Hello guys, first i apologize if this isn't the right place to post. It's my first time here.

Anyway...I just noticed Hyper Light Drifter is a lot cheaper here, 8 dollars less than Steam. Another case is Enter the Gungeon which is like half the price here (both games would be cheaper even if they didn't have a discount)

So the question is: Is there any difference? I've heard sometimes games take longer to receive patches here in comparison to Steam, is that true?

As both these games have no online multiplayer buying them here sounds like the smartest choice, unless there is a "catch" is there any?

Also DRM-Free used to be a reason for higher prices, DRM-Free plus cheaper is like a godly combination, right? Personally I couldn't care less about "Steam achievements". I guess my only concern is what I've heard about patches.

Oh btw I'm from Argentina maybe those prices are region specific?

Thanks in advance.

Well, Hyper Light Drifter and Enter the Gungeon are on sale with a 10% discount right now, that might explain the difference. Other than the price, it is the same exact game you will find on Steam. It does occasionally take longer to get patches, but that is mostly due to the fact that GOG actually tests the patches themselves, rather than just throwing them up. The only "catch" to multiplayer is you may need to install GOG's Galaxy client in order to access multiplayer features on some games.

EDIT - What currency are you viewing on GOG? I think it still defaults to USD, but it might be showing your local currency. A currency difference could produce the illusion of a price difference, if, for example, Steam is using your local currency while GOG shows USD.

No, It's in dollars, and It's not the discount either, I mentioned it in the original message, the 9 percent discount of Hyper Light Drifter could never cover the whole 8 dollars of difference with the Steam version, which is 20 US$ and i think 18 right now with a discount for some more days.

The prices I'm seeing are:

Enter the Gungeon 6,69 US$ and 7.39 US$ without the current 9% discount.

and

Hyper Light Drifter for 10.89 US$ and 11.99 US$ without the current 9% discount.

He did note that even without the discount, there is a price difference.
That said, developers are probably more than required to push out Galaxy dependencies if they have to use a feature that relies on it, such as achievements or multiplayer, so there might be no catch in buying the version here.

Okay, now I'm really confused. On GOG, in US dollars, HLD is $19.99, currently on sale with a 10% discount for $17.99, ETG is $14.99, on sale with a 10% discount for $13.49. Both games are listed for exactly the same price and discount on Steam. Are you saying that you are not only getting different prices, but different discount percentages? Either GOG or Steam must be doing some weird calculations to account for the USD to your local currency conversion (it's probably GOG). I find it hard to believe that a dev/publisher would regionally price a game on one service and not the other, especially now that GOG allows that.

Both games are regionally priced and get a massive discount in Argentina:

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And it's not so special that games have different prices here than on Steam. For example Australia and New Zealand normally get a discount on GOG, but don't get the same discount on Steam.

OK, here is what happens. Steam offers (for the most part) regional prices only in areas with supported currencies and it doesn't seem that they support the Argentine Peso, which is why you are being shown the default US prices. GOG, on the other hand, groups Argentina with Brazil/Mexico and, thus, offers a similar price, which is why there is such a price disparity.

Holy shit! I'm moving to Argentina! Think I can get by with two years worth of high school Spanish that I haven't really used in more than 20 years?

It was my understanding that the GOG "discount" in places like Australia is really just a price adjustment that covers a currency conversion or to allow for the inclusion of things like VAT without increasing the actual advertised price. Steam doesn't bother to do that.