CocoMaiden004: It is very important to me to have an offline installer. It is why I am here. I didn't realize that Steam didn't have this feature until I started looking for it. I found GOG and I am excited to find many of the older games I grew up with on the here. I like that the option to not use the GOG installer is there. I choose not to use it. I can install the games or update them when the updates come myself.

I like the older games since the quality over quantity existed then. It was too expensive to make a trash game. If the game bomb, it meant you failed to understand your audience and usually you would go out of business. Today, it is easier then ever to make a game. There a large variety of game makers available on the market. This is good as it gives small time creators opportunity, though it also gives scammers the opportunity to make trash games. Today Trash games out number the quality games in the market, one such market place is Steam. I don't think they care about quality anymore, since they do not remove these trash games. It is a problem. I have previewed over 16,000 games. Tagged over a 1000 as ignored since they were so bad. I only own about 500.

With GOG I purchased only 12 games, some of them new ones I already own on Steam. I haven't been this excited to buy a game in far too long, I am more excited about the 12 games I purchased on GOG than the 500 I have on Steam. GOG has given me that excitement back. If GOG stopped providing the installer I would stop buying games here.

CocoMaiden004: With GOG I purchased only 12 games, some of them new ones I already own on Steam. I haven't been this excited to buy a game in far too long, I am more excited about the 12 games I purchased on GOG than the 500 I have on Steam. GOG has given me that excitement back. If GOG stopped providing the installer I would stop buying games here.

Shmacky-McNuts: Welcome aboard, the funny farm express. We here, are nuts for actually wanting own the crap we Buy. lol

Since yer new here and have a steaming pile account go back them and beg developers that dont have games on gog, to submit them to gog. There is a submit link on the bottom.

SultanOfSuave: Hi, if you are relatively new to the forums or the realisation that Steam doesn't provide the installers, you may wish to visit the following threads:

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/steam_games_you_can_play_without_the_steam_client/page1
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_drmfree_games_on_steam
https://steam.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

Though you not care for many of the 500 or so games you have amassed on Steam, you may wish to cross-reference those which you do care about. It may be fiscally prudent for you to instead compress and back-up the game folders of Steam games which can run in isolation, than purchase them over again.

CocoMaiden004: Thank you. I will try compressing the ones that can run in isolation as you suggest and I will definitely look at the forums you have linked. I have backed them up the best I can, stored on an 2T SD drive. I do care about the games I have on steam but I was surprised at how I valued ones I could truly own fully in my hands, compared to ones that could be taken without warning or cause by Steam.

SultanOfSuave: Without getting ahead of ourselves, for future reference, If you ever wanted to get a little fancier rather than just backing up the Steam Folders you could create an self-extracting zip/rar/etc or learn how to use InnoSetup.
I stole that line from the ever knowledgable AB2012 - I would just be the oblivious Wallce to his/her Grommit. As for contacting developers, you could use the GOG wishlist feature to demonstrate to the company your interest in a certain title. If you are intent to contacting a particular developer directly, Steam might be a good place to start if the game is already there. It often links websites, discord servers, etc, where you may be able to find contact information. Otherwise you'll have to look 'em up yourself.

Shmacky-McNuts: I occasionally read comments directed at the developers of indie games. Some devs have no idea they must go to gog and submit a demo of the game. Can be the full game, but a demo is enough. Pretty simple really.

I think staff should court devs from youtuber SplatterCat. Just my opinion.

SultanOfSuave: Am I reading this correctly? Something seems amiss - Certain developers don't realise that they must submit their game during the submission process of submitting their game?