(I know there's probably been posts like this before but I couldn't find any reflecting recent Humble development, so...)

Sup, I'm considering throwing cash at Rogue Legacy, and that led me to somewhat of a dillemma that I'm wondering if anyone else's been in:

As y'all know, Rogue Legacy is on GOG, and normally that would be my first stop for game buying. My library is hella big.
But now I've noticed that Humble Bundle has entered the market with their "Humble Store", which seems radically different: It has no storefront, but only a widget which participating developers put on their website (see http://www.roguelegacy.com/ ). Then, buying through the widget gets you the game and allows you to add it to your Humble account. They also normally throw a Steam key in there.

Now, I've been trying really hard to let off some Steam and move my gaming habits away from there, and until now GOG seemed like the best place for me to expand my backlog (also, I like having all my games at one place). But now I'm considering if Humble Store would be a better alternative?
After some digging around I've found out GOG apparently takes roughly 30% of revenue, whereas with games bought through Humble Store widgets, Humble only collects 5%. That seems like a big difference and makes Humble Store look more attractive for people looking to support awesome indie devs!

Anyway, what are the pros and cons that I have missed?

Humble collects 10% afaik.

Pros and cons - I think you sum it all. Humble Store supports Linux in addition but I guess it isn't your concern. In the end, it depends on what you prefer.

The Humble Store also usually includes the Mac and Linux versions if they're available.
Also if you buy RL and really hate Steam, I wouldn't mind taking the Steam key off your hands :P
GOG has the advantage that it shows your game on a fancy shelf, the Humble Store doesn't do that as far as I know.

I think gog has usability on its side, and the community can't be beat. However HB does have linux versions, and steam keys if you are into that. (Besides the revenue split stuff which you already touched on.)


Oh and HB also has torrents for their games (don't know if its for everything but at least the bundle games are torrentable)

HS account merges purchases and lists all your games with OS tabs. It doesn't look so nicely, I give you that :).

Humble Store is the best place to buy indies, imo. More money goes to the devs, it's cross platform, and you get a DRM-free copy and a Steam key. Do wish the account management was a bit nicer though, with genre sorting or something? Or even a grid. The long list is kind of a pain.

The shelf is nice, but also all the links to the downloads near the game itself I find easier. Especially with extras (which I suppose is also a plus for GOG most of the time.) May just be my opinion though.

I agree though as I prefer HB for indies also, especially when I know they have a native linux version out or in the works.

I guess those are fine points for HB/store and against GOG. Maybe GOG should stay focused on old games?

Well, it's nice to support devs. But you should consider that HB having no stance about DRM-or-not at all, if they could sell Steam only keys, they would.

So, with 70/30, it is not like indies wouldn't have anything...

I don't blindly support devs, since I care about DRM-free, even indies I want them here on GOG because I cannot trust HB to make devs thinking about DRM concerns. And I want GOG to grow.

Plenty of indies are selling well here, so I doubt that GOG will drop indies altogether just because some people would rather buy theirs elsewhere.

I say the more the merrier. But I also hope it will cause gog (and HB) to keep pushing to become better.

HB and GOG are both good for games. Yet I find for extras - soundtracks especially - HB does get more on their sales, but they also take a less active roll in their customer care. There is nothing wrong with their customer care to my experience, but bringing all of their games together would be quite nice.
Their stance on Steam keys is fine, though I do often wonder if they would rather be selling Steam keys as a business model only to have been beaten by GamersGate, GreenManGaming, Amazon, Steam and around 50 other sites, so settle for a more middle ground stance to get custom from people like myself in the already saturated market.

I would rather buy my games from GOG then HB as a rule, but when they have more extras, and nicer deals I could never resist Hubble Bubble, just as I struggle with Indie Royale too. It all comes down to what you want.

both have their pros & cons , already mentioned above.

however, HB offers often FLAC soundtracks (not always sure)

If the price is the same I'll buy a game here first as I rather support the store that makes all of the games they sell be DRM Free over one that will let people sell only steam keys.

If there is a price difference or a sale I'll pick the cheaper option if both have fully functional DRM Free copies.