• leave_it_blank@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        So it’s possible to download the installer through steam, store it somewhere and ten years later I can just start the installer without having steam on my system?

        Asking out of curiosity, I don’t use steam, I never thought that would be possible?

        • Zoot@reddthat.com
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          8 months ago

          You can copy the entire game folder and run it that way, as long as the game is actually DRM free it should work just fine.

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              8 months ago

              You would use Steam as the installer, or you can buy it on GoG and they will give you an installer for the game. Entirely depends on what game you’re trying to copy.

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                8 months ago

                Thank you! I have about 5 games on steam, so I haven’t installed it on my system. The only interesting one is Doom 2016, so for a moment I thought I could download the installer as a backup without having to use steam anymore in the future when I do want to play it again. Would have been nice. Thanks for clarifying!

        • lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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          8 months ago

          I don’t think it is because even Steam games without DRM are still modified to work with Steam for things like achievements. There may be games without DRM and without achievements but if a game has either of them it will not work without it.

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            8 months ago

            I think they’ll still work without Steam, otherwise you couldn’t play them offline either

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      8 months ago

      Steam isn’t DRM. They offer a (very weak and basic) DRM for free for developers to use but they don’t have too.

      For a lot of games you can just install them using steam and then uninstall steam and the games will continue to work.