The big list of DRM-free games on Steam
Project aim
- List all games on Steam which are DRM-free, that meaning games which can be launched without the use of the Steam client.
- DISCLAIMER: Currently this list isn't even remotely a complete listing of DRM-free games on Steam!
Instructions
- Mention "Steamworks title." in the Notes column for any DRM-free games which use Steamworks when launched through the Steam client.
- This list now features all versions of the games - Windows, OS X and Linux versions that are DRM-Free will now have indicators to the right.
- Section headers - Games are grouped in multiple categories for ease of use. Sections are listed alphabetically under their respective header.
Definition of "DRM-free on Steam"
- DRM-free on Steam does not refer to games which don't use third-party DRM; the Steam client is DRM if it is required to run the game.
- DRM-free games on Steam are games which do not require the Steam client or any third-party DRM in order to launch said game's respective executable or startup script (.exe .bin .app .sh).
- DRM-free games can be moved outside of the Steam folder and used freely.
- Steam does not have any official designation for games which are/aren't DRM-free - these must be tested by the editors themselves.
What is Steamworks?
- Steamworks is an API for game developers. It can be used for free and is used to integrate Steam features and solutions within PC games. Steamworks DRM is called Custom Executable Generation (CEG) and like the every part of Steamworks, it's optional for the developers. There are many games which use Steamworks and are DRM-free. These specific games will be noted.
- Steamworks-specific features such as Achievements, Cloud, Trading Cards, Leaderboards, multiplayer and other will not work if Steamworks games are launched outside of the Steam client.
Discussion
- Discuss the article on its Talk page.
- Discuss DRM-free games on the "List of DRM-free games on Steam" thread on the GOG.com Community Discussions.
- Discuss DRM-free games on the "DRM-Free and Client-Free Games" Steam Group
Other information
- The Big List of 3rd Party DRM on Steam - A comparable list of Steam games which feature Third Party DRM.
- "List of DRM-free games on Steam" thread on the GOG.com Community Discussions - Note that some of the games listed may be outdated or outright false.
- "List of DRM-free games on Steam" similar wiki page on wikia.com, but somewhat more active - Note that any game listed there should still be tested before added here.
Main contacts
- AsavarTzeth (User page to be added, if wished)
- Nicereddy
- Garrett
Developer/Publisher-specific
Activision Blizzard
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura | Link | ✔ | |||
| Quest for Glory 1-5 | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Police Quest: Collection | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Police Quest: SWAT | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Return to Krondor | Link | ✔ | |||
| Return to Zork | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ |
Atari / Infogrames / Nightdive Studios
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th Legion | Link | ✔ | |||
| Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition | Link | ✔ | |||
| Blood | Link | Bundled with DOSBox. Currently only sold with Blood: Fresh Supply. | ✔ | ||
| Blood II: The Chosen | Link | ✔ | |||
| Blood: Fresh Supply | Link | ✔ | |||
| Bread & Fred | Link | DRM-free if Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file containing its Steam App ID number 1607680 in <path-to-game>.
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✔ | ? | |
| Bubsy Two-Fur | Link | DRM-free when launched directly from the executable. | ✔ | ||
| Bubsy: Paws on Fire! | Link | ✔ | |||
| I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream | Link | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Killing Time: Resurrected | Link | Requires skipping the launcher. | ✔ | ||
| Missile Command: Recharged | Link | Initial 2020 release. | ✔ | ||
| PO'ed: Definitive Edition | Link | ✔ | |||
| RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe | Link | ✔ | |||
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack | Link | ✔ | |||
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Shadow Man Remastered | Link | ✔ | |||
| Sid Meier's Colonization | Link | Bundled with DOSBox. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| SiN: Gold | Link | ✔ | |||
| Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster | Link | ✔ | |||
| Strife: Veteran Edition | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| System Shock (1994) / Enhanced Edition | Link | As of the "Source Port" update on September 13, 2018, the Steam version features a new command-line argument, -no-social, to launch the game without Steam running in the background.[1]
|
✔ | ||
| System Shock 2 | Link | Steamworks title. On Linux it should be DRM-Free as well. It may be hard to launch though, since it is using a Wine-wrapper. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| System Shock (2023) | Link | ✔ | |||
| Titanic: Adventure Out of Time | Link | ✔ | |||
| Turok (2015) | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 405820.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (2017) | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 405830.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered | Link | ✔ | |||
| Yar's Revenge | Link | Steamworks title. Its steam_api.dll is required to run the game, and online leaderboards and Steam achievements are disabled without a Steam log-in, but the game can be played otherwise.
|
✔ |
Bethesda Softworks
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arx Fatalis | Link | ✔ | |||
| Doom (1993) / Doom I Enhanced / Doom + Doom II | Link | Doom + Doom II is DRM-free if Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file containing the game's App ID number 2280; Bethesda.net account creation can be skipped, but is required to download curated and user submitted mods as well as online multiplayer. Bundled with The Ultimate Doom, Doom II: Hell on Earth, Master Levels for Doom II, and Final Doom, which are packaged with DOSBox Staging v0.81.2.0. Doom I Enhanced can be accessed by selecting the previous-re-release beta channel.
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| Doom II: Hell on Earth / Final Doom / Doom II Enhanced | Link | Packaged with DOSBox v0.72. Bundled with the 2019 Unity port which is also DRM-free; Bethesda.net account creation can be skipped, but is required to download add-ons. | ✔ | ||
| Doom 3 | Link | Stock executable has Steam DRM check and requires CD key to run. Download and install the retail v1.3.1 patch in different location from where the Steam version of Doom 3 is installed (e.g. C:\Program Files\Doom 3), then copy the Doom3.exe executable from the retail v1.3.1 patch into the Steam version's installation folder after proving the game with a CD key.[2] Comes bundled with Doom 3: BFG Edition as of August 10, 2022.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Doom 3: BFG Edition | Link | Doom 3: BFG Edition: DRM-free as of the 1.0.0.2 update on January 24, 2023.[3] Comes bundled with Doom 3 with its Resurrection of Evil expansion pack as of August 10, 2022. Doom 3: Bethesda.net Edition: Can be played without Steam running. Only available to owners of Doom 3 (2019) on Bethesda.net after migrating their account to Steam. | ✔ | ||
| Doom 64 | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 1148590. Bethesda.net sign-up can be skipped.
|
✔ | ||
| Fallout | Link | ✔ | |||
| Fallout 2 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel | Link | ✔ | |||
| Heretic | Link | Bundled with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Hexen: Beyond Heretic | Link | Bundled with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Quake / Quake Enhanced | Link | Can be played directly from its executables WinQuake.exe (Direct3D) and GLQuake.exe (OpenGL). Bundled with the 2021 Kex Engine remaster which can also be DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt containing its Steam App ID number 2310 in <path-to-game>\rerelease; the Bethesda.net log-in error can be skipped when playing without Steam running.
