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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

99% will fail to launch

Yeah that's not true. Only games that use Steam DRM will not work without Steam (though you can get them to work, hence the existence of piracy).

Steam DRM is completely optional on the part of the devs. If you don't like that you can't just launch the .exe or whatever, then take it up with the devs who chose that DRM scheme.

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ok gimme am example of a game that you can launch directly then. All the ones I tried didn't work

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago

Risk of Rain (the original), last I checked worked without steam. You just need to delete or relocate the steam_api dll file.