Dredmor is drm-free and does not require the steam client to be run. If you run it through steam you get Steam Cloud support (which is handy and backs up your saves) and achievements, as well as updating your mods when the modmakers update them on steam workshop, but you can simply copy the files to another folder and not have toworry about steam at all.

As is Crusader Kings 2.

I guess Steam doesn't want to advertise their DRM free games, because Steam obviously isn't a DRM ;-).

(What are they calling it again?).

Didn't know, Should test it and see if it's so

CEG, Custom Executable Generation.

Looks like I just might start that thread I've been planning to after all.

Thank you very much everyone, you've all been very helpful. :)

The steam approach to DRM is "Yes, it is DRM, but it also provides useful services, not just restrict what the users can do with the titles". As far as I am concerned, it is the least terrible one.

Then again, the worst one for me must be Green Man Gaming's, and only make use of it because the games I have on capsule are free. And/or used to provide keys for other less annoying services.

There are SNES games on Steam, which ones?
The DRM and the useful services are separate things that just happen to be bundled together most of the time as evidenced by Dungeons of Dredmor. It supports Steam Cloud if you run it through the client but you don't have to run it through the client. Therefore, the useful services don't justify the DRM.

It's like being offered a shit sandwich and an orange to take the taste away. You shouldn't be fine with eating a shit sandwich to get the orange when there's no reason you have to eat the former to get the latter.

EDIT: Also SimonG and bazilisek are right, their approach really is that it's not DRM. They have a page somewhere explaining to developers why their CEG is so much better than DRM and definitely isn't DRM.

Oops... I meant to say Megadrive.

You got me a little excited for a moment! :P

Ah well.