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Game devs praise Steam as a 'democratic platform' that 'continues to be transformative' for PC gaming today (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] MantidSys@kbin.social 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are games with no DRM at all on Steam as well, it's up to the developer.

See also: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world -4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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.