GOG

Worth it Stage 1

GOG sells games without DRM: you can download offline installers and keep them, and its Galaxy launcher is optional. That makes your library portable in a way Steam’s isn’t. In 2025 CD Projekt sold GOG to its co-founder, who committed to the DRM-free model. Stage 1.

Since
2008
Category
Gaming
VC-backed
No
Public
No
Acquired by
Michał Kiciński (2025)
Website
gog.com
X
@GOGcom

The promise

Its first promise, and how much is kept · Scoring

100% kept

“Critically acclaimed games DRM-free Unbelievably low prices”
GOG.com homepage, 2010 No extraction or decline criteria met.

Why it’s rated 1

The criteria it meets, with sources · Method

Alignment 1 of 3
  • A3 Open and portable
Lock-in 0 of 4
None
Extraction 0 of 7
None
Decline 0 of 3
None

Result An alignment criterion, no lock-in, and at most one extraction criterion, so stage 1.

News signals

Sourced reporting, tagged by strategy

Dec 29, 2025
CD Projekt sells GOG to co-founder Michał Kiciński, who pledges to keep it DRM-free
Governance shift