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Connect your Steam account and grow or jumpstart your GOG.com library.


UPDATE: Last chance to grab your games from the original list! Make sure to get them until June 8, 12:59 PM UTC.

Want more games? We've got more games! Three new titles are now available through GOG Connect:

- Kona
- Defender's Quest
- Door Kickers

You can get them until June 13, 1:59 PM UTC.



Today, we're launching a new program called <span class="bold">GOG Connect</span>. The premise is simple: connect your Steam account and add your eligible games to your GOG.com library.

Whether you're checking us out for the first time or have been with us for a while, <span class="bold">GOG Connect</span> gets you DRM-free versions of your games, digital extras, and a whole lot of freedom of choice (like whether you go with the GOG Galaxy client or not). It gets you our take on game ownership, and we say: why buy the games more than once?

Thanks to our awesome partners including Deep Silver, Harebrained Schemes, Jonathan Blow's Number None, TaleWorlds and more, you can now add more than 20 games to your GOG.com library if you previously purchased them on Steam.

The full list of games will always be available on connect.gog.com, starting with these and more:

- The Witness
- FTL: Faster Than Light
- The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut
- Galactic Civilizations 3
- Trine Enchanted Edition
- Saints Row 2
- Shadowrun Returns
- The Witcher: Enhanced Edition


While <span class="bold">GOG Connect</span> will stick around, the available games will come and go. These are limited-time offers made possible by participating developers and publishers, so stay tuned as we bring new titles onboard in the future (and grab your copies before they go away)!


For a bit more library-building, a bunch of our favorite titles will also be discounted up to -85% all week long, including The Witness, Saints Row: The Third, System Shock 2 and more. You can check out all the deals here. The sale will last until June 6, 12:59 PM UTC.
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omega64: Ask the developer/publisher.
They have to give permission.
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Vainamoinen: Wow, yes, what an excellent idea.

Let's harass the shit out of each and every developer to participate in GOG Connect i. e. make them demand free keys from GOG, which don't get a dime out of the whole shebang. That may be how the whole scheme turns out eventually anyway. :|
I just meant posting it here on the forum won't really do much. :P
That might be how it turns out, we'll see.
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omega64: Ask the developer/publisher.
They have to give permission.
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Vainamoinen: Wow, yes, what an excellent idea.

Let's harass the shit out of each and every developer to participate in GOG Connect i. e. make them demand free keys from GOG, which don't get a dime out of the whole shebang. That may be how the whole scheme turns out eventually anyway. :|
They're already well used to that from people asking for Steam keys no doubt.
Ist not working for me. Accounts are connected, i own Two Worlds Epic Edition on Steam, but GoG Connect cant find it.
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mechmouse: If VALVe black listed GoG with out reason, it would be underhanded, immoral and may even be illegal. If it was illegal, GoG would have to take VALVe to court, and VALVe have very expensive lawyers.
Well, if there's no contract between Valve and GOG, and if GOG unilaterally makes use of Steam's storefront API, then blacklisting wouldn't be illegal. Therein lies the problem.
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omega64: Ask the developer/publisher.
They have to give permission.
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Vainamoinen: Wow, yes, what an excellent idea.

Let's harass the shit out of each and every developer to participate in GOG Connect i. e. make them demand free keys from GOG, which don't get a dime out of the whole shebang. That may be how the whole scheme turns out eventually anyway. :|
They don't need to make money out of it, you've already paid them for the game license.

As publishers already selling on GoG they support DRM free and believe in software licenses rather than VALVe's subscriptions, so it should not matter to them that you're requesting access to a non-steam version.
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mechmouse: As publishers already selling on GoG they support DRM free and believe in software licenses rather than VALVe's subscriptions
Legally there's really no difference between the GOG license and the Steam license...

And practically, if they value DRM-Free so much there's nothing stopping them from making the Steam copy as DRM-Free as GOG's copy, same as CDP did with the Witcher 3 for instance.
Post edited June 03, 2016 by Pheace
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mechmouse: If VALVe black listed GoG with out reason, it would be underhanded, immoral and may even be illegal. If it was illegal, GoG would have to take VALVe to court, and VALVe have very expensive lawyers.
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jamyskis: Well, if there's no contract between Valve and GOG, and if GOG unilaterally makes use of Steam's storefront API, then blacklisting wouldn't be illegal. Therein lies the problem.
The illegal act would be in discriminating solely against GoG. If a company offers an open service, but only blocks a competitor from access (with out valid grounds) then they may be acting in an anti-competitive manner.
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Vainamoinen: Wow, yes, what an excellent idea.

