I wish I bough a few more DLC, can I mix DLC GOG.

[KeinNiemand]

Recently picked up the starter back in this years team spring sale, but now I want a few more DLC but I really really don't want to pay full price for the DLC, since it's just a huge waste of money to pay double of what it costs on a sale. I've seen the game is on sale on GOG right now so the question is can I buy the base game + the DLC I'm missing on GOG and then copy the files over or something or do I just have to wait until the summer sale? And no I don't want to use sketchy steam key sellers.

[Elitewrecker PT]

There are plenty of non sketch steam key sellers.
But no, I don't think that would work

[KeinNiemand]

None where the dlc are on sale right now, also I see no reason why I woudn't work I mean game is DRM free as in you could theoretically copy the files over to another PC and play wihtout even having steam installed and also most of the DLC content is already in the game just disabled there are lines like has_overlord_dlc = yes in the game files and no I won't try to remove them.
Anyways I see no reason why it woudn't work other then maybe breaking achivments and stuff like that.
I guess I'll just have to try and get a refund if it dosn't work.

[Odra]

You can use the Augmented Steam plugin for browsers and it will display which reputable seller has discounts at the moment.

Or you can visit "Is There Any Deal" and it will list all reputable sellers that have discounts, it seems IndieGala has a Stellaris sale with 25% discounts AND it is Steam compatible, but keep checking it and you can find some great prices.

[ScreamCon]

Support game developers. Buy on steam. Your monies will go to good cause paying someone else's bills. And thus, supporting families in need. Its not the best of causes but it is one.

Play the game for 2000 hour and your money will pay you back in entertainment.

[KeinNiemand]

Buying on GOG worked, I bough it on GOG (including a second copy of the base game still way cheaper then paying full price for the DLC) and told GOG Galaxy to install it in the same folder as the steam version the game now shows the DLC from both GOG and steam.
Turns out that yes you can mix DLC between steam and GOG, you just have to buy the base game twice and install the game in the same folder using both steam and GOG.

Update, the GOG version works with DLC from the steam version (installing the GOG version in the same folder overides the main exe file and the launcherconfig.json file), the steam version however does not accept DLC from the GOG version, so Steam achivements and other steam based features (except workshop) don't work.

[Scrapmetal_Dragon]

you can use all dlcs in multiplayer games if the host has them

[KeinNiemand]

I'm not intreseted in multiplayer

[Sero]

Originally posted by KeinNiemand:

Buying on GOG worked, I bough it on GOG (including a second copy of the base game still way cheaper then paying full price for the DLC) and told GOG Galaxy to install it in the same folder as the steam version the game now shows the DLC from both GOG and steam.
Turns out that yes you can mix DLC between steam and GOG, you just have to buy the base game twice and install the game in the same folder using both steam and GOG.

Update, the GOG version works with DLC from the steam version (installing the GOG version in the same folder overides the main exe file and the launcherconfig.json file), the steam version however does not accept DLC from the GOG version, so Steam achivements and other steam based features (except workshop) don't work.

I wouldn't have expected Steam to work with foreign DLC since it doesn't have the entires in Steam but GOG would of course work since they got no locks on the game at all.
But then again I wouldn't assume that this sort of thing always works. Skyrim for example has a difference version on GoG. No idea how that changes things for DLC though.