Octopus Overlords

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:30 am**

Connect your Steam account and jumpstart your GOG.com library.
You own the games, so why buy them more than once?

To connect your library with GOG.com, sign in to your active Steam account via this page. You'll be able to import all the games listed below to your GOG.com library – assuming you own them.

The eligible games are limited-time offers made possible by participating developers and publishers, so stay tuned for more games to come.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:18 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:33 pm**

...if it would work.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:36 pm**

I'm sure that they're getting hammered.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:42 pm**

I don't get it. Why would someone be interested in doing this? You already have access to all your Steam games in Steam. What am I missing?

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:43 pm**

Insurance.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:45 pm**

Explain.

You mean in case Steam goes under?

Wait, or does this mean the games once transferred to GOG are now completely DRM free? If so, why would Steam allow this?

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:48 pm**

Steam already has your money, and it takes agreement between 'partners', so it's not something that they're doing unilaterally.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:51 pm**

I'm not sure that Steam and GoG even need to communicate about it. Your list of games is publicly available (unless you set it to private.) All GoG needs is permission from the developers to allow an already sold copy of the game to be added to your GoG account, then it looks at what games you have and adds those that are eligible.

It benefits GoG just through word-of-mouth and getting people to pay more attention to what they're offering.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:20 pm**

Isgrimnur wrote:Insurance.

That's the biggest reason.

Also, some games on GoG have extras that aren't in the steam versions (eg, soundtrack, artwork, etc).

And in some cases, gog will give you a (bigger) discount for buying a group of games together, and will include that discount if you own some of the games - so this will mean you may be able to get the discount without rebuying games you have on steam but not on gog.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:23 pm**

Hopefully the connection between the two isn't secured by GOG in any way. Steam has a lot more protection than they do, and I'd hate to see my very precious steam account compromised because a script kiddie found a hack online that allows him to access my steam account.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:26 pm**

You are logging into Steam via the Steam API - not through GoG itself.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:47 pm**

Well shoot, looks like I'm not going home today.

Posted: **Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:18 pm**

Paradox has this. My Paradox steam titles are linked to my Paradox account.

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2016 2:45 am**

Captain Caveman wrote:Explain.

You mean in case Steam goes under?

Wait, or does this mean the games once transferred to GOG are now completely DRM free? If so, why would Steam allow this?

It is not up to Steam.

Steam only let you share your game list to gog.com.

From that list the publishers that own the games and gog.com give you gog.com copies for the
games.

It is not all games, just games that the publishers agree to do this.

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2016 7:52 am**

I'm not clear on the direction this is supposed to go. I linked my account but gog says I have nothing eligible, even though I own VVVVV and Saints Row 2 on Steam but not on gog.

Hmm OK just read this: NOTE: Make sure your Steam Privacy Settings & Profile Status are set to public.

Sooooooo, no. Maybe I'll set it public just long enough to sync up the games today. I sure as hell am not making my Steam acct public all the time.

ed - OK that worked. Set it to public, synced up some games, set it back to private.

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:13 am**

Interesting concept. While it could take days, or so it said, it actually only took a minute to go thru my measly 376 Steam games and add 3 to my GOG library.

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:19 am**

Watch out for your DLC. Gal Civ 3 transferred, but none of the DLC was acknowledged by GOG for me.

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:40 pm**

after going through all my titles, here are the ones that were added to my GOG account (there would have been more had i not owned them on GOG already):

Braid
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Saint's Row 2
Surgeon Simulator 2013
To The Moon
Trine [Enchanted Edition]
VVVVVV

i thought for sure Super Hexagon would have been added as well. strange.

