difference between this one and free one

[sergykid]

so i went to search on google for game making software and there's a site with a free version
https://gamemaker-studio.en.uptodown.com/windows

and then there's this one on Steam, paid. Are these two different softwares? if it's the same, what's the difference between them? what do i lose except from the specified platforms, if i use the free version from that site?

[maras]

They just downloaded the trial version from the official site and put it on their site. That's all

[Amir Dayyef]

You can't trust any website you come across that says free download, I would recommend buying it from steam and not killing you PC with viruses...

[sergykid]

Originally posted by marasovec:

They just downloaded the trial version from the official site and put it on their site. That's all

so that's a legit version but it's just the free trial version, which somehow you can't get from steam

Originally posted by Amir Dayyef:

You can't trust any website you come across that says free download, I would recommend buying it from steam and not killing you PC with viruses...

of course, i wanted first to know if it's a legit software before doing anything, also i wanted to see if i can use it before actually paying

[RandomDude]

https://help.yoyogames.com/hc/en-us/articles/230492887-How-To-Get-GameMaker-Studio-2-Trial

[Chameleon_Silk]

downloading from a 3rd party site is a great way to get a virus (has happened to me getting winamp back in the day) not saying its a virus just saying uploading a free file and ghost hosting it is not the safest downloading practice.

if you desire the free trial go to the offical site to download it not some other download location.

the difference between the full and trial is that there is a limit on how many assets you can utilize at once, I wanna say its 20 or 30 sprites and/or objects but I know I hit the limit before buying the full version but it lets you demo GMS2 nicely before deciding on buying or not.