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A nice site is the official fitgirl repack site.
I started downloading games again too, as most of the releases are complete shit. Bug simulators with poor stories. Empty money-grab scams with loads of expensive DLC's.
But if there's a game you enjoy playing, I'd recommend purchasing it to support the devs. Like Larian Studios who made Baldur's Gate 3. That game is worth the money.
And if you purchase a game, do it through GoG. Because there you purchase the game which becomes your property, instead of purchasing the rights to play a game which isn't yours like with all the other platforms.
Enjoy collecting!
Basically every indie game on steam is also just yours to own.
Steam "drm" is entirely optional and can even just be turned off locally in any game more or less. Either just by throwing a simple txt file with the app id in the root folder or just removing the dll that hooks steams overlay into the game.
Strictly speaking the only reason steam games need steam to run at all is because the dll is hooking into steam cloud/overlay and community services. Hench why games "fail" to launch if steam isn't on. The dll is unable to load the overlay so it crashes, your missing dependencies.
If you don't need or want them they are optional tho with the simple removal of the dll or appid txt file.
Seriously you can just remove the steam API dll from silksong and it runs entirely locally. Same with RimWorld, factario, terraria, cave of qud, etc.
Steam IS a drm free platform by default. The mandatory requirement is opt in for devs.
I only point this out cause for some fucking reason this once common knowledge has been lost to time. And for some reason everyone thinks steam doesn't allow you to play your games with out it.
Itchi and gog are great stores but they don't have everything. And people shouldn't feel limited because of nonsense like lack of knowledge of their options.
And itch.io if they have it! Aside from the lack of DRM, developers have a say in what cut goes to the platform (and bigger games usually ship valid steam keys alongside them)
Currently steering clear off torrents because I don't want to pay for a VPN/can't afford one. Got all of the games via direct downloads. And yea absolutely, if I had the money, I would buy them. Getting them like this helps me try out if they're up my alley in the first place
Try something like real-debrid.
There are direct links on Fitgirl too. I try to stay clear of torrents as well but that's out of luxury from using usenet (for which I pay monthly next to Proton VPN). I also try to stay clear of direct download sites as I don't trust them.
But Fitgirl has well working games, adds game updates and doesn't have spyware/malware or anything like that AFAIK. There's also Elamigos (or something like that) but I've seen many corrupted clones out there. There are also Fitgirl clone sites but a simple search will get you the official one.
Oh I didn't know that - I'll have to check it out then. Currently using gog - games (dot) to and found a lot as you can see from the screenshot posted. Wouldn't hurt to widen the scope
I think the releases you're looking at are AAA games, those are the bug simulators with poor stories, loaded with money-grabbing DLCs. Take a better look at indie and AA games, that's where the true gems are found.
Yeah I only play indie games these days. But I purchase them instead of downloading, as they deserve my money.
Yeah BG3 is the only game I ever bought full price. It's just that good.