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:59 pm**

just a heads up

make sure you actually "add" them to your account after GOG lists them as found and addable

the only game I qualified for was Shadowrun .. but, yet, it wasn't listed in my account, so I tried to buy it, figuring it would say I owned it or that it was free ... NO .. it didn't

these are on a timer for adding to your acct.. make sure to follow thru before the buzzer sounds

Posted: **Fri Jun 03, 2016 11:04 pm**

My list:

BREACH & CLEAR
FTL: ADVANCED EDITION
MOUNT & BLADE
SAINTS ROW 2
SHADOWRUN RETURNS
SURGEON SIMULATOR 2013
WITCHER: ENHANCED EDITION, THE
TRINE ENCHANTED EDITION

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:53 am**

Defiant wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:Insurance.
That's the biggest reason.

Also, some games on GoG have extras that aren't in the steam versions (eg, soundtrack, artwork, etc).

And in some cases, gog will give you a (bigger) discount for buying a group of games together, and will include that discount if you own some of the games - so this will mean you may be able to get the discount without rebuying games you have on steam but not on gog.

Presumably the GOG versions are all going to be DRM-free, which may or may not be the case for the Steam versions.

Posted: **Wed Jun 08, 2016 1:18 pm**

Doorkickers, Defender's Quest, and Kona now available.

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:35 pm**

Huh, It says I have no games that qualify. Yet, I have some of the ones people mention above. Set my profile to public but nothing...

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:40 pm**

Lassr wrote:Huh, It says I have no games that qualify. Yet, I have some of the ones people mention above. Set my profile to public but nothing...

It was limited time offer (about a week for each batch), the first batch expired a while ago and the second batch also expired.

Posted: **Thu Jun 16, 2016 11:34 pm**

Victoria Raverna wrote:
Lassr wrote:Huh, It says I have no games that qualify. Yet, I have some of the ones people mention above. Set my profile to public but nothing...
It was limited time offer (about a week for each batch), the first batch expired a while ago and the second batch also expired.

ah...that would be a good piece of info to add to their FAQ. I know it says limited time offer but didn't realize it was just a week.

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:14 pm**

GOG connect is in da house

gog_connect_back_to_school_sale ... oh, and there's a sale too

AI WAR: FLEET COMMAND
ANNO 1404: GOLD EDITION
BALDUR'S GATE: ENHANCED EDITION
COSSACKS ANTHOLOGY
DEX
HOT TIN ROOF: THE CAT THAT WORE A FEDORA
HOTLINE MIAMI
LAST FEDERATION, THE
OLLIOLLI
SHADOW WARRIOR (2013)
TESLAGRAD
INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF VAN HELSING: FINAL CUT, THE
MASTERPLAN, THE
TWO WORLDS EPIC EDITION
X: GOLD
X REBIRTH
ZIGGURAT

click on their GOG Connect link, (on that page) for the full list, in case it should change (so that I don't have to link MY gog-connect info)

Posted: **Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:54 am**

Thanks for the reminder.

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2016 3:42 am**

it's that time again groovy guys and gals ... for a limited time

fo' shizzle

WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF KINGS, THE - ENHANCED EDITION
ALIEN SHOOTER + EXPANSIONS
BROKEN SWORD 2: REMASTERED
BROKEN SWORD: DIRECTOR'S CUT
EADOR: GENESIS
FROZEN CORTEX
FROZEN SYNAPSE
HUNIEPOP
METRO 2033 REDUX
MOTO RACER
MOTO RACER 2
MOTO RACER 3 GOLD EDITION
RISK OF RAIN
SINS OF A SOLAR EMPIRE®: REBELLION ULTIMATE EDITION
STARBOUND
WITCHER: ENHANCED EDITION, THE
VANGERS
WITCHER ADVENTURE GAME, THE
WORMS WORLD PARTY REMASTERED
ZOMBIE SHOOTER

www.gog.com/connect

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:17 am**

Thanks for the heads-up.

Posted: **Sun Nov 13, 2016 5:33 am**

the first time i ran GOG connect this time, it detected Broken Sword 2 and Frozen Synapse, but didn't detect Frozen Cortex. i had to write GOG support and they reset the detection process - worked the next day.

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:30 am**

Limbo showed up as available for me today.

