community I want to buy more games on gog, but since I have seen other users say that they have problems with DRM and gog galaxy 2.0 and they do not give them the proper support, I wonder if it is worth buying on this platform in the future, because if it is So. What difference will there be with Steam in the future?

In my opinion as a loyal customer who feels "burned" by GOG's direction over the recent years, I posit it is not worth buying much on this platform now, let alone the future. I care deeply about DRM-free gaming and never wanted anything to do with the increasingly NOT-optional client Galaxy. The point of GOG is DRM-free offline installers.

My personal recommendation to someone who cares about DRM-free gaming and doesn't want to use a client is to consider smaller DRM-free stores, though the downside is that said stores tend to have worse selection or only cater to specific niches of gaming which may not interest you. But maybe with more support that will change.

The particular smaller stores that I have in mind (and which we are no longer allowed to link to on this forum, otherwise I wouldn't be so coy talking about them) are purely DRM-free without exceptions, unlike GOG which has content and modes locked behind the so-called "optional" Galaxy client in several games.

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Yes, Galaxy will probably be with GOG for the future. I highly doubt they will remove their DRM free offline installers. Which play big role with customers picking GOG.

I would just buy from GOG. If anything does happen, you will have those offline DRM free installers. I do hope you backup them all up.

This coming from man with enough games from GOG to last my lifetime. Haha

By buying a game on GOG and downloading the provided offline DRM-free installer, you do get a future-proof copy of the game. It will still be installable and playable even if GOG closes down or turns even more towards DRM. The good thing about this is that you do not even need to trust future GOG, as long as present GOG is providing you the DRM-free installer you want.

Remember that if you do not download the DRM-free offline installers, you need to trust future GOG. This would not be the smartest move.

The best way to ensure that these DRM-free installers keep being provided is by not using Galaxy, no matter the incentives GOG is trying to throw at us. And by refusing to buy any game that has some content tied to Galaxy use or any other form of DRM.

If the games you want as they stand NOW interests you, then buy. Download the offline installers. Keep a copy of your purchases. Update those installers with caution.

If in the future GOG disappoints you or starts failing, then turn away from it then. When that happens then you've still got those installers, yeah?

OK, so which are they? You can say what they are without linking to them, so there's no need to hide behind being coy. If you're going to say the usual ones like Itch, those are not purely DRM-free.

While I'd agree GOG has releases which have gated content, I hope you're not comparing apples with oranges. Saying that "another store" has all DRM-free titles might be factually correct, but that's not necessarily impressive in comparison to GOG unless they have DRM-free versions of the titles GOG featured gated content with.

I'm not in the slightest defending GOG's asinine decisions to allow gated SP content. No, not at all. But I have to call into question lauding one store over another if their catalogue isn't the same at all. I'll be more interested when they offer a title gated on GOG but fully DRM-free on theirs.

I was erring on the side of caution, but I suppose you're right. Places I had in mind here were Zoom-Platform, JAST USA, Kagura Games, Fireflower Games. There are also individual studios like Soldak Entertainment where one can essentially buy from a specific developer.

I agree itch is not a purely DRM-free store. Though there are many DRM-free games there, the fact that one does have to "research" means it's not really better on a macro level than GOG's various client/online requirements in some games. There is some overlap in stores; particularly with Zoom-Platform. For a time, there were sequels only available there yet not on GOG, despite GOG having some entries of a series. Iirc, I had read somewhere that GOG had rejected Konung 3 despite having 1 and 2, though I believe it did eventually arrive here. There are some Men of War/Commando game sequels still there DRM-free but not on GOG.

You do have a point of course. To me that is why it is so important GOG doesn't slide further away from what I consider actual DRM-free gaming. None of these other stores are releasing Skyrim.

As for "gated," it's not quite how you mean it, but JAST USA has an uncensored version of Full Metal Daemon: Muramasa whereas the GOG version is apparently censored, with the patch reportedly not doing anything to restore certain scenes. I believe The Dead End has an uncensored version/added patch on Kagura Games but the GOG version lacks this. This may be "cheating" your point but Zoom-Platform has Aliens vs. Predator Classic 2000 which doesn't require the Galaxy client for multiplayer there as the multiplayer appears to be stripped out, to the best of my understanding.

Edit: clarity