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✔ | ||
| Quake II RTX | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Quake II Enhanced | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt containing its Steam App ID number 2320 in <path-to-game>\rerelease; the Bethesda.net log-in error can be skipped when playing without Steam running.
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✔ | ||
| Quake 4 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Spear of Destiny | Link | Bundled with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| The Elder Scrolls: Arena | Link | Freeware and bundled with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall | Link | Freeware and bundled with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Wolfenstein 3D | Link | Bundled with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | Link | ✔ |
Bohemia Interactive
- Since GameSpy shut down, major changes happened to the ARMA series. You can read about it here.
- ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead transitioned to Steamworks and BI added DRM.
- Before you run the listed games (except Tactics, Original War and UFO: Afterlight), run BattlEye (anti-cheat) from its folder or run the game from the Steam client to install it otherwise it will pop up the message "bad serial number given in Setup".
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arma 2 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Arma Tactics | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| Arma: Armed Assault | Link | ✔ | |||
| Arma: Cold War Assault | Link | ✔ | |||
| Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya | Link | ✔ | |||
| Original War | Link | ✔ | |||
| Take On Helicopters | Link | ✔ | |||
| UFO: Afterlight | Link | ✔ |
CD Projekt
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Drake Hollow | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 739650.
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✔ | ||
| The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut | Link | It has CEG, but you can use the provided CD key to get the DRM-free backup copy (you get installation files) at GOG.com. | ❌ | ❌ | |
| The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition | Link | Steamworks title. It has CEG, but you can use the provided CD key to get the DRM-free backup copy (you get installation files) at GOG.com. | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Link | ✔ |
Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive Corporation
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Thief Gold | Link | ✔ | |||
| Thief II: The Metal Age | Link | ✔ | |||
| Tomb Raider (1996) | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | Link | ✔ | |||
| Tomb Raider I-III Remastered | Link | ✔ |
Cyan Worlds
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myst: Masterpiece Edition | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Myst (2021) | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Myst III: Exile | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Myst IV: Revelation | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Myst V: End of Ages | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Obduction | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| realMyst: Masterpiece Edition | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Riven (1997) | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Riven (2024) | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Uru: Complete Chronicles | Link | ✔ | ✔ |
Daedalic Entertainment
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barotrauma | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Journey of a Roach | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Munin | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Devolver Digital
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broforce | Link | Steamworks title. Offline play only. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Carrion | Link | Steamworks title. Linux: Delete/rename libsteam_api.so or the game won't launch. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| Enter the Gungeon | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt containing its Steam App ID number 311690 in the game's installation directory.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Exit the Gungeon | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt containing its Steam App ID number 1209490 in the game's installation directory.
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✔ | ||
| Hatoful Boyfriend | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Heavy Bullets | Link | Steamworks title. Leaderboards cannot be accessed if the game is not launched through Steam. | ✔ | ||
| Hotline Miami | Link | Steamworks title. DRM-free if you disable Steamworks (on Windows) when game launches. Linux is DRM-Free out of the box. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Inscryption | Link | DRM-free after creating a text file named steam_appid.txt in <path-to-game> and filling it with the game's Steam ID 1092790).
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Loop Hero | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Luftrausers | Link | Steamworks title. Leaderboards cannot be accessed if the user is not logged into Steam. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Mother Russia Bleeds | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt containing its Steam App ID number 361300 in the game's installation directory. Cannot access online leaderboards without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise. Any in-game achievements unlocked offline will unlock Steam Achievements retroactively.[4]
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✔ | ? | ? |
| Observation | Link | Free. | ✔ | ||
| Reigns | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Shadow Warrior (1997) | Link | Free. | ✔ | ||
| Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter | Link | HD version has CEG. | ✔ | ||
| Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter | Link | HD version has CEG. | ✔ | ||
| Serious Sam Classics: Revolution | Link | ✔ | |||
| Stronghold HD | Link | ✔ | |||
| Stronghold Crusader HD / Extreme HD | Link | ✔ |
Disney / Lucasfilm
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Curse of Monkey Island | Link | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. | ✔ | ? | |
| Escape from Monkey Island | Link | ✔ | |||
| Loom | Link | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Maniac Mansion | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Sam & Max Hit the Road | Link | Can be run through the included ScummVM executable. | ✔ | ✔ | ? |
| Star Wars: Dark Forces | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Star Wars: Rebel Assault | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ? | |
| Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ? | |
| Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack | Link | Only Chapter One. | ✔ | ? | |
| Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders | Link | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. | ✔ | ✔ |
Double Fine Productions
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Age | Link | Steamworks title. | ❌ | ? | ✔ |
| Brutal Legend | Link | Steamworks title. | ❌ | ? | ✔ |
| The Cave | Link | Steamworks title. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| Costume Quest 2 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Day of the Tentacle Remastered | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Full Throttle Remastered | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Grim Fandango Remastered | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Psychonauts | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Psychonauts 2 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Spacebase DF-9 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Stacking | Link | Steamworks title. | ❌ | ? | ✔ |
Electronic Arts
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bejeweled 3 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Colin McRae Rally (2014) | Link | Steamworks title. Delete/rename Steam DLLs to prevent Steam being detected and launched. | ✔ | ? | |
| Command & Conquer / The Covert Operations | Link | Steam DRM removed on March 9, 2024.[5][6] | ✔ | ||
| Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun / Firestorm | Link | Steam DRM removed on March 9, 2024.[7][6] | ✔ | ||
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 / Yuri's Revenge | Link | Steam DRM removed on March 9, 2024.[8][6] | ✔ | ||
| Command & Conquer: Renegade | Link | Steam DRM removed on March 9, 2024.[9][6] | ✔ | ||
| Crysis | Link | ✔ | |||
| Crysis Warhead | Link | Can be played directly from its 64-bit executable (Bin64\Crysis64.exe)
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| The Sims 3 | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Link | DRM-free when running the game via <path-to-game>\SwGame\Binaries\Win64\SwGame-Win64-Shipping.exe.[10]
|
✔ | ? | |
| Tales of Kenzera: ZAU | Link | ✔ |
Fulqrum Publishing
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension to the Throne | Link | ✔ | |||
| El Matador | Link | ✔ | |||
| Hands of Necromancy II | Link | ✔ | |||
| Hyperviolent | Link | ✔ | |||
| Space Rangers HD: A War Apart | Link | ✔ | |||
| Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones | Link | ✔ | |||
| Viscerafest | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Wrath: Aeon of Ruin | Link | ✔ |
Hyperstrange
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77p egg: Eggwife | Link | ✔ | |||
| Ghostware: Arena of the Dead | Link | ✔ |
Interplay
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Chess | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| MDK | Link | Software executable (MDK3D3.EXE) uses Steam DRM, however, the 3DFX executable (MDK3D3.EXE) is DRM-free.
