skeletonbow: No. In general with very few exceptions, you can't buy anything on Steam and get it here free on GOG. People should generally buy their games where they want to own them permanently as they normally will not be transferable except under very special circumstances if a publisher decides to do it. Some publishers can be contacted via email or similar and if one provides a proof of purchase they may allow a customer to receive a Steam code or GOG code for their game, but that is quite rare and not widely known or advertised. The only one I can think of off the top of my head that has done this was the publisher of The Black Mirror games, who have given out Steam and GOG codes upon proof of purchase in the past. They may or may not still do that, but they did at one point.

Other than that, the only ongoing offers for redeeming Steam or CD/DVD owned copies of games on GOG is the link at the bottom of the GOG homepage labelled "RECLAIM YOUR GAMES" which there are currently 6 games listed since that feature launched quite a while ago. It only works for certain versions of the games in question and not all. I was able to redeem STALKER Clear Sky using RECLAIM YOUR GAMES". The other ongoing offer is from CD Projekt RED, where you can claim a GOG copy of The Witcher or The Witcher 2 here if you own them on Steam. I don't have the link to that handy but googling for "Witcher backup gog.com" should find it.

The GOG Connect feature also allows game publishers to allow customers who have purchased their games on Steam to be able to redeem a free copy of the game on GOG for a limited time if they wish to provide this as a service to their customers. Since it is rare that publishers want to do this there normally will not be any games offered freely through the GOG Connect service like this, however if and when a publisher wants to offer such free copies to their customers, GOG has the GOG Connect feature there to make it easy for publishers to make such promotional offers. To date there have only been about 25 or so games offered through the service in about 3 or 4 batches. Normally when there is an offer available it only lasts for about 5 days.

There is however no other way to redeem games from Steam on GOG other than what I've mentioned above. Hope this helps clear it all up though, as it can sometimes be a little confusing.

skeletonbow: There is a lot of talk about Oblivion coming to GOG in the forums, and there was some leaked information that is highly suggestive that it and a number of other high profile games are likely coming here (goofup on GOG's part). Quite a few games off of the list have subsequently been released on GOG since then, and so we remain hopeful that Oblivion and the others will make their way here some time too however since they have never officially announced it, even if they were working on making it happen a lot of things can occur that can change behind the scenes so we can never be certain of the time frame nor guarantee that such will happen. Nonetheless it does seem promising. Many speculate that Oblivion and/or other Bethesda games might be launched here when Skyrim Special Edition is released soonish, and others that Skyrim might even come here, but we haven't seen anything to suggest that that will happen yet.

Bethesda has been fairly GOG friendly this year though, so hopefully they've got some nice surprises lined up for us in the coming months/year. Feel free also to join the "games confirmed ..." thread and the "Enigmatic hint" thread and join us in plugging for Oblivion to come here "for the cause" if you wish. :)

Hilda: Thanks so much for this reply! I did think I was being over-optimistic, thinking I'd spotted a loop hole! haha!. From what you said, I now have to watch out for announcements (I do get gog alerts in my email). Hopefully when gog get Oblivion, they'll shout it from the rooftops. I have voted for Oblivion on the gog wishlist and do check in regularly. Also, thanks for the info - I have now added "enigmatic hints" and the "games confirmed" to my favourite topics. But.. yes, I agree that Oblivion on gog will most likely happen after some move at Bethesda, like Skyrim Special Edition, or Elder Scrolls 6 (aaaargh! that would take ages!). In the meantime, there are other brilliant games to keep me happy.

GOG.com: 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

Oussebon: So, yeah, the permanent list isn't permanent any more it seems. I'd missed that bit of info. Although for those with the Van Helsing game, it's on in the current and presumably time-limited titles.

WvStolzing: No list is 'permanent'; they've always been valid for a week or so.

The Witcher 1 & 2, on the other hand, *are* permanently transferable, through the backup link that you've quoted -- that began even before the 'Connect' program.

Oussebon: The line "The full list of games will always be available on connect.gog.com, starting with these and more:" is confusing at best, as it could suggest that the games on the list are permanent, rather than the list being permanent but the contents of it subject to change.

caktus0: I have had my steam and GOG in "YOUR ACCOUNTS ARE BEING CONNECTED" status for months already. Does anybody else have the same problem?

LesterKnight99: I have a question for any members or Blues to answer if they can:

I have both TRON 2.0 and Spore (base game, no DLC) on Steam. Knowing that Spore's on here already and 2.0's coming soon, I was wondering: can I use GOG Connect in order to receive both games on here, if EA and Disney have agreed?