After being dormant for a while, GOG Connect is now active again, offering free GOG copies of certain games if you already own them on Steam. It's not currently clear how long these will remain available, so don't delay too long if you're interested!
The currently available games are as follows:
Anno 1404: Gold Edition
Hotline Miami
The Last Federation
Teslagrad
Two Worlds Epic Edition
X: Gold
AI War: Fleet Command
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Cossacks Anthology
Dex
Hot Tin Roof: The Cat that Wore a Fedora
Olliolli
Shadow Warrior (2013)
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut
The Masterplan
X: Rebirth
Ziggurat
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'Official' blurb:
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HOW DOES GOG CONNECT WORK?
To connect your library with GOG.com, sign in to your active Steam account via this page. NOTE: Make sure your Steam Privacy Settings & Profile Status are set to public.
You'll be able to permanently import all the games listed below to your GOG.com library – assuming you own them. The eligible games are limited-time offers made possible by participating developers and publishers, so stay tuned for more games to come.
You can connect only one Steam account with your GOG.com library. This process is permanent – choose wisely!
Top comments
sweeten16
26 Sep 165#4
No chance of being blocked out of playing a game because no drm.
Jonnyblock
26 Sep 164#1
Why would I want to do this?
ST3123 to Jonnyblock
26 Sep 163#7
Why would you not?
I don't think people really understand gog connect. It doesn't take the games out of your steam account, you still have them in steam, it effectively gives you another copy of the game you can play much more flexibly than on Steam.
The game selection this time doesn't seem quite so good as the first round of gog connect admittedly but it's free and it in no way affects your steam library so I don't see what isn't to like?
Latest comments (21)
118luke
30 Sep 16#21
Always greatly preferred GOG over steam.
Steam never appealed to me, as you're totally relying on their servers being up and running. Theres the (admittedly slim) chance that steam could decide to pull the plug and then the users would be up the creek without a paddle.
Isis88
30 Sep 16#20
All these people saying they don't have any eligible games... why the hell don't you own Hotline Miami?!
CAL23
27 Sep 16#19
Out of all the games I only had Olliolli. Still though, better than nothing. Hopefully they'll add Olliolli 2 at some point.
Jonnyblock
26 Sep 164#1
Why would I want to do this?
Illusionary to Jonnyblock
26 Sep 161#2
No reason that I can see. :smile:
ST3123 to Jonnyblock
26 Sep 163#7
Why would you not?
I don't think people really understand gog connect. It doesn't take the games out of your steam account, you still have them in steam, it effectively gives you another copy of the game you can play much more flexibly than on Steam.
The game selection this time doesn't seem quite so good as the first round of gog connect admittedly but it's free and it in no way affects your steam library so I don't see what isn't to like?
dar72 to Jonnyblock
27 Sep 16#18
Why wouldn't you? You get an extra copy of games that you already own and without DRM. Personally I'm not likely to use them from GOG but why wouldn't I claim them anyway? It's a free additional copy of games that I own.
I'm a Linux user and although I use Steam accepting that it is proprietary code and a form of DRM, that is one of the big downsides to it. I don't have the games on physical media. Although it's not likely, if Steam went away, I'd lose access to those games, with this I can download it from another service and can even download and keep a copy if I want to.
I'd honestly just play games through Steam rather than GOG. The only reason I can think of that I wouldn't is if I wanted to play a Windows-only game through Wine. It would be a lot easier to install in Wine using the GOG installer rather than having another Steam installation in Wine.
wox
27 Sep 16#17
I tried today and it worked ! \o/
kimplix
27 Sep 16#16
Nice. Missed out the last time, but it's entirely worth it to see it come back
TheMev
27 Sep 16#15
4 games added. Thanks.
ssimonian
27 Sep 16#14
Thanks Illusionary!! Great find - add a few decent titles DRM free that aren't on humblebundle either.
Spasho
27 Sep 16#13
Buy games on Steam? I just collect the ones retailers give away. :stuck_out_tongue:
I've set all to public but no luck so far. I'll check tomorrow.
wox
27 Sep 16#11
My profile is set to public but gog can't find "Two Worlds Epic Edition" in my steam library? i got it for free on dlh.net maybe that's why?
Illusionary to wox
27 Sep 161#12
Check that you don't already have the game in your GOG library.
Spasho
26 Sep 16#8
:disappointed:
Illusionary to Spasho
26 Sep 161#9
Clearly, you need to buy more games :stuck_out_tongue:
yeahbob to Spasho
26 Sep 16#10
You might want to check that you Steam privacy settings are all set to public. Then refresh a few times on the GOG page. That helped in my case...
idbirch
26 Sep 161#6
I have a GOG account and and an extensive Steam library but going by the grade of games in that list, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything or running any kind of risk by not doing this.
lanky78
26 Sep 161#5
also bonus media like wallpapers and soundtracks
sweeten16
26 Sep 165#4
No chance of being blocked out of playing a game because no drm.
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Opening post
The currently available games are as follows:
Anno 1404: Gold Edition
Hotline Miami
The Last Federation
Teslagrad
Two Worlds Epic Edition
X: Gold
AI War: Fleet Command
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Cossacks Anthology
Dex
Hot Tin Roof: The Cat that Wore a Fedora
Olliolli
Shadow Warrior (2013)
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut
The Masterplan
X: Rebirth
Ziggurat
--------------
'Official' blurb:
--------------
HOW DOES GOG CONNECT WORK?
To connect your library with GOG.com, sign in to your active Steam account via this page. NOTE: Make sure your Steam Privacy Settings & Profile Status are set to public.
You'll be able to permanently import all the games listed below to your GOG.com library – assuming you own them. The eligible games are limited-time offers made possible by participating developers and publishers, so stay tuned for more games to come.
You can connect only one Steam account with your GOG.com library. This process is permanent – choose wisely!
Top comments
I don't think people really understand gog connect. It doesn't take the games out of your steam account, you still have them in steam, it effectively gives you another copy of the game you can play much more flexibly than on Steam.
The game selection this time doesn't seem quite so good as the first round of gog connect admittedly but it's free and it in no way affects your steam library so I don't see what isn't to like?
Latest comments (21)
Steam never appealed to me, as you're totally relying on their servers being up and running. Theres the (admittedly slim) chance that steam could decide to pull the plug and then the users would be up the creek without a paddle.
I don't think people really understand gog connect. It doesn't take the games out of your steam account, you still have them in steam, it effectively gives you another copy of the game you can play much more flexibly than on Steam.
The game selection this time doesn't seem quite so good as the first round of gog connect admittedly but it's free and it in no way affects your steam library so I don't see what isn't to like?
I'm a Linux user and although I use Steam accepting that it is proprietary code and a form of DRM, that is one of the big downsides to it. I don't have the games on physical media. Although it's not likely, if Steam went away, I'd lose access to those games, with this I can download it from another service and can even download and keep a copy if I want to.
I'd honestly just play games through Steam rather than GOG. The only reason I can think of that I wouldn't is if I wanted to play a Windows-only game through Wine. It would be a lot easier to install in Wine using the GOG installer rather than having another Steam installation in Wine.
I've set all to public but no luck so far. I'll check tomorrow.