But if nobody buys games on GOG anymore GOG will die, and everyone will be sad.

if hellogames decides to just-DROP GOG from the build-or releases a build that only works with GOG friends lists (probably-likely the case)... I will try using my preorder installer on the Steam version I got from humble bundle

Well, if that does happen , to play multiplayer they will leave us no choice. I heard its 50% off at the moment on Steam too... tempting, but I will wait a little longer.

I have seen it! For a second... and then it was gone...
It appeared for some instants on Galaxy. I guess it's on its way. Things on GOG are usually slower, although patience doesn't seem to be the best virtue of users here.

Here's your answer: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/no_mans_sky_next_update_now_live_08fb8

Really? I have the never heard of "offline" games that won't show in the games count. Which games would that be? What does offline even mean in this context?

NEXT is updating now!!

Yeah, I find that fishy as well.

Just so you know, editing in a reply quote after the fact (if that's what you did there) does not give the quoted user a forum reply notification in their account; only using the "reply" button from a given post will give such a notification (and it will even do so if you entirely delete both the body and the quote tags of the post you're replying from before you hit "Post my message").
The quoted user will still see the little "reply star" as they're scrolling through the thread, but that's it.
Apologies if you already knew this.

there are ones that i had downloaded b4 using gog galaxy. i only game i play from gog that have be online is No man's Sky and that is because you need to be hook up to hello-games servers in some way to save all your finds

Part of it is here.
Uh. I have several games I've never played, that were purchased before Galaxy was even an idea on a drawing board, and yet they all show on my profile. I think you're either full of it or don't understand what that game counter means.

I have never used Galaxy, and all of my games (except for the small number I have hidden) appear in my profile. So unless you A.) have multiple accounts, or B.) have the vast majority of your games marked as "hidden" in your library for whatever reason, your profile's "games" tab should still show 20+ games. But the very basic version that is public says "3".
For reference, I have a total of 123 games; I have 5 hidden (most of them demos), so when I view that games page in my own profile, it shows me the same 118 that I can see in "my collection" in my library, though both the count on the top of my profile and the count beside "Games" in my account menu dropdown say 123.

Note that I'm not trying to turn this into a witch hunt, nor do I really think that how many games one currently owns should be much of a factor in determining how legitimate one's complaints are. I just find your assertion curious.