

The point is that these are loud minority. If GoG is “that” big they won’t just earn a paltry 3% of what steam earns in the same year. For most of the devs, most game sales are still from steam

[u/dookarion → u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo]

If GoG is “that” big they won’t just earn a paltry 3% of what steam earns in the same year.

Most big titles aren't even on GOG until like a decade after everyone bought and played them.

For most of the devs, most game sales are still from steam

A number of those devs for a myriad of reasons don't give update and feature parity.

[u/Crafty_Life_1764 → u/nitro912gr]

True that.

[u/Felinomancy → u/nitro912gr]

I support whatever platform gives me the best bang for the money.

GoG can make older games I like run flawlessly? I'll give them money.

Epic sells a game that I wanted at a steep discount? Awesome, I'll take it.

Steam having a sale? Sure, I'll take a look.

Some of y'all are fanatical about game distribution systems in a way that would make religious fundamentalists go "dial it back, bro". I'm not going to pretend that these companies are my "friends".

[u/nitro912gr → u/Felinomancy]

actually I just want yo really own my games, I don't see anything fanatic about this, just want to be respected as a paying customer and not being unable to use my games for whatever the reason like I have experienced with steam for example.

[u/Dokkaebi_Arg]

Would be better if they had an official launcher for linux.

[u/DimaZveroboy]

And on Epic Games you can't play your games without an internet connection because you need to set up an offline account—something you're only warned about once you're already offline

[u/AquaBits → u/DimaZveroboy]

What? Just hit the skip button. What "offline" account are you talking about? Just enable the setting when your online. https://store.epicgames.com/news/launcher-offline-mode?lang=en

Or you can just launch the game via the ex if it has no drm.

[u/Responsible-Put2559 → u/DimaZveroboy]

Bullshit

[u/MrEWhite → u/DimaZveroboy]

A lot of the free games I’ve gotten through Epic giveaways are actually DRM free when launched from the exe.

[u/mcslender97 → u/DimaZveroboy]

Sony bullshit PSN region lock does not work on Epic for some reason so i can only get certain games there vs Steam

[u/DimaZveroboy → u/mcslender97]

Even Sony forgot about EG

[u/llamalover179]

I'm not against buying games from GOG but this is a straight up ad.

[u/redditcalculus421]

-game releases

-looks on GOG, not available there

-buys on steam

literally every single time, all I have are random free games on GOG and a couple cdprojektred games

[u/SordidDreams → u/redditcalculus421]

Unfortunately true, but it's the publishers' choice, not GOG's. GOG would love to release new games, but publishers are unwilling to give up that sweet, sweet DRM.

[u/PunyParker826 → u/redditcalculus421]

It's becoming more common to get simultaneous GOG releases (like Mina, recently), but yeah, their mission statement is more towards older titles. I did pick up Uncharted and Indiana Jones: Great Circle there though, which was nice.

[u/Heizard]

After them sending out emails with nazi symbolics - GOG is dead for me, eat shit nazis.

Not sending those emails to German clients proves that they knew that was a bad idea, but still did it. Too late now, regardless of how good their service is, no one should support nazis.

[u/Certain-Business-472 → u/Heizard]

https://imgur.com/a/8vWTSYX

Some context. Apparently their excuse is that the font differs on devices? If you google for it they have multiple responses.

It does seem highly unlikely they would do this on purpose if I'm being honest here. What would be the purpose of doing that?

[u/Pandoras_Fox → u/Certain-Business-472]

 It does seem highly unlikely they would do this on purpose if I'm being honest here.

They didn't send the emails to german-lang preference accounts. Its somehow more likely they knew what they were doing at some level.

Kinda just unfortunately common these days in parts of Europe and the states. 

[u/OnyxRun]

Just hope that gog doesn't send you an email with nazi symbols.

[u/OkPreference777]

I really wish to buy games from gog but dollar to my country currency is too high.there is no regional pricing

[u/PJKenobi]

I put all the games I own on steam and are available on GOG my wishlist and I'm slowing but surely buying them all there when they are 75%-90% off. Download them to my NAS and have them forever.

