Do you prefer DRM-free games or DRM games?

DRM, but just because I'm used to it and it feels convenient, and because I'm an idiot and I'd probably misplace games I own, although most DRM-free service usually provide you with a DRM-free download of your owned game as long as you can log into your account. If it weren't for the fact that I actively use Steam on a daily basis, I'd probably go full DRM-free.

DRM-free with distribution service and save cloud similar to Steam would be ideal. GOG already has most of this with GOG Galaxy. However, many games are released with DRM for obvious reason, and DRM free version takes forever to be released, if ever, so I mostly use and buy games on Steam these days.

DRM but preferably Steam one

I dont have all that much use for drm free, at least for games that have steam versions

DRM for online game. DRM-Free for singleplayer/offline

DRM Free games and maybe we can have a good ¿frontend?, a better version of the old Gamespy. :)

GOG and itch.io both have Steam-esque apps that allow for automatic updating. They may not have all the features of Steam (especially the itch app, which is pretty bare-bones), but those features aren't important anyway.

Also...there are DRM-free games on Steam. You need the client for the initial download, but after that, you can run the game without having Steam open, run it without an internet connection, back up the files, etc.

I just use DRM because I already have tons of games on steam and the steam controller, so I'm kinda chained. If it weren't for those motives I would totally buy only DRM-free.

i prefer drm free on steam.

DRM free, though I do like have a client such as GOG galaxy with multiplayer facilitation, achievements, chat, etc. I do wish their library was bigger, but I do try to buy games on GOG if they're available there.

Also I try to avoid buying any Steam games with Denuvo, because I hate always online DRM and it sucks that they disallow modding. More reasons why Denuvo is bad. I do realize that I have a few Denuvo games in my library, some were gifts, humble monthlies, etc... I'm not always 100% consistent but I do try to put my money where my mouth is.

All Steam store and community features but without DRM. :)
Am I asking too much? 🙄

The fact that there is even one vote on DRM is rather sad.

I only use steam. I've never used Uplay, GoG or Origin. I believe I have a battlenet from when i played WoW?

I won't buy anything DRM free, as I already have a giant book of passwords I can't remember. And honestly it's a pain.

Steam is not equal to DRM - steam offers DRM but far from all games and apps on the platform uses that DRM. If you open your steam folder and run the game exe itself without having steam running a lot of games will start up fine!

So yeah my answer is I prefer DRM-free games on Steam. The Steam DRM is however not a problem for me, so I don't bother to check a game for it before buying. If a game has other DRM however I tend to count that against it - but then I'm old enough to have lived through the scandal when faulty DRM physically broke some computer hardware...

Choosing DRM over DRM-free seems to me like caring less about playing and owning games and more about the meta-game of having a big online game library.
Sorry, I don't wanna make it look like I'm imposing my views. I'm just saying I'd take DRM-free anytime since it means actually owning the games with no restrictions.

I like Steam (the accessibility of it at least), but my account and games are the property of Steam first and mine second. :)
If I could easily move my library to another platform (without paying thousands of dollars) I'd wholeheartedly choose GOG or Humble.

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I don't see any reason as to why people would choose DRM over DRM-Free.. If you mean choose the convenience of Steam (with its DRM system) over other platforms, then we would have a different discussion/poll. The way GOG is progressing with their Galaxy client, seems like they can do just about everything and still have a DRM-Free system. They already have "achievements" in some games. Whether they should -or have in the works to- add cards and other such paraphernalia (which I'm not fond of as it creates and supports the meta-game and takes away from the actual game) is a different matter and probably doable. Their client has the option to roll back updates which is far superior to the non-option offered by Steam and frankly the prices for a license to play but not ownership, in new games, are ridiculously high and not cheaper than those over at GOG -when available- so in my book GOG is already winning. If there wasn't for this infatuation over the meta-game items which in reality add nothing to the game, Steam wouldn't have much to go for but the advantage of the much bigger playerbase and catalogue which they keep taking for granted and that usually has consequences..
So..DRM-Free it is! (The way it's meant to be played! Yeah, I stole that)

DRM doesn't have any benefit. Steam is just a distribution platform, and there are DRM-free games on it. True, they don't come with installers, but they can be backed up, copied to other PC's and run without Steam.

So DRM-free is superior. That said, I don't mind DRM when it's not obtrusive, and I don't mind losing stuff that much. When I buy a game, I don't buy it for replayability. If the enjoyment I got from it was worth the price, then great, and if it wasn't, I probably wouldn't want to play it again anyway. So sure, it would hurt to lose access to a game, but I'm not that attached to any game, and I've bought games I already owned again, for convenience or on another platform.