Okay, I did it.

I removed all steam games from my system.

Steam is such a nice and well-developed platform, from controller integration to storage control and of course 'perfect' developer support. Not to mention Major League download performance and uhm sleek UI..... fun themes. You name it they got it.

Still, i am curious. I like to explore from the safety of my couch. Opening up to new experiences, roads untravelled and places yet to visit.
I've been planning a major system clean up for quite some time now, so there's that in case your wondering, the reasoning segment starts from here Also i identified steam as a major culprit in culling the backlog, preventing the culling that is. Some of my major comfort titles are also to be found in my steam library. Total War Warhammer 3 for example, or a title such as Cities 2. Not to mention the exposure to all those fresh new young girls .... their voluptuous bodies and fluid dance moves uhhhhhhhhh here i compare steam with those youtube dance girl videos i always remove after a time

I'm planning to keep it that way at least to well into the next year. Don't think me poor, though, i use a lot of venues for my gaming experience. Could be nice to see if and how it will affect.

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You're on the wrong forum gaben

I've not had Steam installed for at least 5 years now

I can’t.

Of the several thousands games I own (not an exaggeration), not even a single one is coming from Steam. I only buy DRM-free games, and I follow this rule even for free games.

While I understand the sentiment and share the same values about DRM-Free gaming (except from thinking Steam is a 'nice launcher' as I think its bloated today and the weird girls part lol) I personally don't understand why you'd do that with the games you bought and might have fun playing.

We know that Steam's policy of games is basically everyone who uses their platform do not own their games, they actually rent them while they are avaialable on their launcher/servers, so you're actually just preventing yourself from playing the games you rented from them.

To come to this realization is what made me try to learn ways to turn the games I "own" there DRM-Free and this is what I did.
The thing is, and to the point of my polite answer and suggestion to you is: Why don't you do the same instead?

Using steamcmd is not that hard, allowing you to download your games files, and finding tools that allow you to play your legally bought/rented games offline is not that hard either.

Here, take those commands to use on SteamCMD as a start: Doing this you will have access to your legally owned games without Steam launcher.
Then you can do all the tests you want to test them if they're DRM-Free (or turn them DRM-Free) and then play them completely offline or back them up using compression tools like 7z or using InnoSetup to create your own installers, for example.

Do what keys said. It can be gamble or hassle to get them DRM free.

I have hundreds of games from steam. Tons of them will just not work with steamless or Goldberg dll. You will need to find cracks online. Then finding a crack for update version can be a B****. But at the end of the day it's better to try making you're games DRM free, than having then with DRM.

I advise keep your steam games. Try making them DRM free, but stop buying from steam. Just do GOG or make sure the game is full DRM free before buying it elsewhere. I salute you. It's not easy doing that nowadays.

So are you using EGS instead? I recall you said you are going to buy Wukong from EGS, not Steam?

I don't really see how using EGS instead of Steam is some kind of rebellious and brave thing to do. Same shit, different package.

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steam sucks since its drm and you dont own the games. the interface is bad and slow as well.

GoG, EGS EA and UBI are still on my system, steam too, but only the launcher, i'm to scared to lose my credentials ;)

i have a good selection of gog games installed and a couple from the other ones.
-ME trilogy and NSFU Payback for EA
-Setllers, Anno 2205 and 1820 and immortals Fenyx rising for Ubi

quite a few from Epic
Galciv iv, SotTomb Raider, Kings Bounty 2, Darkblade Ascent, Cyngi - All guns blazing, Mechwarrior 5 and Operencia

Surely the key thing is to enjoy the games you really want to play, almost regardless of the store you have them at.

My preference is GOG or ZOOM Platform games and a good number from Itch.io and a few from IndieGala etc.

I have lots of games at Steam too and especially Epic, but well over 90% of them are freebies. A small handful of paid ones I would play as the mood takes me, but essentially most of them are the rainy day variety or whenever there is a blue moon or pigs fly.

I've got more than enough great DRM-Free games, and then some, to keep me entertained for my short span on this planet.

Why do I have all those other games then? Because I can, and because you just never know, and because it cost me very little effort to have them ... and I like games, even if I don't play them. LOL

Oh, it’s actually very easy:
1. Don’t create an account on any DRM store
2. No step 2 ;)

As much as I love GOG & prefer DRM free, there are a lot of games of interest that haven't made their way here, so I still buy some games on Steam. Fortunately for me, a lot of my Steam games have worked with Steamless/Goldberg, which then makes them DRM free anyway.

Once they appear here I will pick them up though.

100%. It's actually way easier not to play on other DRM-infested stores because it requires you to go out of your way to make an account, browse the store, add games to the cart, and fill in your payment information, checkout, download, and play games.

Falling for DRM is entirely marketing hype and temptation.

Even when I was a GOG fanboy, I knew I couldn't entirely remove Steam games from my system. Partially because my library over there is massive (over 1200 games total, though only roughly 850 are paid games; many of them I got from giveaways), but also because they still have a superior amount of games to buy.

However, GOG has been on the rapid downslope for me over the past year and a half and I've since found myself using Steam so much more. It sucks because I still love DRM-free and hate how Steam basically created the DRM crisis in PC gaming, but Steam offers a better product (more useful store, better client), way more value to their customers, they don't force you to consent to data theft, they make it convenient for non-credit card holders due to prepaid wallet cards, and their service has so many more features (profile customization is phenomenal there). Not to mention the existence of the Steam Deck and their pretty useful mobile apps.

But hey, what are we gonna do? When even someone who had communication with GOG staff and regularly engaged with them online can't seem to get feedback through to them, there's not much else I can do except go where I feel valued as a customer.