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Fallout 4 GOTY is now available DRM-free on GOG (twitter.com)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 2 years ago

I don't think you do need Steam running. If it's truly DRM-free, just copy the game directory to a new machine and the game will run. Don't launch through Steam, launch it directly from the game directory.

I've run games directly without Steam running on a handful of occasions, such as when someone else is using my Steam account (e.g. my kids on my other computer) and I want to play a game. I could probably play in offline mode I guess, but running it directly isn't that hard.

It's not an installer, but I don't need an installer when I already have all the game files in one directory.