Is Galaxy worth installing if you don't play online?

Does it make downloading faster and better than downloading through the browser?

Is it intrusive and always launch when you launch a game?

Is it easy to completely uninstall if I don't like it?

1. No
2. Not faster. If it is better? Depends.
3. No
4. Yes

Hi there,

I would say that it is definitely worth installing as it does make installing/updating games easier as it is done automatically. You can launch a game independent of the client and it is not intrusive. In the future as it gains more features, you can simply disable anything you do not want. It is also easy to uninstall.

Thanks for the help.
I assume the better part is that galaxy automatically updates games and has a rollback feature if the game update causes problems.
GoG installer doesn't work for me anymore, not sure why it always crashes, but it does, so I was wondering if Galaxy was similar in use.

What game?
You should contact the support or ask for a refund.
Install Galaxy will not fix it magically.

It might. I was having problems with Witcher 3's standalone patches, but reinstalling everything through Galaxy worked fine.

The only problem is it took forever, as I believe Galaxy downloads all the files uncompressed.

GoG Dowloader is what is not working, the whole program no longer works, I can't get it to open at all, when I try it crashes. i uninstalled reinstalled it.

That is the real reason I was curious about Galaxy working. I have been downloading the games in the browser fine and installing fine, but I missed having the download history and other info in one nice location.

He means the GOG downloader program that existed before Galaxy.

Edit: I think even if you don't plan to use Galaxy for anything, correct me if i'm wrong, but one benefit of downloading installers through Galaxy is that it will make sure the files being downloaded aren't corrupted right?

Seriously, WT....

So I downloaded and installed Galaxy but it won't work because I keep getting this error now:

api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer.

What kind of program doesn't come with all of its files?

Anybody know where I can safely get copy of this missing .dll for Win 7 64-bit?

Thanks for the help.

Depends on the game... I believe Witcher 3 is compressed now though, it however might not be as compressed as the standalone installers. Depends on the compression method. Games are slowly being converted to the newer download mechanic (which is actually getting replaced again soon, one can test it now in preview for select Witcher games). You are going to get a lot of different views on this, there are some in the community who are very vocal about hating clients and will give you a biased response. Overall though, yes it is worth it if one remembers this is not a final product and may have occasional issues.

1. Depends, if your going to be connected online (but simply not play online games) then it has some interesting online features. But largely it's for game management over anything else right now, which is helpful offline or online.

2. Again depends, I've noticed my speed is much better using Galaxy. I also say it's much easier to download using Galaxy, since all you have to do is press install and Galaxy will take care of everything.

3. No. You can launch a game via the shortcut or exe and bypass Galaxy. It is optional, and it's very minimal right now, nowhere as bloated as say Steam.

4. Easy as any other program on your PC. The problem is not with Galaxy (most likley), do this:

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_galaxy_beta_2/post3782

Most likely you need Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables 2015 (x86).

Thanks, I have SP1, so I guess I can try and repair or uninstall 2015 x64 and 2015 x86 and reinstall them.

Just need to make sure this update is installed which I don't think is part of SP1. Galaxy will not work without this update though:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226

Then uninstall/ re-install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables 2015 (x86).