This is the suggestion that my wife made. It's actually a good compromise for most users.

You'd be surprised at how many adults act like those some minors playing pubg.

As far as I'm aware, the hiding feature GOG already offers should work great and pass on to launchers. Heroic hasn't shown me any games I decided to hide and I will double check it later. But really, if the issue is "launchers show hidden games"... well guess what? USE THESE LAUNCHERS. Even Galaxy gives you the ability to make "bookmarks" which show specific games of your choice, by genre or by tag or whatever IIRC.

Steam can pull off game deletion because they don't frankly give a shit if some idiot badmouths them for using the feature irresponsibly, that and the feature itself is not as accessible, requiring a few steps and going out of their comfort zone (which nearly 95% of the userbase don't have the brain cells to do so). GOG on the other hand doesn't have the luxury of having so many people claiming they suck because of how they handle game deletions, and allowing streamlined game deletions will definitely open a whole can of worms.

You're better off asking support if you want the offending game off your library and see what options they can give you, but I don't think it should be a streamlined feature. It's not worth the trouble.

I think you should just not use stupid launchers, problem solved.
In the gog website account page you can not only hide games you can also set a tag, easy and simple solution (not even supported by their own stupid launcher gog galaxy LOL).
launcher are stupid shit, do not use stupid shit.


https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/import_tags_from_our_existing_library_on_the_website_and_previous_gog_versions

I agree, but If you're using Linux It's a lot easier to install GOG/Windows games by using launchers such as Lutris, PlayOnLinux and Heroic Launcher. Only a small selection of GOG games have Linux installers.

Before yo start your topics, do you have a BIG think first, and then also do a forum search?

This topic has been discussed here many times.

And really, with a bit of thinking, following the logic, you could no doubt sufficiently answer your query yourself.

Start with thinking about all the possible ramifications.
And also reason, where GOG would offer that option, if it was not an issue.

Anyway, last I heard, GOG if convinced enough can do it on request. They would of course warn you that it would be final, and that in 5 years time for instance, you cannot change your mind and want the game back, despite the fact you actually paid for it here once. You also would not get any refund or discount.

GOG would also need to cover themselves for basic commercial laws etc, likely to be different in different regions.

So if you really feel the need, just hide the damn game. Is that once every five or so years?

And that's what you get by using Galaxy, I presume ... probably in the wrong way.
You must also be using automation, and having Galaxy install all your games ... ridiculous. Just install each game as you need to ... better still, use GOG properly and use the Offline Installers.

Instead of criticism of GOG, you should be having a good look at yourself, and your perceived notions and behavior.

Honestly ......

P.S. This is the first time in all these years, that I've seen this particular reinstall.complaint by any of GOG's many customers. That should tell you something. ;)

Doesn't really work with any game that has been delisted between its deletion and the customer having changed their mind, in fact the hide feature could be the only fool-proof way of ensuring that GOG can legally let customers to regain access to their games in such cases.

I find it funny that you tell me that I should check the forum to see if this has been discussed before, but it's pretty obvious that you didn't actually read my posts discussing the issue. You're just complaining for the sake of complaining.

You also said that instead of criticising GOG, I should have a good look at myself? What the hell are you talking about? I wasn't criticising GOG, I was simply making a suggestion that GOG should add a 'delete games' feature. The only people getting needlessly triggered by this suggestion are people like you. Seriously, this has been a basic feature on Steam for years now, so there's literally no reason why GOG couldn't implement it. Not everyone is afraid of change like you.

Heck...

Anyway, i know a solution: Just create a new account every year and buy all games that are "clean" another time... now the account will be clean for another year until it is full of trash again; repeat!

I am sure everyone is happy after!

The only thing close to a deletion I want is a BLOCK in SoulCalibur IV of the Star Wars characters on the fighter selection screen. Oh and GOG doesn't sell it and they can't effect it. My point is why is this a thing? Just have people hide the game.

I use Lutris with my gog account as each game is automatically configured when installing, it just makes it easier.

You can use offline exe files and not have your account attached but you sometimes need to adjust the runner options & settings manually to get some games running.

Will it not reconize the game even if you use an offline installer?

Yes there is an option to install from offline exe files but you have to configure each game manually and it may need some tweaking to run.

when you use the online installers it uses auto scripts from the Lutris Database to setup the games. There are also mod options for some games such as Blood Omen & Diablo to enhance them even more.

Well, that's a problem with Lutris, it should let you decide to use auto scripts by selecting the game from a list even when you use offline installer.

Exactly. we're all grown adults, aren't we? If I can manage $50K+ in revenues daily in my professional life, then surely I can be responsible for what goes in and out of my $2K > game library. It's an optional service that most people here can choose to use or not, can be regulated with 2FA + passwords per delete, given 1-2 deletes per day limit, and will not strain support if they have a disclaimer about being unable to revive games that were already deleted before.