It's indeed a great surprise, after they did it for the first game. And they're available on Steam and GOG, so everybody is happy!
So I start to hope a bit we can see this dev to port more games in the future on Linux/macOS. If they plan to doing that, the community have to support them.

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Quoting: PenglingLimited Run Games now has physical PC versions listed, but they don't specify whether they include the Linux build, unfortunately. Maybe something to reach out about, for those interested in a boxed copy?

I would not count on it unfortunately...

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Damn great! I hope for a release outside Steam!

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nobody:
Linux gamer: sees a GOG news -> "music" on repeat mode.

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I was wondering about it the other day, great to see they confirmed Linux support!
The FAQ on Steam confirms it too.

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Quoting: Cyril

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: CyrilWell, this is not really a GOG/Galaxy issue here, the devs just refused to release the Linux version as single player only on GOG, they could do it but didn't want to.
It would have been better than nothing, the devs of Northgard did that.
Plus, don't forget that the macOS version is missing on GOG too, so what is the excuse then?
Guys, don't get it wrong... the devs are not trustworthy.

I don't agree at all. I think it's a fine decision not to release a cut-down version on a store because that store can't support it fully, the developer is well within their rights not to so they don't provide a sub-par experience for users. Saying the developer isn't trustworthy because they don't want to be on a particular store is ridiculous.

That's not exactly what I'm saying. They're not trustworthy because of the lack of the macOS version too, but we, as Linux users, just are focusing on Galaxy problem... It just seems hypocrisy for me.
And what if I don't care about multiplayer? Personally I would be happy to just play the game in single mode...
But in the end, I think we can agree that the devs should have use something else to rely on for the multiplayer, something more "store-neutral".

If you don't care about the multiplayer, just download it via Steam. You can backup the games downloaded via Steam just as well, and, if they don't use the STEAMDARM you can simply add a steam_appid.txt to the directory of the game and launch it w/o Steam (no, this is not illegal advice here or circumventing some DRM). So: Buy the game, try it, and if it doesn't work return it. If they did add SteamDRM to the Steam version I'd indeed complain, but if not I don't think that there's any hypocrisy here.

Distributing two different editions of the game is a marketing desaster, as eventually someone will complain loud (cf. LTT ignoring flashing warnings about the uninstallation of the desktop and carrying on...). What also about those who buy GOG and want to "upgrade" to MP later?

FWIW Steam almost just as open as downloading from GOG, only the downloader itself is proprietary vs. the Website-Downloads in GOG. But if you care about that while downloading proprietary games... . Wether or not a game is DRMed or not is not a store decision (at least with Steam). So, be happy and buy you're DRM free games on Steam (or itch.io for those that exist there).

No, I don't buy games on Steam.
But too bad, it seems the Linux version uses the Steam DRM accordingly to PCGamingWiki:

QuoteAll Linux versions require Steam DRM.

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So bad that Horizon Chase Turbo isn't outside of Steam DRM-Free...

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Quoting: omer666

Quoting: Cyril

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: CyrilWell, this is not really a GOG/Galaxy issue here, the devs just refused to release the Linux version as single player only on GOG, they could do it but didn't want to.
It would have been better than nothing, the devs of Northgard did that.
Plus, don't forget that the macOS version is missing on GOG too, so what is the excuse then?
Guys, don't get it wrong... the devs are not trustworthy.

I don't agree at all. I think it's a fine decision not to release a cut-down version on a store because that store can't support it fully, the developer is well within their rights not to so they don't provide a sub-par experience for users. Saying the developer isn't trustworthy because they don't want to be on a particular store is ridiculous.

That's not exactly what I'm saying. They're not trustworthy because of the lack of the macOS version too, but we, as Linux users, just are focusing on Galaxy problem... It just seems hypocrisy for me.
And what if I don't care about multiplayer? Personally I would be happy to just play the game in single mode...
But in the end, I think we can agree that the devs should have use something else to rely on for the multiplayer, something more "store-neutral".

That is more complicated for smaller devs, that's why they rely on each store's online services. It is not something new, in the past devs used GameSpy extensively to avoid upkeep cost of servers and infrastructure. Most of the time those services were not available outside Windows, and Mac users for example had to rely on GameRanger

It's pretty simple: tell me why they didn't release the macOS version on GOG even though Galaxy is available on macOS?
Linux users: "It's Galaxy fault!"
So what should say macOS users then?

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: CyrilWell, this is not really a GOG/Galaxy issue here, the devs just refused to release the Linux version as single player only on GOG, they could do it but didn't want to.
It would have been better than nothing, the devs of Northgard did that.
Plus, don't forget that the macOS version is missing on GOG too, so what is the excuse then?
Guys, don't get it wrong... the devs are not trustworthy.

I don't agree at all. I think it's a fine decision not to release a cut-down version on a store because that store can't support it fully, the developer is well within their rights not to so they don't provide a sub-par experience for users. Saying the developer isn't trustworthy because they don't want to be on a particular store is ridiculous.

That's not exactly what I'm saying. They're not trustworthy because of the lack of the macOS version too, but we, as Linux users, just are focusing on Galaxy problem... It just seems hypocrisy for me.
And what if I don't care about multiplayer? Personally I would be happy to just play the game in single mode...
But in the end, I think we can agree that the devs should have use something else to rely on for the multiplayer, something more "store-neutral".

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Well, this is not really a GOG/Galaxy issue here, the devs just refused to release the Linux version as single player only on GOG, they could do it but didn't want to.
It would have been better than nothing, the devs of Northgard did that.
Plus, don't forget that the macOS version is missing on GOG too, so what is the excuse then?
Guys, don't get it wrong... the devs are not trustworthy.

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