You typically don't get "ownership rights" when you purchase a game on Steam. You'll typically be purchasing a licence to play the game, which could be taken away at any point. Some Steam games don't include DRM after installation, and you'll truly own those games after downloading them. (you can search for a game here, and find the DRM used) I'd recommend avoiding purchasing games on Steam whenever DRM is included if you want to own the game you'd buy, there are a lot of online stores that sell games without DRM.

[–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Can same game be with DRM on steam and without DRM on other platform.

[–] Deello@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, happens all the time on gog. They don't have the same library of games but there is an overlap.

[–] Jako301@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

If the game is DRM free on GOG it usually only has the Steamworks DRM on steam. That one is so easy to remove that you might aswell call it DRM free since its only use is to make publishers think their game is protected.

[–] reddthat@reddthat.com 4 points 6 months ago

Yes. In those cases the steam DRM is usually for achievements, friend joining, and checking that it was run via steam.

There are plenty of "steam emulators" or even patchers that remove the steam DRM.

So as long as you have the files applications such as SteamEMU and Steamless are godsends in ensuring that when you "buy" a game you will still be able to play it.

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