I'll hold out for the GOG version. I'd love to see a nice loyalty discount too - I own all of the BeamDog games on GOG.

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Quoting: hummer010

Quoting: Avehicle7887I don't buy from Steam not because of the client, but because the games need the client and there's quite a difference there. If for example Codemasters told me "Hey, you can play our games without Steam", I'd definitely buy them, same goes for all other Linux games.

There are plenty of games on Steam that you can play without the client:

http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

I don't currently even have the steam client installed. I use SteamCMD (a terminal based steam downloader from Valve) to download the games, and then play.

So SteamCMD works great without the Steam client installed. Does it works like lgogdownloader ?
I didn't know this was an official tool by Valve, but it's a pity it seems not open-source.
But it's a good point which that exists, i think.

SteamCMD is somewhat like lgogdownloader. It's not open source, and it's a little more cumbersome to use. I've written a little python wrapper to make it more lgogdownloader-like.

Currently I'm only playing three games that I own on Steam: Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight, and Kerbal Space Program. All three of these work perfectly without the client. KSP I've had installed forever, and it was installed with the client. Hollow Knight and Shovel Knight were both installed using SteamCMD - they've never even seen the client.

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Quoting: Avehicle7887I don't buy from Steam not because of the client, but because the games need the client and there's quite a difference there. If for example Codemasters told me "Hey, you can play our games without Steam", I'd definitely buy them, same goes for all other Linux games.

There are plenty of games on Steam that you can play without the client:

http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

I don't currently even have the steam client installed. I use SteamCMD (a terminal based steam downloader from Valve) to download the games, and then play.

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Quoting: KimyrielleBut make no mistake, GOG is NOT a Linux friendly company, ...

I disagree. EA is not a Linux friendly company. Bethesda is not a Linux friendly company.

While GOG may not be a champion of the Linux cause, the fact that they sell and support Linux games makes them a Linux friendly company.

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Quoting: NarvarthThese people just forget that DRM-free games on GOG are also DRM-free on Steam...

Wrong. There are plenty of games that are sold on GOG that are not DRM-free on Steam. Off the top of my head, Hand of Fate is a Linux game that is available on GOG, and is not DRM-free on Steam.

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I use both, although Steam is typically only for bundled games and things I win on steamgifts. Generally, if I'm actually purchasing a game, it will be from GOG. Sometimes if the pricing is way out of whack, I'll buy on Steam and hope it hits Connect.

GOG + lgogdownloader = very simple game management with way more control than any client could give me. I would very likely not use Galaxy even it existed for Linux.

Most of the games I actually play on Steam don't require the client, and I manage them using SteamCMD instead of the actual client.

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I also remember there being a discussion soon after the campaign ended that backers had to pick between platforms. Their plan was that a backer got Windows OR Mac OR Linux.

I did back this, so hopefully they get their shit together.

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I have everything except Age of Wonders 3 - and with Triumph's refusal to bring the Linux port of AoW 3 to GOG, I'm not too keen to give them a sale of any kind.

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Quoting: hummer010On top of that, buying the System Shock games supports Nightdive, who are bringing the new System Shock game to Linux.

Speaking of which... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock/posts/2115044 :/

Wow. I did not see that coming.

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Quoting: adamhm"Tyrant developers"? I hope you don't tolerate the use of DRM either, as that's *way* more "tyrannical" behavior...

Anyway there are tons of great games that will never see a native Linux release & would be a shame to miss out on. My approach is to only buy Windows games that are old & deeply discounted/cheap enough that a Linux port is likely to never happen and only if they're DRM-free. Full/high price purchase = must support Linux + DRM-free

On top of that, buying the System Shock games supports Nightdive, who are bringing the new System Shock game to Linux.

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