Posted: **Mon Dec 05, 2016 3:06 pm**

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

LIMBO (owned)
WITCHER: ENHANCED EDITION, THE (owned)
WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF KINGS, THE - ENHANCED EDITION (owned)
ATLANTIS 2: BEYOND ATLANTIS
COSTUME QUEST
DEFCON
ETHERLORDS
ETHERLORDS 2
GORKY 17
KNOCK-KNOCK
PIXELJUNK SHOOTER
REALMS OF ARKANIA 1+2
REALMS OF ARKANIA 3
STACKING
STILL LIFE
BALL, THE
TOTAL ANNIHILATION: COMMANDER PACK
TROPICO 3 GOLD EDITION
TROPICO RELOADED
UNMECHANICAL: EXTENDED
THE WALKING DEAD: SEASON 2
WITCHER ADVENTURE GAME, THE

Not extremely positive on the ones that say "owned" ... they seem to stay in the list lately

... ((( OK .. logged-out .. and re-ran the page .. and they're still presented in the list )))

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:00 am**

Why are new additions time limited?

Makes me not want to bother. Is there somewhere to sign up to be notified?

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:54 am**

eligible Saints Row titles are on GOG-Connect

When the Saints are involved in something, they like to go for bigger, better, and more free. So with the arrival of Saints Row IV and Gat out of Hell, they are bringing along some deep Deep Silver discounts, Saints Row 2 for FREE, and the chance to Connect your Steam Saints Row collection with GOG.com.

In collaboration with Deep Silver, we are giving away a free copy of Saints Row 2 to everybody for the next 48 hours! To claim your free game all you have to do is log in to your GOG.com account and click on the giveaway banner on the main page. Boom!, you're now ready to go mess things up in this gangsta's paradise of limitless customization and wanton mayhem.

Now, if you've already started your Saints Row collection on Steam, but would like to have these awesome games DRM-free on GOG.com as well, take advantage of GOG Connect for Saints Row series. Just go to connect.gog.com, link your Steam account and add any eligible Saints Row games to your GOG.com library.

But that’s not all: to further celebrate this event, we're running a week-long, up to -75% sale on all Deep Silver games. The offer obviously includes the entire Saints Row series, as well as the beloved Metro and Risen franchises, Sacred 2 Gold and Deadlight: Director’s Cut.

You can grab your free copy of Saints Row 2 until Saturday, April 22, 10 AM UTC.

The Deep Silver Sale and the Saints Row games on GOG Connect will be available until Thursday, April 27, 10 AM UTC.

The Deep Silver Sale and the Saints Row games on GOG Connect will be available until Thursday, April 27, 10 AM UTC.

Posted: **Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:39 am**

Thanks.

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2017 10:28 pm**

Renowned Explorers: International Society is currently connectable.

Posted: **Mon May 22, 2017 11:03 am**

How did this exist for a year before I realized it? Why is there no link to it on their front page, or am I blind?

Posted: **Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:40 am**

...

... GOG-Connect is upon us once again .. ready weapons .. prepare to be boarded

(possibly ends in 14 days .. based on my walking dead match)

AI War: Fleet Command
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Ascendant
Brutal Legend
Cosmonautica
Darwinia
Deathtrap
DEFCON
Democracy 3
Deponia
Depths of Peril
Downwell
Dropsy
Earth 2140 Trilogy
Earth 2150 Trilogy
Earth 2160
Evoland
Frozen Cortex
Frozen Synapse
Gratuitous Space Battles 2
La-Mulana
Men of War™
Metrocide
Not a Hero
Puddle
Redshirt
Reigns
Renowned Explorers: International Society
Reus
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Stacking
Tharsis
The Last Federation
The Walking Dead: Season 1
Time Gentlemen, Please! + Ben There, Dan That!
Unepic
Vertical Drop Heroes HD
X2: The Threat

War for the Overworld .... added on 6-14

Posted: **Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:11 am**

Thanks for the heads-up. Seven more added.

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