5mo ago

Steam alternatives?

Hey there!

I am really astonished about the big amount of alternatives we've got in europe.

But I think this is a hard one: Steam.

I have switched from windows to linux a few years ago and I don't plan to go back. Steam has the advantage of the integrated proton-service which allows playing many windows games on linux.

Do we have something similar?

~ sp3ctre

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- I wish the GoG client supported Linux the same way Steam do.
  
  Heroic launcher and lutris are both decent and work well with gog. I'm currently playing Cyberpunk 2077 from gog on ubuntu with heroic.
  
  Good luck. Their website said it's coming for years, then they quietly dropped the promise.
  Didn't even have the decency to publicly admit they were never going to care about Linux support.
  
  Minigalaxy might be an option
GOG is the closest we got. All games on there are DRM-free. No direct Proton- or Linux-integration but you can use Heroic Launcher for that.
- Thanks! It's something. I will take a look at this!
Good Old Games, or GOG. That's the only one that I can think of.
While an alternative except GOG doesn't really exist. What you can do is buy your keys from any site linked by https://isthereanydeal.com/
These sites sell keys but money still goes to the developer, its just that steam does not get a cut and the companies on there do.
The companies that I know for a fact are EU based Greenman and Fanatical (UK), Gamesplanet (France)
There's also GamersGate (Swedish)
- Basically I'm interested in a service, where I can buy games with a linux support. And without having to sail the high seas 🏴‍☠️.
  It seems GOG will be it.
Besides gog there is also itch.io
Made by a single dude I think 'murican, but all drm free and stuff, mostly indie games, but also the big indie games. And linux client (albeit a little but buggy).
As others suggested GOG + some FOSS Gamelauncher. There was one posted a few months back. Looked pretty nice but cant remember the name.
Though community stuff and such obviously wont be the same as in steam
I run a lot of games from GOG, and you can install them/configure them in lutris. You can log into your gog account and see your library there, and select what to install in it.
Well you can use lutris or bottles and the high seas.
Yer see that mighty ol boat ove ther, she aching to leve the doks
Gog
You can still buy games in stores.
- Triple A games sure but basically no indie games.
- A lot of the time it's a box with a code for some online store these days. And yeah, no indies.

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