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I got tired of accidentally browsing games from publishers with a track record of shutting down always-online titles and making them unplayable. So I built a simple tool:

SKG Publisher Warning

It’s a userscript that checks the publisher on every Steam/GOG game page against the Stop Killing Games Dead Game List. If there’s a match, you get a small amber banner with the reason and a link to evidence.

What it flags (16 publishers): Ubisoft, EA, Microsoft (Activision/Blizzard), Warner Bros, Bandai Namco, Sony, Square Enix, 2K, NCSoft, SEGA, Capcom, Rovio, Gameloft, NetEase, Nexon, Atari

Why it exists:

  • Anthem (EA) — killed Jan 2026, always-online, unplayable
  • Warzone Mobile (Activision) — killed Apr 2026 after 50M pre-registrations
  • Concord (Sony) — killed after 2 weeks
  • The Crew (Ubisoft) — the game that started the SKG movement

The banner:

  • Amber/orange, matches Steam’s native DRM warning style
  • Dismissible, does not block purchases
  • Links to per-publisher explainer docs with sources
  • No telemetry, no tracking, open source

Install:

  1. Install ViolentMonkey (or Tampermonkey)
  2. Paste https://codeberg.org/kimmitk/skg-publisher-warning/raw/branch/main/skg-warning.user.js into your browser
  3. Click Install

Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/kimmitk/skg-publisher-warning

Also available as a native WebExtension in the repo. PRs welcome if I’m missing a publisher or got something wrong.

Greasy Fork (one-click install): https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/585626-skg-publisher-warning

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[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This looks neat, but without a way to inject into the steam client (or gog client) on the desktop it seems like you're hitting a particularly small audience. Most people aren't using a browser to access these services.

Making this into a decky add-on (there are already addons that add a banner to store pages based on similar info) would be an awesome next step that would help increase visibility for this kind of thing.

[–] insight06@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I for one can't browse the steam store without the steamdb plugin anymore, since it shows not only the current sale price, but the price history.

This will pair nicely with that.