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✔ | ||
| Screamer | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Toonstruck | Link | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
inXile Entertainment
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bard's Tale | Link | ❌ | ? | ✔ | |
| The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic | Link | Steamworks title. | ❌ | ? | ✔ |
| Wasteland 2 | Link | Steamworks title. Both the original and Director's Cut versions are DRM-free. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Wasteland 3 | Link | Steamworks title. Online co-op is P2P only. DLC access requires an Internet connection.[11] | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
Kalypso Media / Kasedo Games
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IXION | Link | ✔ | |||
| Project Highrise | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Spacebase Startopia | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| Sudden Strike 4 | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
Larian Studios
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldur's Gate III | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Beyond Divinity | Link | ✔ | |||
| Divine Divinity | Link | ✔ | |||
| Divinity II: Developer's Cut | Link | Free upgrade for owners of Divinity II: Ego Draconis or Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga. | ✔ | ||
| Divinity: Dragon Commander | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Divinity: Original Sin | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Divinity: Original Sin II / Definitive Edition | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? |
Microids
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy (1999) | Link | ✔ | |||
| Arkanoid: Eternal Battle | Link | ✔ | |||
| Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 (2018) | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Moto Racer Collection | Link | No Steam check in the launcher or any of the games (Moto Racer, Moto Racer 2, Moto Racer 3, Moto Racer 15th Anniversary). However, the original DRM from the retail version of Moto Racer 2 was not removed properly, causing bike speed limits to be implemented. | ✔ | ||
| Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Sinking Island | Link | ✔ | |||
| Titeuf: Mega Party | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| XIII (2003) | Link | ✔ | ? |
New Blood Interactive
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dusk | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Dusk '82 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Fallen Aces | Link | ✔ | |||
| Super Galaxy Squadron EX | Link | ✔ | |||
| Ultrakill | Link | ✔ |
Paradox Interactive
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game | Link | Steam and other digital distributors have outdated v1.07 because Paradox dropped support. Download v1.08 patch and apply it.
It is highly recommended by developers.[12] After patch, game is DRM-free. |
✔ | ||
| Celtic Kings: Rage of War | Link | ✔ | |||
| Cities in Motion | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Commander: Conquest of the Americas | Link | Gold Edition tested. | ✔ | ||
| Crusader Kings Complete | Link | ✔ | |||
| Crusader Kings II | Link | Steamworks title. Base game free as of October 19, 2019. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game | Link | Steam has outdated v1.02. Download v1.03 patch from developers and read Installation notes - Steam users. After patch, game is DRM-free. | ✔ | ||
| East India Company | Link | ✔ | |||
| Europa Universalis III Complete | Link | Steamworks title. Includes Heir to the Throne and Divine Wind expansions and all DLCs. | ✔ | ? | |
| Europa Universalis IV | Link | Steamworks title. Includes all expansions and DLCs. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition | Link | ✔ | |||
| For the Glory: A Europa Universalis Game | Link | Download v1.2 patch in archive for DRM-free version of game. | ✔ | ||
| Hearts of Iron 2 Complete | Link | ✔ | |||
| Hearts of Iron III | Link | Steamworks title. Includes all expansions and DLCs. | ✔ | ? | |
| Imperator: Rome | Link | Multiplayer disabled when launching without Steam client. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Majesty Gold HD | Link | Run MajestyHD.exe from the HD folder.
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✔ | ||
| March of the Eagles | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Rising Kingdoms | Link | ✔ | |||
| Sengoku | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| Shadowrun Returns | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Surviving the Aftermath | Link | ✔ | |||
| Tyranny | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Tzar: The Burden of the Crown | Link | ✔ | |||
| Victoria II | Link | Steamworks title. Includes A House Divided and Heart of Darkness expansions and all DLCs. | ✔ |
Plaion (Deep Silver / Prime Matter / Ravenscourt)
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolmen | Link | ✔ | |||
| Killer Is Dead | Link | Steamworks title. Can be played without Steam by using the command-line argument -nosteam. Online leaderboards however are inaccessible without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise.
|
✔ | ? | |
| Mighty No. 9 | Link | Steamworks title. Steam Achievements, online multiplayer, and leaderboards will not work without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Painkiller Redemption | Link | On Linux the game is probably DRM-free, but it is heavily built/linked against the Steam runtime. | ✔ | ? | ❌ |
| Relicta | Link | ✔ | |||
| Scars Above | Link | ✔ | |||
| Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis | Link | ✔ | |||
| Siege Survival: Gloria Victis | Link | ✔ |
Raw Fury
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Arcadia | Link | ✔ | |||
| Cassette Beasts | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Kathy Rain | Link | ✔ | |||
| Kingdom: Classic | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Kingdom: New Lands | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Post Trauma | Link | ✔ | |||
| Whispers of a Machine | Link | ✔ | ? |
Running With Scissors (RWS)
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poostall Royale | Link | Free. | ✔ | ||
| Postal | Link | Steamworks title. Free. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Postal 2 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Postal 2: Paradise Lost | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Postal III | Link | As of October 13, 2023.[13][14] | ✔ | ||
| Postal 4: No Regerts | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ |
SEGA
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Protocol | Link | Run Binaries\APGame.exe, not APLauncher.exe.
