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Hey there!

I am really astonished about the big amount of alternatives we've got in europe.

But I think this is a hard one: Steam.

I have switched from windows to linux a few years ago and I don't plan to go back. Steam has the advantage of the integrated proton-service which allows playing many windows games on linux.

Do we have something similar?

~ sp3ctre

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

GOG is the closest we got. All games on there are DRM-free. No direct Proton- or Linux-integration but you can use Heroic Launcher for that.

[–] sp3ctre@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks! It's something. I will take a look at this!

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Good Old Games, or GOG. That's the only one that I can think of.

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 11 points 1 month ago

While an alternative except GOG doesn't really exist. What you can do is buy your keys from any site linked by https://isthereanydeal.com/

These sites sell keys but money still goes to the developer, its just that steam does not get a cut and the companies on there do.

The companies that I know for a fact are EU based Greenman and Fanatical (UK), Gamesplanet (France)

There's also GamersGate (Swedish)

[–] Sailing7@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

As others suggested GOG + some FOSS Gamelauncher. There was one posted a few months back. Looked pretty nice but cant remember the name.

Though community stuff and such obviously wont be the same as in steam

[–] Matombo@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Besides gog there is also itch.io

Made by a single dude I think 'murican, but all drm free and stuff, mostly indie games, but also the big indie games. And linux client (albeit a little but buggy).

[–] McWizard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Well you can use lutris or bottles and the high seas.

[–] Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I run a lot of games from GOG, and you can install them/configure them in lutris. You can log into your gog account and see your library there, and select what to install in it.

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yer see that mighty ol boat ove ther, she aching to leve the doks

[–] vesi@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago
[–] Obelix@feddit.org -2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You can still buy games in stores.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Triple A games sure but basically no indie games.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A lot of the time it's a box with a code for some online store these days. And yeah, no indies.