• @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    How does the DRM free situation work on steam exactly? For those of with steam decks, how does that work? Games can still be taken down.

    • @infinitepcg
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      1 year ago

      If the game doesn’t have DRM, you can download it through steam, keep a copy of the files and it will work without steam. AFAIK, Steam doesn’t remove things from people’s libraries, only from the store. I have a few games that aren’t sold anymore, but you I can still download and play them just fine. It’s the same on the Steam Deck, but playing a game through Steam is more convenient.

        • @Landmammals
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          21 year ago

          Yes, drm free games don’t need to launch through steam

            • @moonburster
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              21 year ago

              You have to use the desktop mode for that and use it as a pc that executes games. Find the game files and execute them. I’m not certain about support for all the controls (I think as long as stram is running it just works)

    • Space Sloth
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      11 year ago

      I’ve still got games in my inventory that’s no longer on the store, so I guess they’re always available if you bought them.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        So if you uninstall or delete the game, you can reinstall them at a later time? Can you take the game out of steam? Can you launch the game without steam?

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          So if you uninstall or delete the game, you can reinstall them at a later time?

          Yes

          Can you take the game out of steam? Can you launch the game without steam?

          No