Yeah, would be nice if EA would remove that Securom garbage from titles like The Godfather 2.

It is, i've just tried it. Works fine.

Thank you very much :)

Might be a bit somewhat off-topic and all.

Do we have also versions on GOG of this type of thread for "What Games Can Be Run Without Their Client" for other services?

I'm thinking of other services like say - Origin, UPLAY, Battle.Net, etc etc.

Some games (especially older ones) like Driver Parallel Lines run without UPLAY.
And Mad Max supposedly runs without DRM over there on Origin.

I know we have one for Steam.

I'm not sure if the list would be big, as those clients often have more first-party stuff protected by their own DRM systems.

But, they do have the occasional game - especially older titles - that may not have DRM.

Maybe if it was created...a thread might be worthwhile to compile a few of those altogether?
I mean, I don't think Origin, UPLAY, or Battle.net are as widely used as Steam...or now even Epic.

Got a question.

What is the purpose of the "egstore" folder you see in every game folder? Is it really needed for DRM Free games (after copying them to another location) and is it safe to just delete it?

It's probably just a "meta-data" thing like GOG's own *.info, *.hashdb, etc, files which seem to be completely ignored by the game itself but are used by client when "scanning" folders to add games, do integrity check, etc. I think I deleted the folder once from an install of Epic's version of The Witness, and the game still worked fine. Best way to test is just to move the whole egstore folder elsewhere and start the game. If it works you could probably delete it, it not you can move it back.

Does GTA V run without client?

It's the token the client uses tor authentication of your game installation. If you're archiving your games for backup it's actually better to copy the lot then delete everything in the game folder BUT the .egstore folder. Your client will complain that your installations need "repairing" but as long as you don't click on them in your library simply extracting the game back into the install folders will restore the game back ready to play.

Uninstalling and reinstalling the game will result in a brand-new set of auth tokens.
Nope. And it not only needs the EGS client running but the Rockstar client stuff as well.

Double DRMed... :/
However, you can close the EGS client as soon as the Rockstar launcher starts running. It won't do much, but at least this way you can avoid time tracking by the epic client.

And this is why I'm tempted to buy the game for £11..
But theres no point if I got it for free.

But because it relys on two launchers, if one goes down, im screwed. Lol

All the DRM free games I tried run fine without that folder, when moved to another computer.

Thanks. Just didn't now if it mattered if i deleted the folder or not.

No, it doesn't matter but you need it if you want the game to be displayed as installed in the client.