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[–] 24 points 4 months ago (15 children)

Many steam games are DRM free and would work even if Steam shuts down. It's been like this at least since 2011 or so (that's when I discovered this, it could be earlier).

I guess the impact would depend on the types of game which one buys on Steam.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    If you had them downloaded yes. But if you didn’t and they disappeared?

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  • [–] 31 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I would just a get pirated copy.

    I haven't pirated games in a very long time, but this seems like a fair thing to do in such a situation. If the game is cheap and/or I like the studio, I would probably just rebuy on GOG.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    And, friendly nudge:

    It's not hard to back up games from Steam. Especially those with no DRM. Just keep them on a drive somewhere.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Pretty expensive though, given the prices on storage. And many of them will be out of date in a few months. Face it, we can download from the high seas at any time, the only reason most of us are buying on steam is convenience. Whatever we could backup on steam today we could just retrieve from elsewhere at any time.

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    Didn't know it was that low, I knew it was a smaller share, but I thought it would be double digit percentages.

    That being said, many critically acclaimed games are indeed DRM free on Steam.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Steam Offline mode is your best friend for archiving games forever.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Generic stream emulators already exist and is how a vast number of games are “cracked”

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