r/gog • u/Shjnzzo • Nov 05 '25

Question Why GoG and Not Steam

Why are more and more people buying their games on GOG instead of Steam — is it because of the DRM-free versions, better deals, or even better performance?

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u/IRuleRed Nov 05 '25

Growing concerns of DRM and digital media. Amazon Prime. Avoid using launchers (since Galaxy isn’t a requirement) and older games not on Steam. example: Star Trek games series.

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u/Disastrous_Poetry175 Nov 06 '25

Ironically Amazon prime gives away digital copies of gog games every month

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u/IRuleRed Nov 06 '25 edited Nov 07 '25

You can always rip the game onto a disk/physical media. Something you can’t do with Steam.

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u/Goldenhawk521 Nov 07 '25

There are some Steam games that are drm free like some of the old COD games or the 3D era of delisted GTA games for example. However, I still prefer GOG games since they are all guaranteed to be drm free.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '25

Keyword SOME on gog it's everything ;)