As a privacy-valuing PC gamer, I’m afraid that’s a bad idea. As great as GOG’s way of doing things is/was, I need to transition away from Windows more than I need to transition away from Steam. I’m sorry, but as of 2025 Steam is less evil than Microsoft.
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DigDoug@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I agree. While Family Sharing may be an option, it really shouldn’t be necessary. Why shouldn’t “I” (whether it’s my dad playing Cities: Skylines, or actually me playing a round of Balatro while waiting for a DotA queue to pop) be able to play two different games that I paid for at the same time? Before I knew about Family Sharing, I accidentally kicked my dad off Cities: Skylines far too many times simply by waking up my Deck.
Funnily enough, now Family Sharing largely isn’t necessary because I started buying a bunch of my games on GOG which means I rarely use my Steam Deck because of how difficult most GOG games are to get running.
Gadg8eer@lemm.ee 1 day ago
DigDoug@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I’ve used Linux on my PC for about 7 years, now, and I’ve only found two or three games I had to go back to Windows for (though I don’t play very many multiplayer titles, so YMMV). For whatever reason, though, I can almost never get the Steam Deck controls to work with my GOG games. GOG really need to step up - there’s a MacOS version of GOG Galaxy, after all.
SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
they aren’t difficult to get running on Deck
DigDoug@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Maybe it depends what games you want to play. Fallout NV is the only GOG game I’ve got working with no hitches through Heroic. Every other GOG game I’ve tried to get running either doesn’t run at all, or the controls don’t work.