As a number of people here, I was very happy to see Drakensang release on GOG.

And when it did, knowing that the Drakensang games in the US were published by the same discount publisher (COSMI/ValuSoft), I was pretty certain that it was just a matter of time before...

... Drakensang: The River of Time (and dlc)...

... released here as well.

That seems to have been... well... wrong.

Drakensang: The River of Time never came to GOG.

I just figured Drakensang: The River of Time never released digitally because of some rights issue, but...

... today I found out I was wrong!

Searching Steam's store I found...

... Drakensang: The River of Time available for sale (alongside Drakensang) ! And yes, the publisher was COSMI/ValuSoft.

So why has it not shown up here on GOG?

Anyone have an idea on this?

So if I got you right, you were talking about Drakensang: The River of Time, right?

At least to me it certainly seemed as if you were talking about Drakensang: The River of Time. Correct me if I were wrong and you weren't talking about Drakensang: The River of Time but something else instead, other than Drakensang: The River of Time.

No. I was clearly talking about Ride to Hell: Retribution

Seems that Drakensang: The River of Time has issues running on modern windows, unlike Ride to Hell: Retribution. So you're better off waiting on the latter.

I have a disc copy that runs fine... albeit windowed.

A few years ago, "Drakensang: Am Fluss der Zeit" ("Drakensang: The River of Time") was digitally available in an online store, here in Germany.
If I remember correctly, the same was true for its add-on "Phileassons Geheimnis" ("Phileasson's Secret").

Though, a quick attempt to reach the site now, seems to indicate that that store no longer exists.
A bummer - they had some nice (DRM-free) games on offer. Yeah, the Steam version seems to be the only way (apart from buying a retail version on Amazon, Ebay, etc) to get the game nowadays.

I would love to have that game too. Is it really so difficult to bring here a 2011 game? Is the publisher so stubborn maybe? I'm currently playing Drakensang for the second time and, having read how much better the River of Time is, I really wonder how it is like...!

Edit: I have already checked all the relevant entries in the community wishlist...

I have Drankensang and the two dlc's on disc. You can still get them on Amazon if you want. I don't know about DRM on the discs, but you probably can find NOCD patches for them. I am actually planning on installing them on a Windows 7 laptop I converted to Win XP.

See here for the Amazon (US) webpage (US$9.99).

The UK page of the same item mentions it having four bonus games (which seem completely unrelated) along with a 50% price hike. The CDs of the original game and the River of Time (without expansion) that I purchased both had disc checks, needing no-CD patches.

Note that there is a wishlist entry for River of Time, plus multiple threads discussing it in the Drakensang forum.

Definitely one of the few RPGs I don't own. Hope the technical issues get sorted out someday.