submitted 1 week ago by unknowablenight@piefed.social to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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Are there any alternatives to Steam? Like websites or things like it where you can publish and purchase games? FOSS is ideal.

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[-] thetrekkersparky@startrek.website 63 points 1 week ago

Its not Foss, but gog.com is based in Europe. It offers DRM free games. Lots of old games, but also tons of new games as well.

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks!

[-] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I also recommend Heroic Launcher - it can be used for Amazon and Epic if you have games with them, say free giveaways, but is great for GoG and manually adding installed Steam games. With some finicky steps I managed to get Sims 4 to launch from it. The FOSSibilities are endless

[-] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

GOG.com is based in Poland^[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com]. Many games are available as DRM-free downloads. They have a Steam-like launcher, GOG Galaxy^[https://www.gog.com/galaxy]. They also have a preservation program to keep old games playable^[https://www.gog.com/en/gog-preservation-program].

[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

Awesome, thanks!

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Were you agog?

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 15 points 1 week ago

Itch.io

[-] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 7 points 1 week ago

That's a whole different kind of rabbit hole!

[-] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

It's a good platform, but it's not European, right?

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, i didn't notice where the question was posted.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

If you want FOSS you don't need a central platform/launcher, most have their own github/similar page.

I would recommend CDDA.

[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

There's the Ubisoft store too.

Not that I would ever use it. But it is European.

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