|
✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Condemned: Criminal Origins | Link | ✔ | |||
| Crazy Taxi (Steam) | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 71230.
|
✔ | ||
| Jack Lumber | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Sega Bass Fishing (Steam) | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 71240.
|
✔ | ||
| Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Classics | Link | The "Simple" launcher (SEGAGenesisClassics.exe) is a DRM-free Sega Genesis emulator, however the Unity-based "Hub" launcher (SEGAGameRoom.exe) requires Steam DRM.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Sonic Adventure DX (Steam) | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 71250. The previous 2011 version was also DRM-free.
|
✔ | ||
| Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Space Channel 5: Part 2 (Steam) | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 71260.
|
✔ | ||
| Valkyria Chronicles | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or when steam_appid.txt is in directory containing any number.[15]
|
✔ | ✔ |
SNEG
Square Enix
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actraiser Renaissance | Link | Can be played without Steam running.[16] | ✔ | ||
| Anachronox | Link | ||||
| Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake | Link | Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on May 23, 2025.[17] DRM-free if Steam is not installed, or if a file called steam_appid.txt containing the game's app ID (2701660) is located in the <path-to-game>\Game\Binaries\Win64\ directory.
|
✔ | ||
| Dragon Quest XI S - Definitive Edition | Link | Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on May 28, 2021.[18] Does not require the Steam client to run. | ✔ | ||
| Dungeon Siege | Link | ✔ | |||
| Dungeon Siege II | Link | ✔ | |||
| Final Fantasy IX | Link | ✔ | |||
| Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster | Link | ✔ | |||
| Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age | Link | Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on April 24, 2020.[19] DRM-free when Steam is not installed or when the steam_appid.txt file is in directory containing any number.[20]
|
✔ | ||
| Live A Live | Link | Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on October 10, 2023.[21] | ✔ | ||
| Mini Ninjas | Link | ✔ | |||
| Octopath Traveler II | Link | Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on August 9, 2023.[22] DRM-free if Steam is not installed, or if a file called steam_appid.txt containing the game's app ID (1971650) is located in the <path-to-game>\Octopath_Traveler2\Binaries\Win64\ directory.
|
✔ | ||
| Omikron: The Nomad Soul | Link | ✔ | |||
| Pandemonium! | Link | ✔ | |||
| Star Ocean: The Divine Force | Link | Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on April 21, 2023.[23][24] DRM-free when Steam is not installed or when steam_appid.txt is in directory containing the number "1776380".[25]
|
✔ | ||
| Trials of Mana | Link | Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on August 26, 2020.[26] DRM-free when Steam is not installed or when the steam_appid.txt file is placed in the same directory as the exe (<path-to-game>\Trials of Mana\Binaries\Win64).[27]
|
✔ | ||
| Triangle Strategy | Link | Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on April 6, 2023.[28] DRM-free when Steam is not installed or when the steam_appid.txt file is in the <path-to-game>\TRIANGLE_STRATEGY\Binaries\Win64\ directory containing the number "1850510".[29]
|
✔ | ||
| Valkyrie Elysium | Link | Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on March 30, 2023.[30][31] DRM-free when Steam is not installed or when the |
✔ | ||
| Various Daylife | Link | DRM-free if Steam is not installed, or if a file called steam_appid.txt containing the game's app ID (1897050) is located in the <path-to-game>\VARIOUS_DAYLIFE\Binaries\Win64\ directory.
|
✔ |
Stardock
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate Edition | Link | Only the base game is DRM-free. The expansion (which is launched by default) requires the Steam client to be run. | ✔ | ||
| Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition | Link | All three executables (base game and both expansion packs) are DRM-free. | ✔ | ||
| Offworld Trading Company | Link | ✔ | ? | ? |
Strategy First
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankh: Heart of Osiris | Link | ✔ | |||
| Bad Rats: The Rats' Revenge | Link | ✔ | |||
| Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs | Link | ✔ | |||
| FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage | Link | Main branch only; original version with Games for Windows - LIVE DRM is in the gfwl beta branch.
|
✔ | ||
| Liquidator (1998) | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Mashed | Link | ✔ | |||
| The Outforce | Link | ✔ | |||
| Rails Across America | Link | ✔ | |||
| Shadow Vault | Link | ✔ | |||
| Warrior Kings | Link | ✔ | |||
| Warrior Kings: Battles | Link | ✔ |
Supergiant Games
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bastion | Link | Steamworks title. Can be played directly from its executable. Online leaderboards and Steam Achievements cannot be accessed without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise.[33] | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Hades | Link | Steamworks title. Can be played directly from its executable. Steam Achievements cannot be accessed without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise. | ✔ | ? | |
| Transistor | Link | Steamworks title. Does not require the client to run. Steam Achievements cannot be accessed without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
Take-Two Interactive (2K Games / Private Division / Rockstar Games / Gearbox)
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Men: RTS | Link | ✔ | |||
| Grand Theft Auto 2 | Link | Removed from digital distribution May 2013.[34] | ✔ | ||
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Link | Became DRM-free as of the November 7, 2014 patch.[35] Removed from digital distribution as of October 13, 2021 to be replaced with The Definitive Edition. | ✔ | ||
| Kerbal Space Program | Link | ✔ | |||
| Kerbal Space Program 2 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Mafia | Link | ✔ | |||
| Sid Meier's Railroads! | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| The Outer Worlds | Link | Base game is DRM-free when run directly from executable. DLC will not be recognized when run outside of the Steam client. | ✔ | ||
| The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition | Link | Base game is DRM-free when run directly from executable. DLC will not be recognized when run outside of the Steam client. | ✔ | ||
| We Happy Few | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| X-COM: Terror from the Deep | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| XCOM: Chimera Squad | Link | Requires bypassing the launcher. | ✔ |
THQ Nordic / HandyGames
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airline Tycoon Deluxe | Link | ✔ | |||
| Alone in the Dark 3 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Alone in the Dark (2024) | Link | DRM-free when launched from <path-to-game>\AloneInTheDark.exe
|
✔ | ||
| Arcania: Gothic 4 | Link | ✔ | |||
| The Black Mirror | Link | ✔ | |||
| Black Mirror 2 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Black Mirror 3 | Link | ✔ | |||
| The Book of Unwritten Tales | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Carmageddon | Link | Bundled with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Dark Fall II: Lights Out | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Destroy All Humans! | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Expeditions: Viking | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Gothic (2001) | Link | ✔ | |||
| Gothic II | Link | ✔ | |||
| The Mystery of the Druids | Link | ✔ | |||
| Neighbours from Hell | Link | ✔ | |||
| Remnant II | Link | ✔ | |||
| Silent Storm: Gold Edition | Link | ✔ | |||
| Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake | Link | ✔ |
TopWare Interactive
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enclave | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Gorky 17 | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| X-Blades | Link | Steamworks title. MacOS X and Linux versions are Wineskin-wrapped ports.[36] | ✔ | ? | ? |
Ubisoft
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anno 1404 | Link | Includes the Venice add-on. Anno 1404 is the name used in EU and AU/NZ regions. The game was once pulled from Steam, but has been back since March 2014. TAGES DRM has been removed since then. TagesClient.dat and TagesClient.exe files remain in the game directory but they are inert and can be deleted. Ubisoft has not updated the Steam store page to remove the warning about 3rd-party DRM integration.
