eric5h5: Prodeus has in-game achievements.
Thanks, will add it.
MarkoH01: For the regular achievements to work you need a client such as GOG Galaxy or the Steam client. The client itself is handling the achievement list. So if you run such games without the client (which is possible with (almost) every GOG game, the achievements won't be shown or unlocked in any list at all which means that people who dislike using a client won't be able to use achievements at all.
eric5h5: This isn't actually true; many GOG games will unlock Galaxy achievements even if you don't have Galaxy running. The games use Galaxy library plugins included with the game, which track achievements. I rarely use Galaxy (mostly just as a downloader for larger games), I have it set to not automatically launch, and I never run games through Galaxy. Yet if I do run it, I see a bunch of games that have unlocked achievements along with the dates they were achieved. Not all though...not sure why some games (that definitely do have Galaxy achievements) register and some don't. Time tracking, though, does seem to require Galaxy to be running, as even the games with unlocked achievements have zero playtime recorded.
1) It depends on the way the devs have implemented achievements. Some achievements will be unlocked retroactively as well so it it does not matter if you unlocked the achievement while being in Galaxy or not ... but the achievement will only unlock WHEN you run in Galaxy at least once. So in the end you still do need the client to use achievements. It does not matter if you have to use the client multiple times or just once. Without the client running (at least once) achievements won't work in the case of non ingame-achievements.
2) I am also pretty sure that you will at least have to run the Galaxy service so without Galaxy being installed no achievements.
In case of ingame achievevements though it does not even matter if you have Galaxy installed or not.
eric5h5: Prodeus has in-game achievements.
One example of a game with different in-game achievements vs. Galaxy achievements is Dysmantle. (And it's a game which does not register Galaxy achievements...actually, looking through my list briefly, there does seem to be some correlation where games with in-game achievements tend not to register Galaxy achievements without Galaxy.)
In addition to being somewhat different, the in-game achievements (called "medals") have progressive bronze, silver, and gold levels, whereas regular achievements are binary: you either get them or you don't. Plus unlocking medal levels gives you XP in the game and regular achievements don't really do anything aside from existing.
GoldenCavalier: Thanks for the additional info, much appreciated. I'm currently playing my first game with achievements, Pathfinder Kingmaker. This is one where the achievements are in Galaxy, and it's fun to see them pop up. One thing I'm curious about is the overlay. I thought I would be able to see achievement activity in it but all it seems to show when I open it is an option for chatting. The box on the right side of the screen, if it's supposed to contain something else, just seems to have an endlessly spinning cursor.
No, you won't see the list of the unlocked achievements in the overlay (which basically is just a chat window as you figured out by yourself) as it is the case with Steam games. However if you enter the installed game site in Galaxy and click "progress" you will see which achievements are unlocked, which achievements you are missing and how many are secret. Sometimes devs implement those wrong though and you won't see that list (all achievements hidden in dev mode) but normally that will be the case. If you should need further instructions feel free to send me a chat :)
GoldenCavalier: One thing I'm curious about is the overlay. I thought I would be able to see achievement activity in it but all it seems to show when I open it is an option for chatting.
VanishedOne: The overlay lost its achievement list with the introduction of Galaxy 2.0. As far as I know, no explanation has ever been given.
Can't even remember that Galaxy 1 had an achievement list implemented in the overlay ... then again .. it's been a long time.... and I am old :D
Lone_Scout: Fabled Lands also includes in-game achievements
CthuluIsSpy: I can confirm that Blasphemous does have in-game achievements.
Thank you both. On the list it goes.