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1. GOG GALAXY STEAM INSTALL
2. GOG GALAXY STEAM FOR ANDROID
3. GOG GALAXY STEAM PC
4. GOG GALAXY STEAM OFFLINE
5. GOG GALAXY STEAM PLUS

As anyone who uses Steam can attest, the client doesn't look as good as it should.

GOG GALAXY STEAM PLUS

All of these are big plus points given how unreliable Internet connections in India can be, and are even more important when you consider ISP fair usage policies and data caps that can leave you with heavily throttled bandwidth.Īnd aside from all these reasons about customer freedoms, there's the fact that GOG Galaxy is also much easier on the eyes. You can play games without them, and an upcoming feature will even let you roll them back if you want. Updates to games aren't mandatory either.

GOG GALAXY STEAM FOR ANDROID

Steam might have an app for Android and iOS but it's of little use when it takes forever to load and looks atrocious. This optional approach allows for flexibility and is a strongly pro-consumer move. You can even download them using your browser from GOG.com and still use and play them.

GOG GALAXY STEAM INSTALL

GOG Galaxy on the other hand promises that you can install games offline, and that they don't have to be downloaded via the service either.

GOG GALAXY STEAM PC

Meanwhile, some PC games like Mortal Kombat X that use Steamworks force you download several GBs worth of data, despite buying a physical copy of the game. In Steam's case, it means pinging a server to ensure you are a legitimate customer. Some methods used involve limiting the number of times you can install a game, as was the case with EA's Origin progenitor, EA Download Manager.

We're not suggesting that people should pirate games, but although DRM exists to safeguard against illegal copies of your digital media, it usually ends up being anti-consumer and still easily circumvented by actual pirates. GOG Galaxy doesn't face this issue because it has no digital rights management (DRM).

GOG GALAXY STEAM OFFLINE

Steam lets you play offline, but its offline mode has to be enabled while you're online! And when you are online, the service is constantly updating, which makes it near impossible to stay offline. But I'd trade all of these features in a heartbeat for a service that works reliably offline.

Sure, GOG Galaxy lacks the lovely big picture mode that Steam has, or features Family Sharing, or the ability to trade cards you win in games. The more pedantic of you might want to crucify me for daring to suggest that a beta client for digital distribution of PC games is better than something that's been around for almost 12 years, but the sad truth is that, in the ways that matter, GOG is already an improvement on Steam. But there's a light at the end of this tunnel - and it's called GOG Galaxy, an optional, online gaming platform that's currently in open beta. Thanks to this iron grip on developers, publishers and the community, and a generous number of sales that happen around the year, I've ended up with a collection of 328 games over 11 years, which started with a boxed copy of Half-Life 2.Īlong the way, I've seen Steam become a DRM-driven dystopia, lined with Team Fortress 2 hats, and deep discounts on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, discounts that increased the number of cheaters in the game tenfold. This has made Steam the de facto choice for PC gamers everywhere, giving it a virtual monopoly outside of the console market. Steam has faced almost no competition from EA's Origin, Ubisoft's Uplay, or any of the other pretenders to the throne. Half-Life 2: Episode 2, I'm still waiting for Episode 3 before Half-Life 3. Valve's heavy handed approach to paid mods, the way it doled out power to developers to ban anyone they want, or the absence of Half-Life 2: Episode 3 (the logical extension to Episode 2, not Half-Life 3) all show a company that isn't really interested in meeting the demands of its audience. Frankly, the company would make a fascinating case study in passive-aggressive dictatorship. It's always late to respond to user feedback and more than happy to throw a sale or twenty in our general direction to keep the masses in check. The fact of the matter is that Valve doesn't really "get" what people want. Members of the so-called PC Master Race who read that would probably be readying to read me the whole "GabeN is love, GabeN is life" spiel, but while Gabe Newell, the head of Valve Corporation - the company behind games like Half-Life and Portal, and also behind the Steam distribution platform - has accomplished a lot, a fault-free Steam wouldn't make the list of honours. Suffering because of annoying, foul-mouthed kids in DOTA 2 and League of Legends. Suffering because of poorly optimised but ostensibly high-end games like Watch Dogs and Wolfenstein: The New Order.