|
✔ | ||
| Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition | Link | Must be run via the DX9 launcher. | ✔ | ||
| Dawn of Discovery | Link | Includes the Venice add-on. Dawn of Discovery is Anno 1404's worldwide name outside the EU and AU/NZ regions. Read Anno 1404 notes for further info. | ✔ | ||
| Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition | Link | ✔ | |||
| Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East | Link | Applicable only to the H5_Game.exe from the binDM subfolder, not the bin subfolder.
|
✔ | ||
| Outland | Link | Linux: RunGameNoSteamRT.sh must be run from the main directory.
|
? | ? | ✔ |
| Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones | Link | ✔ | |||
| Rayman Origins | Link | ✔ | ❌ |
Valve
- Their games running on the Source 2013 Multiplayer engine branch only work when
maxplayersis set to 1.
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mesa | Link | Steamworks title. In Terminal run: Linux: ./bms.sh.
|
❌ | ? | ✔ |
| Counter Strike: Source | Link | Steamworks title. In Cmd/Terminal run: Windows: hl2.exe -game cstrike Linux: ./hl2.sh -game cstrike. Use console to create/join lan server.
|
✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Half-Life: Source | Link | Steamworks title. In Cmd/Terminal run: Windows: hl2.exe -game hl1
|
✔ | ? | ❌ |
| Half-Life Deathmatch: Source | Link | Steamworks title. In Cmd/Terminal run: Windows: hl2.exe -game hl1mp Linux: ./hl2.sh -game hl1mp. Use console to create/join lan server.
|
✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Half-Life 2 | Link | Steamworks title. In Cmd/Terminal run: Windows: hl2.exe
|
✔ | ? | ❌ |
| Half-Life 2: Episode One | Link | Steamworks title. In Cmd/Terminal run: Windows: hl2.exe -game episodic
|
✔ | ? | ❌ |
| Half-Life 2: Episode Two | Link | Steamworks title. In Cmd/Terminal run: Windows: hl2.exe -game ep2
|
✔ | ? | ❌ |
| Half-Life 2: Lost Coast | Link | Steamworks title. In Cmd/Terminal run: Windows: hl2.exe -game lostcoast
|
✔ | ? | ❌ |
| Half-Life: Alyx | Link | In Cmd/Terminal run: Windows: hlvr.exe
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Portal | Link | Steamworks title. In Cmd/Terminal run: Windows: hl2.exe -game portal
|
✔ | ? | ❌ |
Warner Bros. Games
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batman: Arkham Asylum | Link | Steamworks title. Can be played without Steam by using the command-line argument -nosteam. Steam saves however are not compatible with non-Steam mode.[37]
|
✔ | ||
| Batman: Arkham Knight | Link | The base game is DRM-free when launched directly from the game executable. For any DLC to be recognized, the game must be launched through the Steam client. | ✔ | ||
| F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point / F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate | Link | Base game not DRM-free. | ✔ |
Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft)
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age of Empires III: Complete Collection | Link | Becomes DRM-free after the first launch. | ✔ | ||
| Dust: An Elysian Tail | Link | Steamworks title. Windows version uses Steam DRM, however, the FNA-win32 build is DRM-free. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Fable: The Lost Chapters | Link | ✔ | |||
| Ori and the Blind Forest | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Pentiment | Link | ✔ | |||
| Pillars of Eternity | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Senua's Saga: Hellblade II | Link | ✔ |
XSEED
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead & Undressed | Link | DRM was removed in a patch.[38] Now shares the same executable (as well as Steam and Galaxy DLLs) as the GOG build. | ✔ | ||
| Corpse Party | Link | Can be played without Steam running or by removing steam_api.dll and steam_appid.txt.[39]
|
✔ | ✔ | |
| Corpse Party (2021) | Link | ✔ | |||
| Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin | Link | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky | Link | Steamworks title. DRM was removed in a patch.[40] Now shares the same executable (as well as Steam and Galaxy DLLs) as the GOG build. | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC | Link | Steamworks title. DRM was removed in a patch.[40] Now shares the same executable as the GOG build. | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd | Link | Steamworks title. DRM was removed in a patch.[40] Now shares the same executable as the GOG build. | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel | Link | Steamworks title. Shares the same executable as the GOG build. | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II | Link | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| No More Heroes 3 | Link | DRM-free when starting any of the executables, including the nmh3.exe one. Starting the game without Steam will disable controller support [41]. To enable controller support for the game outside of Steam, follow the directions in this Youtube video here).
