Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+

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• Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You can use this FOSS tool to automatically claim those games.

  github.com/vogler/free-games-claimer

  Some even work pretty well on Linux using the Heroic Launcher.

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  • kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    What the hell, I had no idea such a tool existed… I do not intend to use it… But it is so cool regardless.

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  • Mora@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Does that still work? Last updated over a year ago and the free games are usually protected by some rather creative captchas.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Never had to fill a captcha to get one of the free games

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    • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Works for Prime and GOG. Epic sometimes works outside the docker container, but sometimes you still get a CAPTCHA still. There’s an active discussion for fixing Epic inside a docker container.

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    • Bazoogle@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      lol, it was last updated 3 days ago

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    • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I used it on deck a few months ago

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  • minyaen@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s actually pretty awesome, thanks!

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    …are you Jesus?

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  • Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thank you, shared with my friends who claim free games!

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• orgrinrt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Initially I, too, claimed those, but ultimately I never ended up playing them and often I’d just end up buying them from steam instead. It’s funny how I’m willing to pay for something I can have for free, if it’s convenient and easy. So I didn’t claim them for very long, stopped a long time ago, and still just ignore it if a game I thirst for is available for free.

  But that’s also a pretty dark prospect: Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday. And I, along with most everyone playing on pc, will be shit out of luck then.

  It’s hard to diversify at this point, when I’m too far gone, and knowing changing or adding services will increase the complexity of using it all and keeping mental track of all the games and where they are.

  Ugh.

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  • reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If Steam ever fucks over consumers I will pirate 100% of my games from that day on unless an indie company allows me to buy directly from them or through GoG.

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    • callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      “If they make me angry, I will pirate, unless I don’t.”

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  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday.

    Yeah. I am confident that long term access to classic games is a torch carried only by software pirates.

    Don’t get me wrong, I adore things like the Atari 50th Anniversary collection, and what Evercade is doing with esoteric arcade titles.

    But only a small fraction of the greatest games get that kind of loving licensed treatment.

    For the rest of gaming history, software pirates are essential.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    While I don’t disagree with anything you said, I think this comment descended into nihilism with alarming rapidity and I hope you’re okay.

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    • HK65@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Just enshittification fatigue. Every service being provided is hostile to us, so it makes us uneasy if one isn’t.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    There’s programs that keep track of all your libraries… GOG Galaxy is one of them.

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I too have over 200 games on Epic and have purchased non of them. This is none news. I buy my games on Steam and get my free games on Epic.

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    • wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And the once or twice a year Epic offers a free game I actually want to play, I enjoy it just as much as if I’d bought it elsewhere.

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  • minyaen@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Interesting thought: “Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday.”

    Steam subscription $9.99 to access your library 😐 - man that feels wrong. But also can probably happen with the TOS noone reads

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    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It could happen, but if it does, it’ll be decades down the line. Gaben has surrounded himself with true believers on purpose, in part to prevent that scenario.

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    • Womble@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They certainly cant do that in places with actual consumer regulations, ToS and EULA mean nothing if they go against the law.

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  • thejoker954@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    In the past couple years, I’ve gone from buying exclusively from steam to prioritizing buying/rebuying single player games from GOG.

    Multiplayer games are still mostly through steam for convenience - same with VR games/games with VR mods.

    I just wish GOG Galaxy was better. Development seems kinda stagnant.

    I constantly have issues with the plugins to access other storefront libraries among other things.

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• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That’s literally the only reason I have Epic on my PC.

  Free games every week.

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  • adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    i went a couple years, pretty steady. now it’s whenever i remember–and it’s not been that often. only one during the winter deals.

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    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I have a reminder to check it on my Proton calendar every week, haha.

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  • sneezycat@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You can just claim them on the webpage, no need to install the launcher.

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    • wccrawford@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sure, but if he wants to play them, he’ll need the client. And it sounds like actually does want to play them.

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• FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I stopped claiming epic freebies when I realized I ended up buying the game on steam anyway.

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  • athairmor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Just use Heroic launcher to play the free Epic games.

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    • dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I like Heroic but it doesn’t always help. I spent hours yesterday trying to get the Hot Wheels game working and never did get it working in game mode, only desktop.

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  • dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Guess their free giveaways kinda work as a promotion then.

    I’m cheap, once I get the game free somewhere I take it off my Steam wishlist.

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• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  And thats exactly why Epic is untrustworthy. Its like a shady guy on the corner saying “Hey i will give you 500 bucks if you just do this easy little thing for me. Will be done right away no worries”.

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  • Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That makes GOG untrustworthy as well, I guess, since I have 300 games on there, but never bought one.

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    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      With GOG you can download all game files to your local storage and play them even if GOG goes to shit. Thats the difference. But yes Steam is the same as Epic in that regard.

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  • Kelly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Epic needs to pump their MAU stats to look like a legitimate platform. They know what’s going on and are happy to pay.

    What I don’t know is what they actually pay the publishers.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It’s their marketing budget they’re spending on that

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• TheBananaKing@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  And never plays any of them.

  The whole UX is just so bad

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  • athairmor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Use Heroic. It’s GPL.

