GOG Galaxy isn't bad to use. It has cloud saves, and update checking - which is useful for some people. And games installed using the offline installers still show up in galaxy (and can be updated etc.) In fact, you can download the offline installers from the Galaxy app itself if you want to.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

itch.io and gog

would switch tbh but it would need to have steam style proton integration first

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago

heroic games launcher integrates a pretty solid proton base. Lutris also works but i find it a bit too fiddly for me.

HGL works great though, also provides native integration with EGL and GOG, which is nice.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Lutris gives you that.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 14 hours ago

It is not one click... I tried it a few years back. Ended with just going with steam only and abondrd all the other trash stores like ea etc

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

@cupcakezealot wasn't Itch also American?

@Blaze

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

yeah it wasn't necessarily an alternative; i was just saying they're better because they tend to support indie devs and/or are more drm free than steam. i didn't know of a purely non american one that i use :(

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

@cupcakezealot I like that they support indie creators as well, but Valve also did wonders in regard to gaming on Linux in general. I personally support both, as long as they are not supportive in any way to the current Trump administration.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

oh for sure it wasn't a dismissal of steam (which I have a large library and a steam deck) and more of a use itch.io and gog first of possible

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 2 points 10 hours ago

@cupcakezealot oh, I see

[–] Djinn_Indigo@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Apparently GOG is Polish. DRM free, too; the one time I used it it literally just gave me the raw game files, like back in the day.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

i didn't know they were polish but yup! for most games you can go into your account and download all the manuals and exes/pkgs for any game you own!

[–] commander@lemmings.world 0 points 13 hours ago

Heck, I just cut out the middleman and go straight to torrenting.

Wish I had thought to do this sooner. I would've saved a lot of money that really just ended up in the hands of landlords.