It's been a good year at GOG for buying games ... at least for me ... and it's not quite half over yet.

This is despite the complaints by some about not enough AAA games or not enough Indie games (or too many), or too many Erotic (porn) games or too many Anime games, or games ignored or denied by GOG ... supposedly.

Personally I think there has been quite a good mix, missing desirable games aside.

I've certainly bought a lot this year so far, with my library now saying 1860 games ... that is since 1st May 2017.

Hell, I eventually bought CHASM: The Rift, when it dropped to a half reasonable price. Still waiting for many others to follow suit. I paid more for that game than I ideally wanted to, and for some of the other games I bought, some of which weren't any cheaper than they had been before in sales, some slightly more. What can I say, sometimes I am a mood buyer.

And now I've just bought the Yakuza collection and a few others.

Of course, my game buying decision method no doubt differs to some, where I only buy at what seems like a fair enough price to me. This means, sales are where I buy most of my games.

I can understand, that if you are rich enough or desperate enough, you probably just buy a game when you want it, and are rarely if ever concerned about price. That might mean you don't feel the same as me about it being a good year.

For me, it is not just about new releases at GOG, but about great discounts on older releases here too.

While I am sure some won't feel the same way as me, plenty of others no doubt do.

To each their own, but BIG THANKS GOG. :)
Long Live GOG!

Same here.

If you think about it: selling DRM-free offline installers as a game store is a brave idea. But it works and there is a proof: GOG still exists.

Thanks for supporting GOG's mission with this topic :)

IMO since Skyrim and Shadow of Mordor released, the quality of GOG releases has indeed increased -- with the Yakuza games even being a strong and currently on-going series!

While there are many AAA publishers who seemingly have no more interest in releasing here, I am heartened that it seems GOG has started actively rattling cages and trying hard to get the most-wanted released here... with some results. I hope this continues; I certainly would like to do most of my game acquisitions on a DRM-free store (GOG).

And I do see the beginnings of GOG cleaning up their application and curation process (and hopefully working on visibility as well). I hope this will allow for indie devs to better understand GOG's processes and overall add up to a greater number of quality indie titles releasing here.

There are quite a number of both AAA and indie games -- previously-released elsewhere - that I would like to see on GOG...

... but it does feel like current GOG is working hard behind-the-scenes to improve releases. After a dry spell it seems like releases are indeed improving. Let's hope this continues!

So far I haven't bought a single game on GOG this year. Unless they release something like Star Trek Borg or Battle for Middle-Earth, there's a good chance I won't for the rest of the year either.

The only one suffering here is my wallet! Long live to DRM Free, thanks GOG :D

I totally disagree with the thread title and premise of the OP.

Halfway through the year and literally the only notable releases so far were Dawn of War and the Yakuza games.

Except Dawn of War is gimped with no Crossplay, therefore that game is not even worth buying on GOG.

And other than those few releases, it's been the usual absolute drought, with very few to zero top tier games being released on GOG, and with the typical frequency of rarely to never.

Show me a year where there is at least one top tier premium game released on GOG every single month, and then that would be a "good year at GOG for games." But such a year does not actually exist, and 2023 is not that year either.

Good year at Good Old Game for games.

I disagree with a certain user, there've been quite a few game releases this year that are noteworthy, I don't mean based on my personal opinion, but measured in sales numbers.

DREDGE, Age of Wonders 4, the original Doom 3, System Shock to name a few.

I'm tired of seeing that line posted over and over.
Most times i cba to reply, but ill take drm free over lack of crossplay any day of the week, month or year.

Well as they say, it is always going to be subjective, so personal.

It's been a great year for me with GOG, as I said earlier ... and no doubt for many other customers.

I also went beyond just new releases and focused on discounts for games that have been here a while.

At the end of the day, it is always going to be about the personality of the customer and what pleases them, how much variety there is in their tastes, and how much they have already acquired at GOG ... for some, money has been no object, and so it is not really waiting for discounts for them, just all about new releases. And of course, some just have very limited tastes ... mine are quite broad.

Damn .... you got my hopes up. ha ha ha ha

Yes hopefully we will get some lovely surprises. :)

I've mostly had good years with GOG, but then unlike you, I only started being a customer here in 2017, so I've had to do a significant catchup. GOG were in a bit of a slump a couple of years back, which I blame on COVID and Cyberpunk 2077 ... as it seemed to me resources were diverted away from the store to help with that game, especially for the release date.

I've re-bought a lot of games at GOG, that I had on disc. I've been quite strict with how much I will pay for a game, especially if I already own it on disc or at another store. At the same time I have expanded my tastes significantly ... seeing that as a form of growth ... expanding the mind etc.

For me sometimes, it is with a sense of wonder that GOG yet again have discounts on something I am interested in, and it always seems like few days go by where I aren't purchasing a game or DLC at GOG or even just grabbing a Demo or Prologue. Hell at some point early this year, I crossed the 1800 library entries line at GOG, and now I seem to be fast approaching 1900 entries.

There has also been quite a few free games this year already. And while I miss out sometimes because I already have the game, I am surprised at how often I don't miss out. It is almost like they check my list, and then say to each other - Timboli doesn't have this one, lets make that free .... ha ha ha.

Not always the case though, and in the last few years they released something decent for free that I don't have, just when I am away on holiday and not able to use the web for a few days while traveling across country ... happened three years in a row now for me. Then there is the odd free game only available for 24 hours, and I came back in something like 26 hours and so missed it.

Oh well, that's life, and I really shouldn't complain, as I have more games now than you can poke a stick at ... set for life really ... or what is likely to remain of it, and in good enough health to play games or want to.

Proverbially, you're not supposed to count your blessings, but it can be a good exercise.

We do alright.