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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study (www.gamesindustry.biz)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

Can we play Steam games without using their stupid launcher? I hate it. It's got more trackers than Google and burns my laptop battery to death on just Belatro.

God I fucking hate that launcher. Honestly, fuck all launchers unless you're playing multiplayer. Can some one tell me how to get around this without pirating?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Oh, that DLL file removal sounds cool. It would be neat to rename the DLL, make a little daemon to rename the file to original name, open the game, run deamon in background while gaming, and then rename the file back to the fake name when the daemon detects that Steam closes. That way you can use the deamin to play online when you want and not have the offline check when you're offline.

    Also, I was able to filter a lot of the queries with NextDNS if anyone is interested. The Steam trackers are shitty. They don't even suggest good stuff based in preferences either.

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