The latest update that is based off the Microsoft Store version has full controller support out of the box. |
✔ | ||
| Potionomics | Link | ✔ | |||
| Ys I & II Chronicles+ | Link | Steamworks title. Confirmed DRM-Free by the localizer[42] and shares the same executable as the GOG build. | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Ys Origin | Link | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Ys: The Oath in Felghana | Link | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim | Link | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection | Link | Steamworks title. Shares the same executable as the GOG build. | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
Ziggurat Interactive / Cosmi ValuSoft
ZOOM Platform Media (Jordan Freeman Group)
- The games that the company (co-)publishes on Steam are always DRM-free to match their values as a distributor.[43]
- Additional extras may be exclusive to the ZOOM Platform storefront.
Miscellaneous
Indie
- Independent video games (commonly referred to as indie games) are made by individuals or small teams generally without video game publisher financial support. For the simplicity of this article, games published by those outside of the indie studio itself are also included in this list.
- For independent games using Flash & AIR see the Flash & AIR section.
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3dSen PC | Link | DRM-Free as of v0.9.5 patch | ✔ | ||
| 3dSen VR | Link | DRM-Free as of v0.9.5 patch | ✔ | ||
| 100% Orange Juice! | Link | Steamworks title. Requires its steam_api.dll file in the installation folder to run the game but it is playable without Steam running. Steam Achievements, online lobbies, leaderboards, DLCs, and other Steam-related features cannot be accessed without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise.
|
✔ | ||
| 140 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| 200% Mixed Juice! | Link | Steamworks title. Requires its steam_api.dll file in the installation folder to run the game but it is playable without Steam running in the background. Cannot access online multiplayer and Steam Achievements are disabled, but the game plays fine otherwise.
|
✔ | ||
| 10,000,000 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action! | Link | Steamworks title. Requires its Steam-related .dll files in the installation folder to run but it is playable without Steam running in the background. | ✔ | ||
| AI Limit | Link | DRM-Free when Steam is not installed or when steam_appid.txt is in directory containing the number "2407270".[44] | ✔ | ||
| A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda | Link | The game will give a warning message about Steam API not being initialized properly when launching the game directly from its executable, but it will continue to play afterwards. Berserker Suit DLC however cannot be accessed without a Steam log-in. | ✔ | ||
| A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda EX | Link | Requires its Steam-related .dll files in the installation folder to run the game. The game will use the local save file instead of the one stored on Steam Cloud. The Apollo drone for owners of the original A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda cannot be accessed without a Steam log-in. | ✔ | ||
| A.W.O.L. | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Acceleration of SUGURI 2 | Link | Steamworks title. Requires its steam_api.dll file in the installation folder to run the game but it is playable without Steam running. Cannot access online lobbies and Steam Achievements are disabled, but the game plays fine otherwise.
|
✔ | ||
| Adventures of Shuggy | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Aeon of Sands - The Trail | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| Air Control | Link | ✔ | |||
| Alarameth TD | Link | Steamworks title. If copying to another offline machine match the correct architecture (32-bit/64-bit). In-game achievements offer to sync to Steam achievements if/when connected. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| All Our Asias | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Alwa's Awakening | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Alwa's Legacy | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Ambre - a heartbreaking kinetic novel | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Amnesia: The Dark Descent | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Analogue: A Hate Story | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Animal Lover | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Anna - Extended Edition | Link | Steamworks title. Windows version requires both Steam & Kalypso account login. | ❌ | ? | ✔ |
| ANNO: Mutationem | Link | ✔ | |||
| Antichamber | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Aozora Meikyuu | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Ara Fell | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| A Robot Named Fight! | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| The Ascent | Link | DRM-Free when Steam is not installed or when the steam_appid.txt is in directory containing the number "979690" in the <path-to-game>\TheAscent\Binaries\Win64\ directory. Running the game without Steam reduces the framerate. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Assault Android Cactus | Link | Steamworks title. Cannot access the online Daily Drive (offline version will be used) or leaderboards without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Astebreed | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Avadon: The Black Fortress | Link | Steamworks title. | ❌ | ? | ✔ |
| Baba Is You | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bad Pad | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| BallisticNG | Link | Steamworks title. Steamworks-related features such as Steam Achievements and Leaderboards will be disabled without a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise.[45] Steam Workshop items can also be played without Steam by installing them from the Workshop and then importing the files to the game's respective mod folders. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Bandits | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Barony | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BeamNG.drive | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Beholder | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Besiege | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Between Me and The Night | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| A Bewitching Revolution | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Beyond Citadel | Link | DRM-free when launched via the executable | ✔ | ||
| Bit Blaster XL | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Black Ice | Link | Steamworks title - will work when Steam is completely off | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| The Blackwell Convergence | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The Blackwell Deception | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The Blackwell Epiphany | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The Blackwell Legacy | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Blackwell Unbound | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Blasphemous | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Bleed | Link | Steamworks title. Its steam_api.dll and SteamWrapper.dll files in its installation folder are required, but can be played without Steam.
|
✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Bleed 2 | Link | Steamworks title. Its CSteamWrapper.dll, steam_api.dll, and Steamworks.NET.dll files in its installation folder are required, but can be played without Steam.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Blind Men | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King | Link | ✔ | |||
| Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Link | Became DRM-free as of July 2, 2020 (v1.15 Update). | ✔ | ||
| BPM: Bullets per Minute | Link | ✔ | |||
| Breath of Death VII: The Beginning | Link | ✔ | |||
| Brigador | Link | Can be run directly from the executable in the game directory. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Brigand: Oaxaca | Link | ✔ | |||
| Brotato | Link | ✔ | |||
| Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling | Link | ✔ | |||
| Bugsnax | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Bunny Must Die! Chelsea and the 7 Devils | Link | Can be played directly from its executable. | ✔ | ||
| Card City Nights | Link | Steamworks title. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| Caves of Qud | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| The Cat Lady | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Cats Organized Neatly | Link | ✔ | |||
| Ceress and Orea | Link | ✔ | |||
| The Citadel | Link | ✔ | |||
| Cloudbuilt | Link | Requires its Steam-related *.dll files to launch.
|
✔ | ||
| Cobi Treasure Deluxe | Link | ✔ | |||
| Cogs | Link | Steamworks title. On Linux, requires 32-bit version of SDL installed or copied to the installation folder. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Cogstellation | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| The Coin Game | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Commando Jack | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Cook, Serve, Delicious! | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Coromon | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Cortex Command | Link | Steamworks title. Requires its steam_api.dll file in the installation folder to run the game.