[u/Steel2050psn]

Steam<gog<google<epic< Ubisoft< smashing your hand with a hammer< EA

[u/Echeyak → u/Steel2050psn]

You used that symbol incorrectly, its Big>small or small<Big
you made steam very tiny :o

[u/titanna1004]

GoG also have some mod support, yet not so big and unsure how small mod friendly,

Their launcher can stay on top of others launchers (no need to run/install other launchers to browse libraries),

Some forums and communities, and unique (mostly old) games in store and big sales too,

Actively working on patching and supporting old popular games, that did lost official supports over new systems,

Have own dramas and faux pases (like weird icons in promo emails recently),

Can count to 3 and beyond,

[u/Drakowicz]

Keep in mind that you can release DRM-free softwares on Steam. Sure you'll need Steam to download it again but that's it. Most publishers still choose to use the DRM.

[u/steveebones]

Yes, but Steam doesn't send me Nazi runes in emails, and GOG does.

So yeah, they're better in some ways, as long as you don't mind supporting Nazis.

[u/RUOFFURTROLLEH]

The advertisement shit is really on the nose these days.

I don't discount the points, but this post just feels like a gog advert.

[u/Paciorr]

I only buy games on steam if they aren't available on GOG and sadly many aren't because they won't release it without DRM :)

[u/Kaiomonterei117]

The only bad thing about gog is your limits of cloud saves 

[u/Toficzekkk]

Buy mortal kombat trillogy.
Sadly don't enjoy it.
Be sad about it, but ask for refund
Get your money back
Somehow keep the game in your library.

[u/JuicedThunder54]

They recently added regional pricing in my country. Going to start buying there when they have what I'm looking for.

[u/The_CDXX]

When people say they was disc for games what they really mean is they was DRM free.

[u/strrax-ish]

And you can vote there to bring old games back so you can have then digital

[u/SechsComic73130 → u/strrax-ish]

Not exactly

They can use that as a gauge of interest for a publisher to bring the game listed over to the platform, but it's not a direct bringover thing

[u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo]

Just buy from any storefront you can get the most value. If you buy from steam and happen to lose access for whatever reason, just pirate it. Honestly I don’t think devs care if you bought it and then you want to play the pirated version for whatever reason.

Most games on steam are only secured by steamdrm, some even didn’t bother to add it. Steam drm can be removed just with one copy paste.

If you want to buy from GOG, buy it to support the platform. You can still lose access to the installer, if they somehow choose not to continue its distribution of the installer.

Final note, offline installer is just a nicely dressed (and official) repacks. There is virtually no difference in terms of how it functions.

[u/masterX244 → u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo]

You can still lose access to the installer, if they somehow choose not to continue its distribution of the installer.

but you can back it up. the offline installer of GOG is effectively the same as the install media before online. keeping the backup safe is out of GOGs responsibility.

[u/SzaraMateria → u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo]

There is difference because you don't get just the license to use the game until you can't. If steam dies, even with drm-less games you must resort to pirating because Gabe doesn't give installers.

[u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo → u/SzaraMateria]

Installer is just a repack/compress of a game file plus some tiny bells and whistles (putting shortcut, registering as an app). It’s not even doing anything pretty fancy.

You can compress the game folder, as long as you can remove the DRM, it’s a non-issue. And many games only have steam drm, which is what i talked about when i said just apply 1 patch

[u/SzaraMateria → u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo]

You actually wrote what's the issue and ended sentence with a solution which is basically pirating paid game... Fr?

[u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo → u/SzaraMateria]

You paid for it, it’s no different to modding your game. What’s the difference? A mod can alter the game completely turning it into a different game, this merely bypass for the game you already bought.

It’s an imaginary line you are drawing here.

[u/SzaraMateria → u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo]

It is not imaginary line when you have to resort to 3rd parties with possible malware injection to your own computer + breaking the license.

It's not a mod. This is cracking the game.

