Breath of Fire IV plus classic Resident Evil 1-3 from GOG arrive on Steam - but with DRM

With a little help from GOG, some more classic games have arrived on Steam for those of you who want more retro gaming goodies.

Firstly there's the re-release of Breath of Fire IV for PC, which arrived on GOG back in April 2025 which has made its way to Steam now. Then we have the original classics of Resident Evil (1996), Resident Evil 2 (1998) and Resident Evil 3 Nemesis (1999). With all of the games bringing various enhancements and compatibility fixes for modern systems like improved keyboard and mouse support, audio upgrades, new display options, improved cut-scenes and so on.

Pictured - Resident Evil (1996)

In all of these cases, GOG directly are named as a developer on the Steam pages.And at the bottom of the description they note "This re-released version of the game was co-developed by GOG". It's also likely that GOG actually get a cut of these sales, which is an interesting thing to think about.

Stupidly though, all 4 of the fresh Steam releases note they come with "The Enigma Protector" DRM. Which they don't have on GOG, so Steam users are getting an added nuisance here forced by Capcom.

For playing them on Linux / SteamOS / Steam Deck, they all seem to need some tweaks too. Likely some similar tricks needed as what happened with the Steam releases of the classic Dino Crisis. Annoying. Hopefully Valve will be able to solve the issues with some updates to Proton.

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Breath of Fire IV

Resident Evil (1996)

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

Resident Evil 3 Nemesis (1999)