Like what the title says. There's always a catch unless it's FOSS. So, what is the catch with them giving games for free that you can keep forever? What will the developers of the games get as a thank you?

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

At least in the first years, most of the games released on the Epic Games Store were DRM-free, in the strictest sense in that you could move the folder from PC to PC without needing the launcher, like on GOG. You can see the data as of today here.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Still below 600 (if the numbers are dead-exact) which makes me glad. GOG should be the only place for DRM free games. But that's my opinion. What I know of, GOG is today the only place for downloadable installation files of games.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The numbers represent confirmed cases, so there could be more. There used to be a GOG thread dedicated to testing games for DRM on Epic, but then it was locked and its main contributors have switched to adding the information to the wiki.

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