FYI: Eurogamer is owned by IGN who is owned by Ziff Davis.
IGN has been known to write hit pieces against competition for Ziff Davis and their partners.
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2026
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If you can buy from GOG do it. Need to make sure viable competition sticks around plus they actually let you own the game
they actually let you own the game
Let's be clear. Both Steam and GoG sell you the same licence for a game.
Steam comes with optional DRM that requires you to use the Steam client. Whether or not this DRM is present on a game is the publisher's decision, not Steam's.
Steam could certainly be criticised for providing the functionality but it's not mandatory.
Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam for instance has no DRM and can be run without Steam. Even if a game has Steam DRM it's usually trivial to bypass it.
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