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    • TyrianMollusk@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If this added itch.io it’d be a fantastic filler for managing all the non-DRM off-Steam stuff.

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Or Playnite (MIT license) which aggregates all your libraries, not just Epic.

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  • essteeyou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Don’t need a complex UI to list some games for 5 seconds before I start playing them.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Install, launch from the shortcut on the left side of the main screen. How much easier do you want them to make it?

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• Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Of course i know him that’s me.

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• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m pretty sure there are tons of people like that. It’s the same for me.

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  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah, that’s pretty common. 200+ games and they don’t even have payment info for me.

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    • Cris16228@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If something is free, you’re the product. They still have all your sweet data :)

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    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m honestly astonished they don’t require payment info on file to collect them by this point - initially it’s a way to bribe people into making an account, and now they could bribe a bunch of people into giving payment info and lowering one more barrier to actually buying from them.

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  • minyaen@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s some dedication! Sometimes I wish I would do this more often. I start doing it, then it just fades away… Might be because some of the games don’t apply to my taste, then I forget to keep up with it.

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    • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I just subbed to !freegames@lemmy.ml.

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• unrushed233@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Meh… Piracy is still better 🏴‍☠️

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• proper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I have 0. Also interesting choice of words with “owns”.

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  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I mean if you’re going to be like that, you don’t own any software.

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    • proper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      exactly

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  • madsen@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not to mention “stick it to 'em” when he’s doing exactly what Epic hoped for — engaging with their platform. It doesn’t even matter if you’re using Hero Launcher or not even playing it, it’s a +1 in their system and that’s what they care about.

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• hmmm@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  My friend too have over 100 games. He never even play them but thankfully to him I don’t have to make Epic Account.

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• overload@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I bought Alan Wake 2, and glad I did. Accidentally decided to buy Red Dead redemption 2 on there because of a discount code making it much cheaper than steam a couple of years ago.

  Huge mistake. I added it as a non-steam game so now to launch Red Dead redemption 2. I need to launch steam which then launches epic which then launches Rockstar Games launcher which then launches the game.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You can skip one step and have just add many steps as if you had bought it on Steam, just psych it from the Epic launcher, ta-fucking-da

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Regretting a decision doesn’t make it an accident.

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• GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I see the Valve bootlickers are out in force. How dare Epic fund indie games, what a bunch of bastards

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  • Cris16228@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Eh paid exclusives are (one of) the reasons I’ll never get a game from them. Fuck lil Tim

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You realize paid exclusives gives a guaranteed income to devs so they don’t have to rely on the Steam gamble?

      Would you work for your employer if you had no guarantee you would get paid and you had to wait years for your potential first paycheque?

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  • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Valve bootlickers

    It ain’t like that, kiddo. I support other stores like GoG, too. I just refuse to ever use EGS unless they completely change.

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• ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is the point though. They have beefed up my Epic Games library to the point where if I got banned from Steam, I would have a viable fallback.

  That cannot be understated. It has a network effect and makes adopting it as a new platform versus a legacy one with two decades behind it, far easier to adjust to.

  I love that at least someone is really trying other than MS with their poorly supported windows games store attempts.

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  • sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s pretty easy to avoid being banned.

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    • Dkarma@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No shit.
      You have to be a dick to even be remotely worried about this kind of thing.

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    • ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Absolutely. But if someone got you in one of those steam inventory scams or stole your access token, it sucks if you lose your entire game library and have all your eggs in one basket.

      So having a bunch “backed up” so to speak with Epic gives some peace of mind. VAC bans aren’t common for most users, but they do make mistakes sometimes.

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• dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I too have basically all of them. A few have caught my interest on PC. More than a few were a big pain to get working on Steam Deck even with Heroic Launcher.

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• ZeroHora@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Never understood this shit, create a account and download a launcher to get a free thing that you don’t own in a shitty platform, that’s piracy with extra steps.

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• EarMaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  So he didn’t claim even half of them?

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• mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have 10 free games from GOG too and without DRM!

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• paddirn@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Steam: 1325 GoG: 174 Epic: 406

  Epic and GoG I’ve not bought a single thing from either of them, that’s all free shit. For Steam, most of that is stuff that’s been accumulated from Humble Bundles and just from having an account for ~20 years now.

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• swordgeek@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hmm. Let’s see here…

  Steam: 147
  GOG: 174
  Epic: 286

  I’ve paid for about 2/3 of the Steam games, probably a quarter of the GOG ones, and maybe two or three of the Epic ones.

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• AutoPastry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I have 367 games in my Epic library. A few of them are f2p (e.g. Fortnite) but the majority are giveaways. The only game I’ve purchased on EGS is Alan Wake 2 due to exclusivity

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• Krzd@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yup, I’m at 372 free games on epic, 3 bought ones, and 3 key activations. It’s amazing.

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• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I like Epic as much as anyone but why would you want your library filled with bloat?

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• wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, but then you’d need the epic store/launcher, so…

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• shiroininja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I treat launchers like I treat social media. No new ones after around five years ago. So a pass from me. I have enough games.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I got the tomb raider games and the screaming baby package delivery hideo Kojima game I can’t remember the name of right now, and some stuff I’ve never played, and that’s it. Worth it.

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