Post newly-discovered games here

[CheeseBoar]

This thread is for newly-discovered DRM-free and client-free games, so put what you find in the comments below. I'll post my own comments to let you know that the wiki page has been updated!

Also, it seems like if you copy and paste the Steam store page URL into your comment, it'll give you a really nice link to the page itself, with a preview of the game, and everything (as you can see in many of the comments below). It's a really nice visual cue, so I recommend doing that whenever you find a DRM-free game.

PLEASE MAKE SURE you specify the operating system on which you tested the game. Not all games are created equally, and some games have versions that are DRM-free on one OS but not on another. Also, remember to do a quick check on the wiki page to see if the game is already listed there.

[CheeseBoar]

Holy crap, that an insane find, even if it only works for the one game. I'm interested to see what your non-VM findings are, and I feel like it would be worth putting it on the wiki with a note about the process.

[Auster]

Originally posted by CheeseBoar:

Holy crap, that an insane find, even if it only works for the one game. I'm interested to see what your non-VM findings are, and I feel like it would be worth putting it on the wiki with a note about the process.

Sorry for the delay. Busy irl. But I think the process can be cleaned up a bit. I tend to ramble a bit. e.e"
And still couldn't test the game elsewhere, but already have the files in place.

[CheeseBoar]

Pentiment (Windows) is DRM-free.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1205520/Pentiment/

Originally posted by Auster:

Sorry for the delay. Busy irl. But I think the process can be cleaned up a bit. I tend to ramble a bit. e.e"
And still couldn't test the game elsewhere, but already have the files in place.

No need to apologize! That's still a crazy find, I wonder what the purpose of that is from a programming perspective.

[Auster]

Originally posted by CheeseBoar:

No need to apologize! That's still a crazy find, I wonder what the purpose of that is from a programming perspective.

The best I can guess is that they couldn't figure anything more restrictive with the technology and resources at the time, but this is just conjecture.
Still, I've seen other publishers, albeit in other stores, do that too, and one of them even releases games to this day.

[MMACHINECode]

Big dump incoming:

High on Life (Base game only, DLC requires Steam), Impostor Factory, OPUS: Echo of Starsong, and Wildermyth are all DRM-free when run directly from their executable, no other workaround needed.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1583230/High_On_Life/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1182620/Impostor_Factory/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1504500/OPUS_Echo_of_Starsong__Full_Bloom_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/763890/Wildermyth/

Meanwhile, Trover Saves the Universe and Cloudpunk are both DRM-free, but only when Steam is uninstalled/renamed.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1051200/Trover_Saves_the_Universe/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/746850/Cloudpunk

[CheeseBoar]

I'm genuinely surprised about Cloudpunk. That had some kind of Denuvo lite in it for a while.

[CheeseBoar]

Jusant (Windows) is DRM-free!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1977170/Jusant/

[BLINXERIZER]

Originally posted by CheeseBoar:

Jusant (Windows) is DRM-free!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1977170/Jusant/

Awesome!

[CheeseBoar]

Scars Above (Windows) is DRM-free.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1196090/Scars_Above/

[CheeseBoar]

Okay, we're all updated again!

[coates_0]

Early this week, Lies of P had Denuvo removed from the game. I've bought the game found out that the game is now drm-free. You do have to add the "steam_appid.txt" file in the "<game directory>\LiesofP\Binaries\Win64\" directory though. This was tested on Windows 11 Pro.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627720/Lies_of_P/

[CheeseBoar]

Holy crap, talk about a turnaround! That's fantastic news!

[coates_0]

Originally posted by CheeseBoar:

Holy crap, talk about a turnaround! That's fantastic news!

Turnaround indeed. I've just updated the PC Gaming Wiki page for Lies of P. I'm so glad that you created this forum.

[CheeseBoar]

Aww, I appreciate the kind words. I'm still salty about the GOG forum topic getting locked, it needed to continue somewhere.

[coates_0]

Originally posted by CheeseBoar:

Aww, I appreciate the kind words. I'm still salty about the GOG forum topic getting locked, it needed to continue somewhere.

Same here.