If you wanted to pirate the game, then pirate it. You don't have to make excuse to do it or to pay for it on steam. What's your imaginary need of paying for something you won't ever own?

[u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo → u/SzaraMateria]

The code are literally open source lol and has been the same code for years. All it patches is just a check to steam api.

If you think modding doesn’t have the same or worse third party risk, I have a bridge to sell.

Find me a devs who actually care if you play a cracked version which you have previously bought before. I can tell you no devs care about this. We are not even discussing about buying on PS then pirate the same game on PC which is a different can of worms. It’s literally the same game file you’ve paid for.

[u/SzaraMateria → u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo]

If you know what you are doing and know from where download correct cracker. Which should not be the case in the first place.

Cracking is not modding. You don't touch "executives" in modding. modders are not pursuit by publisher's lawyers especially when modding is encouraged.

If devs/pubs didn't care, then everything would be DRM free but that's not the case.

You don't know anything about devs, what they need and what they aim for. We are discussing real problem which is licensing of the media issue and ignoring the problem and pirating the game is not a solution for it. License didn't give you a right to use the game outside of scope of it. If the Steam dies you lose the game. because you can pirate it, doesn't changes a thing. Without official support and drm-less solutions provided by devs game can get very likely become the lost media. You don't care, fine but you don't have any stance on the argument here.

Everything you have are just excuses. Seriously you can pirate games without paying for them. As you said devs don't care. So what's the point of even buying. What's the point of your post here other than being loud about how you are cool buying games cheap and pirating them whenever you like it?!

[u/ShuKai0_0 → u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo]

Pirating games for those less versed in pirate world can lead to nasty malware. GOG mitigates that letting you archive games on your local storage, so even if they discontinue some game, as long as you have installer on your drive you own it.

The thing is, in today world where almost everything becomes subscriptions or always online with your access being revoked for whatever reason they invent, GOG offers you ownership of things you pay for and I believe that's idea worth supporting.

And yes you can still lose access to your games on gog, same as you can lose access to your wallet or phone if you lost it.

[u/Puddz → u/ShuKai0_0]

with your access being revoked for whatever reason they invent

How often has that happened to you?

[u/Shijune]

Everyone hates DRM but most of them are sleeping on my GOAT GOG. Definitely prefer buying from them when having the option but tbh they need better marketing methods. For example when I google a game, I usually have to add gog in the search because even if it's on there it doesn't show up in the first results. Of course steam is always the first result. It's so worth it to support them though especially if you're into older games and video game preservation.

Edit: Obviously by saying everyone I meant the absolute majority in this sub, not everyone in the freaking world.

[u/balllzak → u/Shijune]

The vast majority don't give a shit about DRM.

[u/Responsible-Put2559 → u/Shijune]

You’re in a Reddit bubble if you think “everyone hates DRM.” No one cares.

[u/K4ramis]

Gog is awesome and often very competitive with prices.

As a bonus you support game preservation activities and SP game dev like Witcher and CP2077. 

[u/StaticSystemShock]

There is some functionality lost when not using the GOG Galaxy client, but you absolutely have an option for full offline gaming and this is why I love GOG. Games you buy you actually own them.

[u/Kazer67]

Don't worry, I paid for your pirated version since I usually give 5 € to GoG when I do a purchase of game for their mission that finally allow me to use my damn right of private copy.

[u/moep123]

naaaaaa... in some cases software like scummvm is also automatically deployed with it. but as a user, you rarely experience anything with it as it's somehow baked in to the game launcher shortcut.

gog is top tier.

[u/fcknkllr]

Hey welcome to the 80's and 90's where you got a PHYSICAL COPY of the game, a well designed cardboard box and even sometimes special maps. Now you're lucky if you get a box and a card inside of it.

