• lepinkainen@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    So you can just pop that folder on any computer and run it, without installing Steam and without a Steam account?

    • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      On most games yes, like I said before I’ve copied games from my computer to others to play in lan to convince friends to buy a game.

      Then there are badly implemented games, where you need to either delete the steam library from the game folder or replace it with an open implementation.

      And the rest are the ones that have DRM (which are not available on GOG anyways so they don’t matter for this discussion).

      • RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works
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        6 hours ago

        Actually, some games have DRM on steam and have a DRM free version on GOG. I even saw a game that had a DRM free epic and gog edition but the steam version had DRM. Might be a edge case, but still exists

        • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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          4 hours ago

          Yes, there are a couple of corner cases, I know of 1. But what I stated is still true as a general rule.