Thank you as well ... I have already forwarded Gersen's report and with these detailed reports I am pretty sure that this will be fixed pretty sure for good. Stay tuned for further testing :)

Thank you all for checking. Unfortunately the issue isn't fixed and effectively the game is still DRM-ed. Even if that DRM can be "cracked", in the way it is sold, it requires an online connection via Galaxy to create a player profile. If the issue really is fixed in the future, I'll happily remove the game from the list. But for now it stays there, no matter whether the DRM is accidental or intentional.

Leave it to GOG to make a point of causing additional problems to their best customers, eh?

I never said they shouldn't. I said try it as a test and see if it makes any difference, then he'll know for sure.

Edited.

The number of games was the first thing I thought, I mentioned it to Gog but they didn't seem to think it was related. They seemed convinced it was some issue with my computer and/or browser and kept asking me for logs and to try with other browser. I had to tell them that I tried with Firefox, Edge, Brave, on multiple computers, multiple ISPs, on a brand new Windows, on a brand new Linux install, with and without VPNs (even using a VPN to Poland), on Android, etc... I even created a new account with a couple of free games and show them that on the same computer with the same browser it was working fine on the new account but timing out on the main one. For now the only answer is the technical team is looking into it...

I had the same issue, (don't remember after how many games) I also reported it to Gog but it was never fixed for me and then a couple of months later I had the Gog bear timeout issue.
Yes

No problem.

It gets stuck at 95-97% forever.
Just a minor correction, you need to be online but it doesn't need Galaxy to be running, it works without it. It doesn't make it better or more acceptable but just to be more accurate.

Your problem with the display of the games is definitely not your fault.
If I look at your games in your profile, I don't see any of them. I've never had that happen with any profile before. I suspect this actually has to do with the size of your library.

I won't see your games in your profile. I suspect this is related to the problem and is an indication that your computers, browsers, routing, ISP, etc. are not the problem.
I opened a support ticket with the ID 704652 with support and offered help. I hope the problem will be solved in time.

I can see all your games on https://www.gog.com/u/Gersen/games but only when I use browsers that I do not have any active adblockers or alternative DNS provider on. I was using MS Edge and Opera GX. Are you using any adblocker or another DNS provider? It's still a stupid bug though and GOG should fix it

Thank you! I'll correct it.

The Happy Tree Friends Edition DLC for The Crackpet Show may not unlock without Galaxy.
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/crackpet_show_dlc_not_working_offline_installers

Legacy versions for Papers, Please (lower system requirements and 32-bit support) can only be downloaded by GOG Galaxy, it seems.

Could you elaborate?

Do you mean that you can roll back and get older versions of the game on galaxy and not via the installers? If so, this applies to all GOG games (with any older versions).

Yes, that's what I mean to say. However, the latest version fails to run on some computers (I had issues using it, at least). So, in some cases DRM would be required to start playing the game. If the same issue occurs in other games, perhaps they deserve a mention here as well.

I wouldn't call it DRM. I would just call it a bug that GOG (and/or the developer) has no interest in fixing. There are games on GOG that do not work at all (e.g. Warriors of the Nile 2) --- I wouldn't consider these DRM either. That's part of the price of buying video games from this shop (and other shops too), IMHO.

My recommendation --- which I do not follow --- is to test the game immediately after purchase and if it does not work, refund it. Thereafter, keep all versions of the game installers whenever they change, to allow returning to older ones, if necessary.

Can someone verify? I don't own the game. "May not unlock" doesn't sound very sure. Can you test, whether it unlocks or not?