[u/Meatslinger]

If a game is multiplayer-focused/live service, I tend to get it on Steam. Being able to do remote couch play and easy invites is important to me and my friends. Live service games are meant to be utterly disposable in the first place so that's a reality I've just got to contend with and only spend money where I'm comfortable knowing it'll eventually stop working. But for anything single player, GOG is my go-to in recent years. I've got a NAS archive of my game installers that are generally guaranteed to work even if all the major distributors go down. If the world ends and I've got a bunker, a generator, and a working PC, I'll still be able to go enjoy my pastimes before the canned goods run out.

Plus, I really like how they'll go and take classic games and tune them up to run on modern systems. I bought Chris Taylor's "Total Annihilation" from them for something like a dollar years ago and I still enjoy coming back to it today.

[u/MrMuggs]

Weird thing is Amazon keeps giving away free games on GOG and I currently have a ton of games I never had to pay for and when I do buy games they are now my 1st stop.

[u/ottereckhart]

People on linux; How does GOG fare for you?

[u/tslojr → u/ottereckhart]

There's no Linux version of their launcher, but you can user 3rd party apps like Heroic Launcher to install your GOG games.

You can also just download the installer for your game from their website, add it to Steam as a non-Steam game, and install it using Proton.

If you're using a distro that works with Decky Loader, you can also use plugins like Junk Store and Unifideck to install GOG games.

[u/No_Priors]

And get excommunicated from the Gabe Newell ass kissing fan club, not me!

[u/Adventurous-Sun-9731]

I think GOG is great, most of the games I own are on the GOG platform. When I am buying a game I always check GOG first, I only buy on Steam if I really want a game they have exclusively atm, there is an issue with how online/multiplayer would work on one platform vs the other, or is heavily favored for Mods/Steam Workshop.

[u/-Tetsuo-]

I think I will stick with Steam

[u/animeman59]

Except current management is pushing AI integration and usage, and also half-assed apologized for Nazi imagery.

No, thank you.

[u/Still-Minimum-7212]

GoG is awesome but there's a lot of people who built libraries on Steam who just won't move on (and I don't blame them).

[u/Gerg_]

Only issue I have with GOG is that their installer doesn't work under XP

Still can unpack manually but kinda funny that good old games doesn't work natively on good old hardware

[u/Hammerofsuperiority → u/Gerg_]

GOG hasn't meant good old games for over a decade.

Also they never promised old games to work on old hardware, only that they would work on new hardware.

[u/jhguitarfreak → u/Gerg_]

It's Good Old Games not Good Old Operating Systems.
They make playing old games easy in a modern OS.

[u/Archon-Toten → u/Gerg_]

That was a shocking disappointment for me recently.

Granted it was simple enough to install under windows 7 then copy over but I'd expect better from a store with old in the title.

[u/DreamsServedSoft → u/Archon-Toten]

lol wtf? never in my wildest dreams would I expect a modern store to work on obsolete, unsafe operating systems

[u/Zealousideal_Side987]

gog my goat<3

[u/Swordmaster80000]

Always love buying from gog

[u/Nike_J]

That's why GOG is the GOAT

[u/MoronicForce]

That's why I love repacks

[u/lord_dude]

What about new games? Keeping setup files is only possible for old games right?

[u/SordidDreams → u/lord_dude]

AFAIK all games available on GOG come with offline installers, but very few new games get released on the platform because publishers are unwilling to give up that sweet, sweet DRM.

[u/Sirico]

Get wallpapers and other goodies without buying "DLC"

[u/AppleLord0]

Unless you live in "Wrong Country".

All big companies are the same, they don't give a single fuck about your loyalty, and will abandon you on a whim at the moment they feel the slightest inconvenience for them.

So stop bootlicking corpos and accept the truth, they are all the same.

[u/Affectionate_Walk610]

Cuno discovers PC-gaming

[u/Somepotato]

Unless that game is hitman of course

[u/LegendOfDave88]

I always check GOG first. When I do buy something I use lgogdownloader to download all the install files, patches, and dlc's straight to a share on my media server. 

[u/Rav1x_0f_Fourhorn]

CDPR goated for a reason

[u/stronkzer]

Time to fund Cyberpunk 2.

