Steam and DRM-free versions of Dear Esther now available

[Irongiant666]

Just noticed that you now don't have to buy Dear Esther from Steam, you can buy it directly from the develop's site:

http://dear-esther.com/?p=1033

I've already bought it on Steam, but I love the game so much (and want to be free from Steam and DRM) that I'm going to buy it again from the dev's site.

[Fien]

Great news!I'm going to buy a second Dear Esther. I always prefer DRM-free.

[Pyrom4niac]

I don't see how there's an advantage with DRM-free versions?
Everything I want to do with the game I can do on the steam version. Play it online and offline, extract soundtrack files and materials (for experimenting with in SDK)

[TextFAMGUY1]

Originally Posted by Pyrom4niac

I don't see how there's an advantage with DRM-free versions?
Everything I want to do with the game I can do on the steam version. Play it online and offline, extract soundtrack files and materials (for experimenting with in SDK)

Some people are opposed to DRM on a "moral" basis. Or they simply don't like it. This helps them.

Not a big deal for me, but I'm sure it is for some others.

[bear912]

I'm actually rather surprised by this. Are there any other instances where games built on Source have been made available outside of Steam? There's talk of a Linux version of Dear Esther as well... Quite curious.

[GusTheCrocodile]

Originally Posted by bear912

I'm actually rather surprised by this. Are there any other instances where games built on Source have been made available outside of Steam? There's talk of a Linux version of Dear Esther as well... Quite curious.

There are (the first that comes to mind is Vampire: Bloodlines), but not all that many (about a million mods though, of course). Valve just doesn't do a whole lot of licensing compared to companies like Epic who want their tech in everything.

[Jack Pipsam]

Wish they had this at launch.