I think you misread MuffCatnip's post. He specifically stated that Coromon added a shop in-game that you can only access if Galaxy is running.

On the GOG home page: https://www.gog.com

Scroll down past the Discover Games section to where they have this statement: "GOG is the place to build and play your collection of Good Old Games and modern hits. With our gamers-first approach and respecting your need for ownership, we're here to make games last forever."

If you highlight over need for ownership, the little popup says: "DRM-free makes it easy to re-download games, back them up on external hard drives, and enjoy their single-player mode offline."


Here's the issue:

If someone actually likes those cosmetic features in games, how are they supposed to enjoy that aspect of Coromon offline? They can't, and that is what makes these features in this game gated behind DRM. It doesn't matter that the feature in question is entirely cosmetic and otherwise won't prevent you from being able to play and finish the game.

What was the classic line they used..."Developers can design their games how they want"? This is entering meme territory where there's a second panel "How the Developers Want:" and it depicts some completely unnecessary online dependency.

Yes. GOG went from "Games have to be DRM-free to be allowed on GOG" to "Devs should be allowed to put anything they want into their games."

all games that have online functions needs to connect to the server for that. though even games with DRM is listed as being DRM free. like driftland. it needs a server connection for multiplayer. same with shadow warrior 2. that is all i can think of.

This topic is about singleplayer.

Fishing: North Atlantic got another update yesterday and now the DLC is enabled without Galaxy. :)
Could you please test this too?

That's good news!
@Gersen does it work for you too?

Yes, I tested it with offline with Galaxy disabled and I seem to have access to the DLC content. (i.e. I have the scallop boat and it appear in the fish market list)

I haven't tested with a fresh install from the offline installer yet, I will try to do it today or this weekend to be 100% sure.

Thank you!

A Castle Full of Cats

This was reported here a while ago, but I just noticed it recently and confirmed the problem.

After beating the game, you unlock an arcade mode. It's basically a minigame to try for high scores in the final boss battle.

You access it by first clicking on the arcade machine on the main menu, which takes you to a page showing the leaderboard from Galaxy. Clicking on the big arcade there then starts the mode.

This only works when you are both online and are using Galaxy. If the Galaxy service is not running or you're offline, the leaderboard will be empty and clicking on the big arcade machine to start the game does nothing.

I have reached out to the developers a week ago, but they haven't responded to me yet.

Thank you for reporting this.

While a leaderboard naturally requires an online comparison to other players, an arcade game mode for a single player does not require to be online. So this goes on the list until the dev fixes it.

I saw your post on their discord. Maybe it helps if you add a ping to your post. That's what I did when I had to contact them.

From the Slave Zero X game page:
"In-game DLCs are currently available through GOG GALAXY only. Please be assured that the developer is actively working on adding the possibility to access them offline".

In light of previous assurances, it might be wise --- for now --- to actively work on adding this game to the list.

Thank you. I'll add it until the dev actually fixes the problem.

You can remove Tempest from the list, I contacted the devs and they updated the game.
The last version (1.7.5) can run without galaxy !