You can own certain Steam games as much as you can own them on GOG, which is to say it's completely up to the publisher/devs. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_games_on_Steam

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 7 points 8 months ago

But I can play them without Internet (mostly).

Steam isn't perfect. But it's the best we have for now. And the trend currently is only getting worse.

[–] MustrumR@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

The thing is that Steam doesn't have a history of shutting down a significant fraction of games they have available by themselves. Hence people don't criticize them.

Also you can (not saying that you should, I personally don't trust Gabe) put some tust in a private owned company if you trust the owners.

In case of public companies they are forced by law and major shareholders into making shortsighted decisions and prioritizing profit only.

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't you dare slander Lord Gaben 😭😭😭

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Slander would mean it was misinformation

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

It was sarcastic I thought the horde of crying emojis made that clear.

[–] hannes3120@feddit.de -4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah - but the situation there is literally the same as with all the other launchers besides GOG

For some reason steam just has a huge fanclub that doesn't accept any kind of criticism

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 8 months ago

The reason for that fanclub is that publishing a game on Steam does NOT require you to use any DRM at all. That's a choice every publisher makes for themselves.

Furthermore, the Steam DRM itself is weak af (as in "circumvention has been automated") and as non-invasive as it gets (a simple licence check). All of this is in line with their public stance ("Piracy is a service problem").

I pirate more shit than i could ever play, but still buy games on Steam (But only the stuff i really want to keep playing like Baldurs Gate 3, or small indie titles that are just gems (i have to namedrop ΔV: Rings of Saturn and Star Valor here, because i come back to them ALL the time)