Hi so I'm kind of new to gog games, well I've had an account for a while but have never downloaded a game despite having bought a few. I decided to play a game in my library but don't really know how to download them. Unlike steam the games on this website seem to be in several parts. I was trying to download the first withcher game and downloaded the first part (1mb) but when I click on the second part to download it says open with vlc player as the top option, the second option being DownThemAll!, and the third option being save file. I don't know which one to click and would like to know if possible.

Choose the option 'save file'. You need all part of the installer to run it. Save all part in the same directory.

If you want to download the files separately, right-click on them and select 'save link to...'
Or you can install the GOG downloader from https://www.gog.com/downloader and then click on 'More' and 'Downloader links'
This is especially helpful for larger games.

Or you could install Galaxy ... but there are others who can help you better with that, since I don't use it myself.

directory? Is it like in the same file? Sorry for my ignorance I'm just not an avid pc gamer

Thanks I'll try downloading the GOG downloader

Use "save the file". VLC incorrectly thinks the .bin files are meant to be used with it, e.g. that they are either audio CD or DVD movie .bin files (images). They are not, in this case they are the data files for the GOG game installer.

Not sure about DownThemAll!, it sounds like some kind of download manager, but have you installed it yourself? Safest is to use "save the file" option, and download all the parts and possible updates (patches) + DLC installers to the same directory. They are big files though, hopefully you have a fast and reliable internet connection.

If you are using the GOG Galaxy client, you can also download the installers (backups) with it.

After you have downloaded all the installer files, patches etc., just run the executables to install the game, patches and DLCs.

Or, if you want more like a Steam like experience, use the GOG Galaxy client to install the game (it will both download and install the game for you). But I personally prefer downloading the installers and installing the game myself, the download will also proceed faster then because the installer files are compressed, while the GOG Galaxy install version is probably downloaded uncompressed.

Install GOG Galaxy. It's pretty similar to Steam regarding the game installation.

The Witcher it's a little odd, as you have 7 parts to download before installing. Just download them all. Once you have them in your download folder, you click on first one, that 1mb file, setup_the_witcher_enhanced_edition_2.0.0.12.exe and it will extract the game from other 6 .bin files. You just follow the installer. On GOG Galaxy, you have one big "Install" button that downloads all you need and run the installer for you.

They did that splitting for Witcher as it can be hard to download almost 9 GB of files in one session. You might need to close the PC or something. GOG Galaxy does not matter about that, as you can close it, restart PC and it will resume the download from where you were last time.

Directory = folder. I hope it is clearer now. :-)

The default download location will most likely be a directory called "Downloads", "Downloaded files" or something similar, which is perfectly fine, as long as you put them all there. When you've managed to download them all, the only file you need to be concerned about, however, is the first 1MB part (it will use the others automatically as long as it can find them - ie. as long as they're all in the same place).

Thanks everyone for the advise. I decided to download the GOG Galaxy and download the game in one go since I'm used to the steam way and didn't want to make a mistake doing it seperately

ok i buy a game and WHERE THE HELL I CAN DOWNLOAD IT !?!?!?!

This is the worst website for download game i have ever seen

In addition to the advice earlier in this thread: Go to your game library, just click on your account name in the menu bar, click on the game and then continue as described above OR go here https://www.gog.com/galaxy and download Galaxy client and continue as described above.

I come here for download a game without a client, else i just go on steam and i download my game, I can even choose the language here. This is the first and the last time I go on this website, thanks you programmers team !

You don;t need a client to download a game.

https://www.gog.com/account

Find your game, hover over it and click where it says View Downloads.

If you need more help, there's a download link in the help section under the Support link at the top.