I only buy games that are not cross-platformed DRM free humble/gog games for steam and will re-buy a game from my steam library once it makes it to gog...I even have a steam category called De-Steamed/Gogged...

But I NEVER purchase any steam game below at least 70% off...Worse comes to worse, I'll gladly pirate denuvo-infected titles I've inadvertently purchased as I've been locked out of my games before!...Looking at you Just cause 3/MadMax/Rise of the Tomb Raider/MGS 5...

I haven't bought any computer games at all between Sims2 and the day I found GOG. Securom was installed on my computer behind my back and it cost a lot of money and time for me to get it completely removed, and I had to buy a new DVD burner because Securom killed it and it wouldn't even work if I moved it to a different computer. I was very upset about how I was punished for being an honest customer. That's the only thing DRM does: punishes you for not being a pirate.

Even if Steam were to be the only place in the universe to get my favourite games, I will not go there. I won't even take free games from Steam. No DRM and no renting for me, please. I'm a collector and I care about my stuff. I don't want it to be sneakily damaged and I don't want to run the risk of suddenly losing what I bought, or having it changed which Steam can do since the games never leave their control, unlike with GOG where you can download the game and then it is yours forever and will stay clean :)

This. I proudly boycott Steam and all other forms of clients to play games/DRM/renting/games as service. If it wasn't for GOG, my PC gaming would be limited to Solitaire and Minesweeper! That's how strong I feel about this! :)

I have never installed Steam on any of my computers, even though I was big fan of Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, at the time, when Steam hit the web for the first time. When PC games started to be Steam Exclusive, I have completely stopped buying PC games, and started to buy them again when GoG came to the world.

Same with all other online only DRM services.

*From the perspective of ~1900 games on Steam and ~1400 on GOG - as well as titles on Origin / uPlay / Battle.net and other services.*

I do not.

Why should I limit the titles available to me?

If games come out at the same time on GOG and Steam/Origin/whatever. I will favour buying them here. I will also repurchase games on GOG that I have previously bought elsewhere (curse Connect in this regard - releases on there usually appear after I have re-purchased the title).

The simple fact is though that GOG ultimately is NOT going to make a significant difference in developers / publishers minds about DRM - and I don't see why I should miss out on games I want to play.

I avoid Steam.
Whenever I can.
Sadly, that's not always the case.

Boycott would be too strong a word. I boycott Electronic Arts and Ubisoft out of principle, but given the crap they release these days, that's about as hard as abstaining from eating roadkill. I also boycott Activision/Blizzard, but again, their focus is on colourful multiplayer skinner-boxes, which I can quite frankly do without.

If I can get a title on GOG, I will. If I can get hold of a DRM-free version on Humble or Itch.io, I'll take that instead of the steam version. I have no love for Steam's "community" features (seriously, nearly all steam forums seem to be steaming toxic shitholes populated by screaming and raging manchildren), their idiotic trading cards, emotes, paid backgrounds, I-can't-believe-it's-not-pachinko-style resale of digital items for money (or at least "store credit"), the sad excuse for a storefront they call the steam store or their obtrusive POS client.

But Steam's portfolio is pervasive. While it's not quite the only platform around anymore, they still have pretty much everything that gets published these days.
There are titles, like say, the upcoming Monster Hunter: World, that I want to play, come hell or high water, DRM and Steam bloatware be damned. But those titles are rare, and few and far inbetween.

Hell, if a game is good enough and gets re-released on GOG, I'll probably rebuy it.
Sadly, some things like the GOG version of Dragon's Dogma turned out to be a bit of a letdown due to infrastructure issues, and there's always the issue with Devs that can't be arsed to keep their games updated across all of their distribution platforms. The latter is especially infuriating.

And then there's certain sales. If I can get something decent for a fiver or a tenner, I'll probably bite the bullet, play through it on steam once or twice, and then uninstall the entire shebang along with the client. The original Dark Souls was one such title, got it for a tenner, enjoyed it tremendously.

I prefer going DRM-less. But at the end of the day, my hobby is playing games, and I prefer to pay for the stuff I'm using. I'd rather not play a title rather than pirating it. If it's good enough to play, then it's good enough to pay the piper.

In a perfect world, I'd skip the middleman, pay the developer what it's worth, and enjoy the game, but this world is anything but. I'm no saint, I'm no hero, I'm just a player of games. If it interests me, I will play it, and I'm willing to jump a few extra hoops, but I'm not about to martyr myself for a lofty ideal.

I've avoided Steam wherever possible. I acquired some free games on Steam, but no substantial purchases. Grim Dawn
is one example where I was asked to buy the steam version to play with my Pro-Steam friends, but I ended up buying the GOG version and finding a way to connect both versions together via GOG Galaxy & Tungle.

I'm hoping that GOG will get RWBY and the two Sword Art Online games soon. It is hard to determine which is worse, buying on Steam or waiting for GOG. Right now, I'll continue to wait.

I've mentioned this before but just to recap:

The library's internet connection has the Steam DRM verification servers blocked. I can't get games verified over there.

Yes, I can jump thru hoops, fire up the proxy and run it thru that but the library's IT has previously blocked IP addresses used for proxying if I use them enough times and I would rather save them for when I need to look up something to help a paying client over trying to get a game installed. The library blocks many 0day, hacking, and security information websites, unless they're run my an official security company that you have to pay for access and are months out of date.

I'm not a great MP fan, but I just googled Tuungle (that's what it's really called) and I think it should get more exposure if it really works.

If you have experience with it, please make a thread on the general forums here and explain how it works. I think a lot of people would appreciate it.

Almost! xD

https://www.tunngle.net/en/

Argh... tired...

I don't do steam. Too big, no customer service, you don't really own your games, you can't review your games without publisher getting last word (On your won opinion - obviously letting the publisher comment on your own opinion is confrontational). I don't touch steam anymore.

Do you have a family, wife, kids?
I've found my hatred of DRM to have grown over the last years because how badly it effects gaming in our family.

So yeh I boycott I steam. Sure I miss out on a lot of games, but I don't have to jump through Valve's hoops to let my kids play my games.

If you find yourself forced to you could create a new account for every game you buy, that way they'll never conflict with someone else playing them.