My list of GoG-Games is growing and growing but the downloading and archiving is getting to be a bit of a pain, because the game and copious extras always have to be downloaded seperately. That's a lot of clicks and checking "Did I get it all?" Then I have to archive and PAR2 it all and I was thinking, maybe GoG could do it for me?

I'd like to have the option to download a single-file archive of a game including all extras, which would ideally be checksummed and protected against bit rot.

I wouldn't mind this, but I can also see why they don't do it.

As it stands, I doubt most people even look at the extras. And those that do, tend to be like me and grab manuals, hint guides, and wallpapers (and leave soundtracks and ringtones). Offering a "Download it all" option would just encourage people to download everything, even if they don't really "want" it, which will just waste bandwidth.

I certainly want this option too. Downloading and archiving everything manually is such a pain.

Oh wow, how did you even find this thread? :D Nevermind, this request has popped up more than once, I really hope GoG is working on it 'cause it would be great... Maybe I'd even back up my archive too then!

Magical tool called SEARCH (keywords "download all")?

I don't think they're going to, sadly. But there are several community-made downloaders, I think some of them download the extras.

Well yeah, it's also usually broken when I'm searching for something :D I smell conspiracy...

I would like a download-all option, as well - since I do it now, anyway. I can see the argument for saving bandwidth... Along those lines, though, what I would like to see first is something to let me know that they added to the extras. I remember seeing a thread about a few extras they released for some games - made me go back and check all of my games - there were a few other extras that were new since I had purchased the game.

Yeah those features would be nice:
- Download all extras
- Version tracking

GOG is awfully slow with updating the site and extending the functionality of the service. Since one year there is basically no change.

Unofficial downloaders

JGOGDownloader (Java, Multiplatform, GUI)
- Uses wget for downloading
- Resume support
- Downloads cover art
- Queue (batch download) support

XGOG Downloader (Perl, Multiplatform, CLI)
- Uses Perl/LWP for downloading
- Resume support
- Queue (batch download) support

gogdl (Lua, Linux, CLI)
- Uses wget for downloading
- Resume support
- Queue (batch download) support
- XML data support
-- verifies downloaded files against md5 sum from GOG XML
- Should be possible to run on Windows with some code changes

gogdownloader (C++, Linux, CLI)
- Uses libcurl for downloading
- Resume support
- Queue (batch download) support
- XML data support
-- verifies downloaded files against md5 sum from GOG XML
-- repairs corrupted files by downloading corrupted chunks again
-- can create GOG XML files with custom chunk size for downloaded files
- Version check
-- based on filesize so it's not 100% accurate
-- newer version with same filesize is detected/updated by repair mode when all the chunks fail hash check and are redownloaded
- Should be possible to compile on Windows using Cygwin with some code changes

Linux downloader (Bash, Linux, CLI)
- Uses wget or aria2 for downloading
- Resume support
- Downloads cover art
- Multithreaded downloading when using aria2
- Modified script can be run on Windows with MinGW/MSYS

Of course, but having a local copy can be more convenient depending on the circumstances (especially for those with slower internet connections and/or data caps).

how about an "archive everything" function?

That would be nice... I have dozens of games here and I would like to download them all (with extras). I would like option to download all the updated ones as well.

Also I would not mind option todownload all selected games. E.g. I buy five games in a series and I do not want to click on them to download games and extras just to find out that I forget to click on something so I have to go on the web, log in, find the game and download it again.