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minus-squareGawdl3y@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 hours agoSteam’s DRM is completely optional and is among the least intrusive DRMs available for developers to use. Many games are sold 100% DRM-free on Steam.
minus-squareYarHarSuperstar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 hours agoI don’t know of a single game on/from Steam that doesn’t require Steam to run. Thats DRM.
minus-squarecorodius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 hours agoIt is entirely up to the developer if they want to use it though. It is not mandatory for a developer to use Steam DRM even if publishing on Steam. Kerbal Space Program 1, at least used to not require steam running at all. I havent tried in a while, but it was supposed to stay that way.
minus-squareYarHarSuperstar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoOh wow that is interesting. So the vast majority of devs just choose to lock it to the steam.exe?
minus-squarecorodius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoyep yep, exactly this. For whatever reason suits them, be it drm or others, pretty much everyone who publishes on steam does choose to do so
Steam’s DRM is completely optional and is among the least intrusive DRMs available for developers to use. Many games are sold 100% DRM-free on Steam.
I don’t know of a single game on/from Steam that doesn’t require Steam to run. Thats DRM.
It is entirely up to the developer if they want to use it though. It is not mandatory for a developer to use Steam DRM even if publishing on Steam.
Kerbal Space Program 1, at least used to not require steam running at all. I havent tried in a while, but it was supposed to stay that way.
Oh wow that is interesting. So the vast majority of devs just choose to lock it to the steam.exe?
yep yep, exactly this. For whatever reason suits them, be it drm or others, pretty much everyone who publishes on steam does choose to do so