|
✔ | ? | |
| Crimsonland | Link | "New" version has DRM, "classic" version (a full game on it's own that's bundled in with the purchase) does not. | ✔ | ||
| CrossCode | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cruelty Squad | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Cthulhu Saves the World | Link | ✔ | |||
| Cultic | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Cuphead | Link | Steamworks title. Steam DRM check is only on first launch, the game can be run in DRM-free mode afterwards by launching it from the Cuphead.exe executable.
|
✔ | ? | |
| Darconika: The Cube of Soul | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Darkest Dungeon | Link | Steamworks title. For Windows it has a folder in its folder called "_windowsnosteam" and run it with Darkest.exe. It uses a different save than the Steam launcher.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Dashy Square | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ? | |
| Date Warp | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Deer Man | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Dino Run DX | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Disco Elysium | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Divine Slice of Life | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Duck Game | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Dog's Quest | Link | Rename folder "Dog'sQuest_Data" to "DogsQuestData" (remove the apostrophe) or else the game won't run. This seems to just be a developer error and is probably unrelated to DRM. | ✔ | ||
| Doki Doki Literature Club! | Link | Run directly from executable. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Downfall | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Dungeon Defenders | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Dungeons of Dredmor | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Delver | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Donut Dodo | Link | ✔ | |||
| Dorfromantik | Link | ✔ | |||
| Echo Tokyo: Intro | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Emily is Away Too | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Escape From Tethys | Link | ✔ | |||
| Escape Goat 2 | Link | Steamworks title. | ❌ | ? | ✔ |
| Ether Vapor Remaster | Link | Can be launched directly from its executable. | ✔ | ||
| eXceed - Gun Bullet Children | Link | ✔ | |||
| eXceed 2nd - Vampire REX | Link | ✔ | |||
| eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package | Link | ✔ | |||
| Faerie Solitaire | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Fairy Bloom Freesia | Link | Can be launched directly from its executable. | ✔ | ||
| Fantasy Versus | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| FarSky | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Fault - Milestone One | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Fault - Milestone Two | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Fausts Alptraum | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Fez | Link | Previously required running FEZ_LaunchOption.exe to disable Steamworks, but this no longer seems to be included with the install, and the .exe works without Steam out of the box.
|
✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Filcher | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| Finding Light | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Fish Season | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Five Nations | Link | ✔ | |||
| Five Nights at Freddy's | Link | ✔ | |||
| Five Nights at Freddy's 2 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Five Nights at Freddy's 3 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Five Nights at Freddy's 4 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit | Link | Steamworks Title | ✔ | ||
| Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location | Link | ✔ | |||
| Floating Point | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Flying Red Barrel: The Diary of a Little Aviator | Link | Steamworks title. Requires its steam_api.dll file in the installation folder to run the game but it is playable with Steam running. Steam Achievements are disabled, but the game plays fine otherwise.
|
✔ | ||
| FNaF World | Link | Versions on both Steam and GameJolt are DRM-free. | ✔ | ||
| A Foretold Affair | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Fragile Fighter | Link | ✔ | |||
| Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator | Link | Versions on both Steam and GameJolt are DRM-free. | ✔ | ||
| The Free Ones | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Freedom Planet | Link | ✔ | |||
| Freedom Planet 2 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Frogun | Link | ✔ | |||
| Frogun Encore | Link | ✔ | |||
| FTL: Faster Than Light | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Game Tycoon 1.5 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Garden Paws | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Gateways | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ghost of a Tale | Link | ✔ | |||
| Goat Simulator | Link | Steamworks title. Might not save games without Steam. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Going Medieval | Link | ✔ | |||
| Gratuitous Tank Battles | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Gratuitous Space Battles | Link | Steamworks title. Linux dependencies are easiest solved with "run.sh" from steam-runtime (not bound to Steam). | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Gravity Control | Link | ✔ | |||
| Grime | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Hard Time 2D | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Headlander | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Heart and Seoul | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Heart&Slash | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Heartbeat | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Hearthlands | Link | Steamworks title. Linux: Run hearthlands.sh. Must have Java installed, because it can't default to Steam-provided JRE.
|
? | ? | ✔ |
| Heart Star | Link | ✔ | |||
| Hedon | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Here Comes Niko! | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| High on Life | Link | ✔ | |||
| Highschool Possession | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Highway Blossoms | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Hiragana Pixel Party | Link | ✔ | |||
| Hiveswap Friendsim | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Hollow Knight | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| The House in Fata Morgana | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| HuniePop | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Hustle Cat | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| I Am the Hero | Link | ? | ? | ✔ | |
| Infinity Runner | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Ishmael | Link | ✔ | |||
| Islanders | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ❌ | |
| Ittle Dew | Link | Steamworks title. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Jamestown+ | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Jones on Fire | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| JumpJet Rex | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Kamikaze Lassplanes | Link | Drm-free when launched directly from the <path-to-game>\Kamikaze Lassplanes.exe file
|
✔ | ||
| Kaze and the Wild Masks | Link | Can be ran directly from the game executable. Creates a seperate save file and user settings located in AppData\LocalLow\PixelHive Game Studio\Kaze and the Wild Masks | ✔ | ||
| Keen: One Girl Army | Link | ✔ | |||
| Killing Floor | Link | Steamworks title. Offline only. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| A Kiss for the Petals - Remembering How We Met | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| KUMACURE | Link | ✔ | |||
| Lake of Voices | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Lamplight City | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Last Day of June | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Last Days of Spring | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| The Last Dogma | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey | Link | "Remastered" edition has DRM, "Original" edition does not. | ✔ | ||
| Lionessy Story | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Lord of the Seal | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Loren The Amazon Princess | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Long Live the Queen | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Lost in Play | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Love in the Glen | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Lynne | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| M1: A Death in the Desert | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| MagiCat | Link | ✔ | |||
| Main Character Simulator | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Mainland | Link | ✔ | |||
| The Maker's Eden | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| The Mansion | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Meanders | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Megabyte Punch | Link | Steamworks title. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| Mekazoo | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Meltdown | Link | Steamworks title. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| Mercenary Kings | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Merchant of the Skies | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Miaou Moon | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Milk inside a Bag of Milk inside a Bag of Milk | Link | Steamworks title. Linux version inside folder. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Milk outside a Bag of Milk outside a Bag of Milk | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Mini Metro | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Mini Motorways | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Miracle Fly | Link | ✔ | |||
| Momodora III | Link | Its steam.dll and steam_api.dll files are required to run the game, but is playable without Steam running.
