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.

[coates_0]

Originally posted by CheeseBoar:

A super-rare occurrence for an EA-published game, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU (Windows) is completely DRM-free now that Denuvo is gone!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2316580/Tales_of_Kenzera_ZAU/

That's awesome. I think that was the second EA published game that had Denuvo removed that is now drm-free (the first was Jedi Fallen Order).

[MMACHINECode]

A Space For The Unbound is DRM-free when launched with steam_appid.txt.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201270/A_Space_for_the_Unbound/

[BLINXERIZER]

Originally posted by MMAchineCode:

A Space For The Unbound is DRM-free when launched with steam_appid.txt.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201270/A_Space_for_the_Unbound/

Oh awesome. Still want to get that.

[CheeseBoar]

Originally posted by coates_0:

That's awesome. I think that was the second EA published game that had Denuvo removed that is now drm-free (the first was Jedi Fallen Order).

Yeah, and honestly, I still think that Jedi: Fallen Order was a mistake. I don't think they meant to actually put the DRM-free file in there, but they were done supporting the game, so they just left it rather than try to take it back.

[coates_0]

Originally posted by CheeseBoar:

Originally posted by coates_0:

That's awesome. I think that was the second EA published game that had Denuvo removed that is now drm-free (the first was Jedi Fallen Order).

Yeah, and honestly, I still think that Jedi: Fallen Order was a mistake. I don't think they meant to actually put the DRM-free file in there, but they were done supporting the game, so they just left it rather than try to take it back.

I actually agree with you about that, given that the .exe file will try to call for the EA app even though it doesn't need it to function.

[AmethystViper]

UFO 50 is DRM-free via the steam_appid.txt trick in <game-directory> containing the game's App ID number "1147860". Tested on Windows 10 Home, 64-bit.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50/

[CheeseBoar]

Silent Hill 2 runs DRM-free from the shipping .exe, but the DLC isn't recognized (it's just cosmetic). I'm not home to test to see if the game saves outside of Steam, so if someone wants to confirm whether or not it works, that's awesome, otherwise, I'll try to test it tomorrow.

[CheeseBoar]

Okay, I can confirm that Silent Hill 2 (Windows) is DRM-free when run from the shipping .exe! You won't get the DLC outside of Steam, but that's just cosmetic; the game itself plays, saves, and loads perfectly without Steam present.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2124490/SILENT_HILL_2/

[BLINXERIZER]

Originally posted by CheeseBoar:

Okay, I can confirm that Silent Hill 2 (Windows) is DRM-free when run from the shipping .exe! You won't get the DLC outside of Steam, but that's just cosmetic; the game itself plays, saves, and loads perfectly without Steam present.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2124490/SILENT_HILL_2/

Woah I totally wasn't expecting this. I totally thought it would even have denuvo.

[CheeseBoar]

ANIMAL WELL (Windows) is DRM-free!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/813230/ANIMAL_WELL/

[BLINXERIZER]

Nice!

[BLINXERIZER]

Psilosybil is DRM-Free out of the box! Uses the same save file(s)

Windows 10

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696720/PsiloSybil/

[coates_0]

Kamikaze Lassplanes is drm-free. No tricks needed.
Tested on Windows 11 & Fedora Linux.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2253930/Kamikaze_Lassplanes

[Mankybus]

I just tested Unloved on Linux in a separate wine prefix outside of Steam, and it seems to boot and play perfectly fine in singleplayer with no issues. However the multiplayer servers seems to be tied to Steamworks so playing with others is probably not possible by normal means.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/321270/UNLOVED/

[BLINXERIZER]

Goodboy Galaxy is DRM-Free right out of the box. Saves are compatible which in this games case makes alot of sense because the save file is inside the same directory as the game.

Tested on Windows 10.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2705890/Goodboy_Galaxy/