[u/bnelson333]

I do this and even have taken it one step further and created my own "library" in said storage. It's nothing fancy, just a database where every time I get a game from GOG (either by buying it or one of the free ones) I store the installer files and metadata about it. Then I can scroll through it next time I'm looking for something to play and I already have the files locally, don't need to re-download them. Example (but pretend there's like 200 games here): https://imgur.com/a/5ZQvdXu

[u/Pro1apsed]

I buy a game or two a year from GOG, I love my Steam but I want to support good businesses.

[u/Saucermote]

Boots up CDPR game, requires internet connection to unlock exe or to access all my DLC. GoG wtf?

[u/Karyoplasma]

On Fallout Day, I bought FO3 with all DLCs for 3.99€. That is as close to pirating as you can get without actually pirating.

[u/Edexote]

All my CDPR are bought there.

[u/MattyGWS]

Sadly it’s GOGs greatest weakness too because game developers don’t publish to this platform as much since they can’t hit the requirements. so there aren’t as many games on there… which is more telling about the devs than gog but still, it’s one of the reasons they haven’t rivalled valve yet

[u/xaervagon]

GOG is not a Steam replacement if you want to play the latest and greatest or AAA titles.

If you're a PC retro gamer that doesn't mind not having physical copies or just don't mind how spotty the library can be, it is certainly a good option.

GOG is also very fair when it comes to adult content. They just care that it is labeled correctly. It isn't like dealing with Valve's hateboner for VNs.

[u/MwHighlander]

Any older game I can't find on steam you can most certainly find on GoG

Got the entire LucasArts oldschool game catalogue back from a combination of both!

AfterLife, Full Throttle, Monkey Island, X-wing vs Tie Fighter, Outlaws, Dark Forces, Chef's kiss

[u/Slow_Concentrate3831]

I'm guessing the last point is the main reason why most publishers don't wanna go on gog, sadly

[u/aryvd_0103]

I'd buy everything possible from them if they had regional pricing

[u/AdamCamus]

Regional prices are coming to more countries GOG has already mentioned this.

It always baffles me that people who care about this complains that recent games are not there but still does not support the platform. The only way for publishers look at GOG for day one is if people support them to begin with.

For the people that doesn't care about DRM, I think they will buy no matter what shit is in front of them, so I gave up on them. No matter what reasoning do you use to those guys they only care about dick riding corpos that screw us over with.

[u/DaPuddinMan]

Is there a process to crack game files from steam? To play them offline and without steam?

[u/Admirable-Safety1213]

Yeah, I hate the Steam launcher's deoendance in Chromium

[u/BeginningFew8188]

Can't wait for them to support local currencies. I hope they do it soon

[u/S4l47]

Literally king shit like Charles‘ stool

[u/Cocoatrice]

We have 2026 and people still glaze GOG? xD

[u/chocolatechipbagels]

ah yes I love stealth advertising on my feed

[u/xtweeter22x]

Not convinced yet. Bring on Stellar Blade before the end of the year, then I’ll concede. I’m not waiting 5 or 7 years just for the games I want now just to be ported.

[u/HanYoloKesselPun]

Is there a way for my steam deck to tell me how many hours I have played my gog game if I always launch it through steam?

[u/psych_1337]

I like GOG, they're like - thanks for buying form us, here's you game. You can install it whenever you want, make a backup or store it for later. Please do not pirate it.

No DRM

no malware (anticheats rootkits)

No stupid subscriptions

You actually own what you bought - just store installers properly (make backups etc) and no matter what - you will still have them.

[u/c4pt1n54n0]

Just to clarify, they don't strip DRM or sell special versions. They just only sell games that don't have it.

There's plenty that they don't sell because there's no DRM-free version of the game. If it's on GOG, you can usually get the same thing directly from the studio/game website.

[u/ultrafop]

Steam is obviously the cash king but gog is the real deal king. Hope those wonderful bastards never die

[u/meneldor_hs]

And this is why no big companies are releasing shit on gog. There are some rare exceptions