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Posted June 07, 2016
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.
Posted June 02, 2016
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blakstar: I think I understand what he means.

You can get the game off Steam, transfer it to GOG, get a refund off Steam, and then download it from GOG before they've had a chance to remove it from your library.

Seems a bit convoluted, if the original intention was to pirate it anyway! :-)
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tinyE: That's why a posted the whole thread. Sure it's possible to do what he's suggesting but I think that thread shows why it really shouldn't be of vital concern.

There is a million ways to steal games and I would imagine more than a few are easier than that. NOTHING is perfect.
Sorry, it's late so I only skimmed over it. I see I only reiterated what you had already posted! :-)
Posted June 02, 2016
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Manestream: Although it now has come up with several games in my library able to be added, i click add to my account and they dissapear with added to you GoG account but there not there. Log out come back several hours later and there waiting to be added to my GoG account again, rince and repeat. Same thing.
Ok, so it's not just me.
That's good to know.
Posted June 02, 2016
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tinyE: That's why a posted the whole thread. Sure it's possible to do what he's suggesting but I think that thread shows why it really shouldn't be of vital concern.

There is a million ways to steal games and I would imagine more than a few are easier than that. NOTHING is perfect.
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blakstar: Sorry, it's late so I only skimmed over it. I see I only reiterated what you had already posted! :-)
I'm half asleep myself. :D
Posted June 02, 2016
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Manestream: Although it now has come up with several games in my library able to be added, i click add to my account and they dissapear with added to you GoG account but there not there. Log out come back several hours later and there waiting to be added to my GoG account again, rince and repeat. Same thing.
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JSoup: Ok, so it's not just me.
That's good to know.
Worked fine for me. Did it earlier today on my phone.
Posted June 02, 2016
Alright, after I set my profile to public, it found "To The Moon" and I clicked "Add 1 Game". I'm assuming it's going to take a while before the game appears on my GOG account.

I want to know, do I have to keep my profile set to public? I'm the type who keeps it set to private, specifically "friends only".
Posted June 02, 2016
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tfishell: A shortest version - just pirate the game in the first place. :P
Well, that's what those cheats do, the question wasn't about them, but about what GOG are doing about scenarios when they (GOG) are involved, and someone is cheating. So as others said above - GOG can pull the game from the account.
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tfishell:
Yes, that was my point. People already can get both Witchers now if they have them on Steam, so it's surprising that both aren't in Connect yet.
Post edited June 02, 2016 by shmerl
Posted June 02, 2016
This is a great day,,,THANKS GOG and Publishers who are all involved, Getting my steam games on GOG is very high priority for me. Its like X-mass birthday and all holidays rolled in one. FOR anyone you cant beat DRM free..
Posted June 02, 2016
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Mr.Frost: - Get game on Steam.

- Download DRM free version from GOG.

- Refund game on Steam.

- Even if GOG removes the game from your library, you have a drm free copy of the game on your HD. Without the need to torrent it.

Am I wrong?

Is something being done to prevent people from doing this?
Don't need to make complicated scenario. I can torrent Witcher 3 on a whim right now. GOG copies no less. GOG is operating on trust, that's why.
Posted June 02, 2016
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zeroxxx: Don't need to make complicated scenario. I can torrent Witcher 3 on a whim right now. GOG copies no less. GOG is operating on trust, that's why.
Not to mention that if you pull that kind of shit on Steam several times, you'll have your refund privileges taken away for good.
Posted June 02, 2016
This is great news! Only had 3 games that counted but its still nice!
Posted June 02, 2016
...what

But seriously, this is a similar situation the whole "in-dev" concept; it seemed like a terrible idea at first, but seeing how GOG does it... it doesn't seem so bad. :/
Posted June 02, 2016
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No way.
Not a chance in the world am I agreeing to that.
Posted June 02, 2016
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terrisus: No way.
Not a chance in the world am I agreeing to that.
So just don't use Steam? Problem solved.
Post edited June 02, 2016 by shmerl
Posted June 02, 2016
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terrisus: No way.
Not a chance in the world am I agreeing to that.
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shmerl: So just don't use Steam? Problem solved.
It's in GOG's privacy policy now.
Posted June 02, 2016
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terrisus: No way.
Not a chance in the world am I agreeing to that.
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shmerl: So just don't use Steam? Problem solved.
Don't talk to him. He is doesn't understand that text, what it means, who it applies to, how it works... nothing.
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