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		rkagerer on Jan 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No Man's Sky's update introduces billions of new s... The game has a 60% discount on Steam right now [1], but not on GoG [2]. Is the Steam version DRM-benign? e.g. Is it similar to Kerbal Space Program where you could just copy the folder out to another location (or a new PC) and play it without Steam having to be installed? [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/ [2] https://www.gog.com/en/game/no_mans_sky

lukan on Jan 29, 2025 [–]

Steam games you cannot just copy and play. GoG is like this.

(with steam you can sort of export it, but then need another steam client to install it)

rkagerer on Jan 29, 2025 | [–]

What you said is not the case for all Steam games. KSP is one, several more are listed here:

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_DRM-free_g...

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