Let's harass the shit out of each and every developer to participate in GOG Connect i. e. make them demand free keys from GOG, which don't get a dime out of the whole shebang. That may be how the whole scheme turns out eventually anyway. :|
The same developers only really get most of their sales through steam, participating with gog connect really just make them more publicity.
Post edited June 03, 2016 by Zoidberg
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mechmouse: As publishers already selling on GoG they support DRM free and believe in software licenses rather than VALVe's subscriptions
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Pheace: Legally there's really no difference between the GOG license and the Steam license...

And practically, if they value DRM-Free so much there's nothing stopping them from making the Steam copy as DRM-Free as GOG's copy, same as CDP did with the Witcher 3 for instance.
Exactly.
It is VALVe. that takes you license and hides it behind their subscription.

If you punched Gabe in the Face and got your Steam account banned (yes there are other ways to get it banned) you couldn't access your games. You do however still own the licenses for those games and the right to play them, but you've lost access to the key to unlock them.

Part of my hatred towards VALVe comes from their absolute control and ability to abuse and ignore the EULA's of the game licenses you own.
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mechmouse: The illegal act would be in discriminating solely against GoG. If a company offers an open service, but only blocks a competitor from access (with out valid grounds) then they may be acting in an anti-competitive manner.
US law does not recognise discrimination per se against legal persons such as competitors, only against natural persons based on inherent properties.

And unless Valve has given the a-ok, GOG is already skirting close to the limits of what is allowed. From the Steam Web API Terms of Use:

2. ... You may not present the Steam Data (or permit the Steam Data to be presented) so that it appears (a) that your Application is endorsed or affiliated with Valve or Steam, or (b) to be available from a third party. ... (in and of itself a problem because GOG doesn't make clear that this isn't a joint venture between Valve and GOG - we're left to assume that based on our understanding of how the Steam Web API works)

4. Acceptable Use. You agree not to use the Steam Web API, Steam Data, or Valve Brand & Links in any way that is unlawful, or harms Valve, developers and publishers of games via Steam, their service providers, their suppliers, end users, or any other person. Further, pursuant to Section 11 below, Valve may terminate your use of the Steam Web API, Steam Data and Valve Brand & Links at any time in Valve's sole discretion. (Valve can interpret GOG Connect as the Web API being used to take market share away from Steam, which is ultimately the goal here).

Don't get me wrong, I think GOG Connect is awesome. But there seems to be plenty of scope for Valve to pull the rug from under GOG's feet here.

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Pheace: And practically, if they value DRM-Free so much there's nothing stopping them from making the Steam copy as DRM-Free as GOG's copy, same as CDP did with the Witcher 3 for instance.
In practical terms, the Steam client and service is designed to discourage backing-up of DRM-free games.

GOG lets you download a self-contained installer that you are explicitly told from the outset will work fully independently of the GOG service (barring any multiplayer functions that make use of the Galaxy API). Steam only gives you the option of installing the game directly, imposes upon you the duty of finding out whether the game is DRM-free in the first place by refusing to disclose that information, and makes the task of acquiring said DRM-free version much more of a chore than GOG.

Valve could quite easily add a "download standalone package" button next to the "install" button for games that offer DRM-free versions. But they don't.
Post edited June 03, 2016 by jamyskis
It's only showing one game for me, although I have several of the ones in the list. Any one else having this issue?
Thank you. This was a nice surprise. Everything worked well. You really are an amazing lot of people.

That said, I just hope you have a good, solid plan and don't go broke giving away all these game keys. I realize that this is a horrible worry to have during such good news, but I'm a cynical soul that believes that no good deed goes unpunished.
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kwerboom: Thank you. This was a nice surprise. Everything worked well. You really are an amazing lot of people.

That said, I just hope you have a good, solid plan and don't go broke giving away all these game keys. I realize that this is a horrible worry to have during such good news, but I'm a cynical soul that believes that no good deed goes unpunished.
They're not giving away game licenses.
You already paid the developer for the license, they just giving you the option to use you already purchased license for the GoG version.
Done also, thank you for this!

I have waited until right now, assured my profile was set to public and then connected accounts here. About 5 seconds later i had all 8 games in my gog library, i am surprised after seen all the problems for other people, because in my case was instantaneous.

Now i just have to know what happens with DLC's not being able to be checked through the steam api. Should i need to contact gog support? There is nothing about this on the FAQ for GOG Connect...

Thank you.
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Kakarot96:
There are no dlc's in the gog connect list so it doesn't matter anyway.
You might need to rebuy dlc's as it is right now.