GOG formally announce their GOG Patrons subscription donation system

As covered by GamingOnLinux back in October when it silently launched, GOG have now actually properly announced the GOG Patrons subscription donation system.

This is a new way for super fans of GOG to directly support the DRM-free store with an optional monthly subscription. It gives you a few perks like Discord access, voting on priorities for the GOG Preservation Program, your nickname may appear on certain game pages, a special profile badge to show you supported it and behind the scenes content.

So this is very much like Patreon but for fans of GOG directly to help the store along.

To me, this only continues to show that GOG really isn't doing very well when it comes to revenue (you can see it on their website). If I've read it right, GOG's net profit for the first 9 months of 2025 is only 910,000 PLN (approx $253,554 USD), for the whole of 2024 it was only 1,134,000 PLN (approx $315K USD) and that's down from 10,255,000 PLN for 2023 which for an entire store like it is really not a whole lot.

We've seen before as well how they were really struggling because the PC gaming default is very much still Steam. Earlier this year they began to ask for donations when buying games at the checkout too, and now this next big step.

Just look at Epic Games - they continue to be held up by Fortnite and even with constantly throwing out big free games they continue to burn through money because the majority shop on Steam. For two years in a row Epic Games saw a decline in purchases for third-party games (sources: 2024, 2023). Other stores not only have to be different, but really need a hook to pull people in.

You can see more on the GOG Patrons page if you're interested.