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GOG alternatives (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Ekis@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

I am curious to see if there are other digital distribution platforms similar to GOG which focus on DRM-free games.

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[-] Immortal0861@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

https://itch.io/ springs to mind, not neccesarily a focus on DRM-free games but there arent any that have it afaik.

[-] Ekis@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Never heard of itch.io. I like how it has a collection of open source games. I have bookmarked it. Thanks.

[-] blindsight@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

They've also put together a few amazing mega bundles for charity over the years.

Not sure how to find them, though, since they aren't widely advertised. I've missed two that I'd have wanted.

[-] Silverhand@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Back on reddit there was r/gamedeals that would always post those, hopefully a similar community gets going here.

[-] muznyo@toast.ooo 3 points 1 year ago

!gamedeals@lemmy.world or !gamedeals@compuverse.uk are some of them, use lemmyverse to find more communities

[-] seedling@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Itch is great, I'll second that recommendation. It also has some really indie stuff you can't find anywhere else. I think it's DRM free in the way GOG is, in that the platform doesn't support DRM. A good number of games are free, and some are open source as well.

Also it has tabletop RPGs!

[-] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 1 year ago

@Ekis itch.io would be one. There's also Gamejolt if I'm not mistaken

[-] Ekis@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I have bookmarked Gamejolt.

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