Paradox have lots of games on Linux. There client is surely coming soon.

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Quoting: liamdaweMy GOG contact who sent it over didn't note it, so I honestly wasn't aware. It seems it's in small print on the right hand side of the GOG store page for it.

I've added a bit into the article at the top to make people aware.

Quite disappointing.

Thanks! It's not your fault. GOG is quite silent about this issue.

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Quoting: Alm888nor available on Linux (due to Galaxy, obviously).

Thanks! That is exactly why we need Galaxy on Linux. Please liamdawe, when covering Linux releases on GOG, could you add a warning if online features are missing due to Galaxy.

I'm sorry to point this issue but I think it is a real one. In the article, announcing a release on GOG, you say the game as online features, which is true but confusing as not available for us on GOG.

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Do you tested online myltiplayer on the GOG version? Does it requires galaxy? Can GOG players play with Steam ones?

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Quoting: GuestGOG is a game store. So it cannot be compared to others producing/developing games and game related software. Do you want a supermarket to have cows to produce milk? No, they bet milk from those that produce it and make it available to us. It cannot sell me stuff though that the producer doesn't want to distribute via the supermarket.

Gog was very late to support Linux version of games that already had Linux binaries. Even now lots of games with a Linux version everywhere else still do not have one on Gog. To be fair, most of these games were released on gog before they officially support Linux. They could do something for this issue but they do not. The same is sadly true for Galaxy which is supposed to be available soon for more than 2 years. I heard that Galaxy is even required for multiplayer on Gog for some games (Zombasite). This locks Linux gamers out.

Gog does a lot for DRM free, but far less than other general stores for Linux. Of course you're free to buy there, like you're free to buy Windows copies. I'm just saying that, people who wants to support Linux gaming should give their money in priority to companies (stores, devs, publishers) who are actively helping Linux gaming.

And yes Steam is DRM Full, that's sad. That's why I buy games in priority in Itch. But nobody can say honestly that Valve is not doing a great job at improving Linux gaming. Most of where we are now is because of Loki, the Humble Bundle and now Valve (and of course the amazing work of mesa, wine and a lot of free and open source project).

Like I said, you're free to buy whereever you like to. But you can't honestly say that Gog makes efforts to support Linux gaming. They re just doing the bare minimum. Just a simple silly question: how many games did Feral ported in the last 2 years? How many since Gog releaed Galaxy on MacOS? Do you really think that porting Galaxy om Linux requires so much time?

I would LOVE to see Gog support Linux. Gog is on Windows and Mac a great Store. But whereas windows and Mac users, we are only second class citizens on Gog. That's sad, but this is unfortunately true.

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Quoting: scaineSadly, I already purchased on Steam, but hey ho. You use what you like, right?

Of course everyone is free to use whatever she likes. My point is not telling people what to do, but questioning the article from a strategic perspective.

It is often told to everyone here to wait to buy a game until it is released on Linux in order for this copy to be counted as a Linux sales. And to only buy on stores having Linux keys. And also to prefer developer stores like the old gameagent or the feral store. I completely agree with all of this as it helps the people making efforts to support us.

Feral is doing a lot for linux, buying on their store helps them, Valve is doing a lot too, helping them is helping us. Itch does support Linux too. And of course every developper store suppporting Linux is very nice too. But GOG? What do they do for Linux? Ignoring one of the most voted feature, having lots of Linux native games Win and Mac only. If GOG would have wanted to support Linux, they would have already resolved those issues. Why choosing a company where we are only second-class citizen over ones who treat us well?

PS: beware the multiplayer on Gog, it may require Galaxy or be separate from other players.

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Just to point that it is avaibable on itch too [External Link]. I'm not sure its a good idea to encourage people to buy on a site where out platform is so much disregarded (GoG), when there are alternatives with the same benefits (DRM-Free) but which clearly supports us as a legitimate platform (Itch).

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Quoting: JanSorry for being so negative, but apart from Vulkan's great improvements I don't see a realistic chance for AAA Linux gaming in the foreseeable future.

Yes porters need money for the work they do, that's completely obvious. But i don't think the solution is to rebuy games but to boycot games not on Linux. Rebuying means your money still go to one Windows/Mac sales, wheras boycoting reduce the Win/Mac share. We now have lots of games on Linux, if you want to buy a Wind/Mac title, just look if there is a similar title available on Linux.

I don't think Aspyr left Linux, there recent titles are on Linux. They just release less games.

The Linux market on Steam is arount 1%. Of course more people would be nice, but linux support represent 20% of the total. I higly doubt we will rich that much people soon. What the platform need now is a more predictable and stable runtime environment: better drivers (Mesa devs, including Valve, are on it), fixed libraries for ABI compatibility (flatpack may help here) and obviously engine support on par with windows. Note that Linux support in engines is recent, and their linux clients even more.

Linux games is not dead! It won't be a major sales share soon though. We just need to lower the porting and support cost enough for companies to be profitable.

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Petty nice :) Would have been a good idea to filter out linux native games.

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Can the shader cache shorten the everlasting startup of Deus Ex Manking Devided ?

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