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What games that are on GOG without DRM have DRM on, say, Steam? (Many Steam games have no DRM.)

It's impossible to know which Steam games are DRM-free since Steam games without DRM are not marked in the store. They have to all be assumed to have DRM.

Well, all Steam games have Steam DRM? The Steam store will tell you if there is additional DRM on top of Steam, at least it has in the past.

To the parents question, it is better to use GOG if you care about DRM.

Sometimes the Steam version is qualitatively better because the publisher/dev has supported the Steam version with more updates. Often the updates do turn up on GOG, but it's possible there is a delay.

DRM is an optional Steamworks feature, the developer can opt out by simply not using it.

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/drm

Steam flags kernel-level DRM in a game's store page. Denuvo is identifiable (and named!) this way.

Recent example: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3357650/PRAGMATA/

Denuvu anti tamper isn't kernel level though

This is true only if there is exactly one person who buys them.

These games all released with Denuvo on Steam and DRM-free on GOG. (Some of them have subsequently removed Denuvo on Steam.)

Mad Max Middle-earth: Shadow of War Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Need to put double spaces to have empty lines in HN

Arkham Knight, Yakuza: Like a Dragon still have Denuvo on Steam but no drm on GOG

Very few games on Steam are without drm.

Total number of DRM-free games: 1,744 out of 41,266 games in total.

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games_on_...

Is that counting Steam's DRM?

Says "flagged as DRM-free" on Steam

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