Should I move my game library from Steam to GOG for true ownership?

[Mia27]

I’ve been trying to decide between keeping my library on Steam or moving everything over to GOG for good. I really value having my games in one place, but the idea of true ownership without needing a client running in the background is pulling me the other way. Has anyone else gone through this and found it hard to commit?

[Grace.W]

I toyed with this for a while last year. I kept a slim Steam library but started moving the rest to GOG. The lure of true ownership and not needing a client running in the background was strong. But then the friction showed up: a handful of games still needed Steam DRM or Steam-only features to start, saves landed in odd folders, and I spent extra time chasing updates. It felt like a trade-off rather than a clean win.

[Mason_H]

I did a real test for two months, keeping everything on GOG and stepping away from the Steam client. I liked not having Steam run, and I could access installers offline. But some titles wouldn’t launch reliably, and I kept juggling cloud saves that didn’t sync the same way. In the end I kept one foot in both camps.

[Charles97]

One concrete moment: I tried to delete Steam and then found a game that needed Steam to verify ownership and updates. I had to re-download after a day, which wiped out the ownership feeling. Not cool.

[George.J]

Do you care more about ownership and not having a client, or about the social features and automatic updates?