|
✔ | ||
| Momodora: Moonlit Farewell | Link | Can be played without Steam when the steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation folder containing its Steam App ID number 747760.[46]
|
✔ | ||
| Momodora: Reverie under the Moonlight | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine | Link | Steamworks title. | ❌ | ? | ✔ |
| Moon Hunters | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Morrow | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Mr. Shifty | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| My Lady | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Mysterium | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Nekojishi | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Neon Drive | Link | ? | ? | ✔ | |
| Netherguild | Link | ✔ | |||
| New Super Lucky's Tale | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation folder containing its Steam App ID number 1038300.
|
? | ? | ✔ |
| Nidhogg | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Nitro Express | Link | DRM-free when launched directly via <path-to-game>\player.exe[47]
|
✔ | ? | |
| Noita | Link | ✔ | |||
| Noitu Love 2: Devolution | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Non-Linear Text Quests | Link | Steamworks title. Attempting to open the game without Steam open may bring up an error message and start the game with a default theme instead of the custom theme. This can be fixed by clicking "Back" on the story list and going to the main menu. | ✔ | ? | |
| Nubby's Number Factory | Link | ✔ | |||
| Obduction | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Odallus: The Dark Call | Link | ✔ | |||
| Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| The Office Quest | Link | ✔ | |||
| Once on a Windswept Night | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| One Finger Death Punch | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Onirism | Link | Early Access. | ✔ | ||
| OpenTTD | Link | Free and open-source. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Orborun | Link | DRM-free as of the "Halloween Update".[48] | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Overgrowth | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Palworld | Link | ✔ | |||
| Papers, Please | Link | Steamworks title. | ❌ | ? | ✔ |
| Parkitect | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Party Hard | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Peripeteia | Link | ✔ | |||
| Pizza Tower | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Project Zomboid | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Proteus | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| Punch Club | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| The Purring Quest | Link | ✔ | |||
| Putin VS ISIS | Link | ✔ | |||
| QP Shooting - Dangerous!! | Link | Steamworks title. Requires its steam_api.dll file in the installation folder but it is playable without Steam running in the background. Steam Achievements will be disabled, but plays fine otherwise.
|
✔ | ||
| Racer 8 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Raining Coins | Link | ✔ | |||
| Receiver | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Reflections ~Dreams and Reality~ | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Reframed | Link | ✔ | |||
| REKKR: Sunken Land | Link | ✔ | |||
| Return. | Link | ✔ | |||
| Rising Dusk | Link | ✔ | |||
| Risk of Rain | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| River City Ransom: Underground | Link | ? | ? | ✔ | |
| River City Girls | Link | ? | |||
| Rosenkreuzstilette | Link | Can be launched directly from its executable. Steam Achievements require a Steam log-in, but plays fine otherwise. | ✔ | ||
| Runner3 | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Running with Rifles | Link | DLC Pacific does not launch with the rwr_game.exe file.[citation needed]
|
✔ | ✔ | ? |
| The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Secret Little Haven | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Serial Cleaner | Link | Steamworks title. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| Selaco | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Severed Steel | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut | Link | Steamworks title. Its steam_api.dll and steam_api64.dll in the installation folder are required to run the game, but is playable without Steam running. The game will use the local save file instead of the one stored on Steam Cloud.
|
✔ | ||
| Shelter | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Shipwreck | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Shovel Knight Dig | Link | ✔ | |||
| Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon | Link | ✔ | |||
| Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove | Link | Steamworks title. Its steam_api.dll in the installation folder is required to run the game, and a message will appear to warn players about unavailable online features when launching the game without Steam, but is fully playable otherwise. The game will use the local save file instead of the one stored on Steam Cloud.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Shutshimi | Link | ||||
| Simply Chess | Link | Steamworks title. Offline only. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| Six Days of Snow | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Shattered Planet | Link | ✔ | |||
| Sigma Theory: Global Cold War | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| SkateBIRD | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Sky Rogue | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Slain: Back from Hell | Link | ? | ? | ✔ | |
| Slay the Princess | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Slay the Spire | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Slime Rancher | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Slingbot Survivors | Link | ✔ | |||
| Snuggle Truck | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| SOL: Exodus | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Sol Survivor | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Soul Saber 2 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Sora | Link | Steamworks title. Requires its steam_api.dll file in the installation folder but is playable without Steam running in the background. Steam Achievements will be disabled, but plays fine otherwise.
|
✔ | ||
| Sound of Drop - fall into poison - | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Spark the Electric Jester | Link | Does not need Steam to run. | ✔ | ||
| Spartan Fist | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Splody | Link | Steamworks title. Requires its (lib)steam_api.dll/do/dylib file in the installation folder to run the game but it is playable without Steam running. Local multiplayer works perfectly. With neither Steam nor Discord running, online multiplayer is limited to LAN/custom games (direct IP connection). Installation on Windows, Mac or Linux includes DRM-free executables needed for all three platforms. Linux: run SplodyLinux.sh, Mac run SplodyDarwin64. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion | Link | ✔ | |||
| Starbound | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Stardew Valley | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Steel Assault | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Stick Fight: The Game | Link | ? | ✔ | ? | |
| Strawberry Vinegar | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| A Story about My Uncle | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Streets of Fury EX | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation folder containing its Steam App ID number 350910.
|
✔ | ||
| Strike Suit Zero | Link | Steamworks title. Warns about Steam absence but should play without issues. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Subnautica | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Sucker for Love: First Date | Link | ✔ | |||
| Summer Nightmare | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Sunrider Academy | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Sunrider: Liberation Day | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Super Bit Blaster XL | Link | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Super Crate Box | Link | ✔ | |||
| Super Meat Boy | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Super Panda Adventures | Link | ✔ | |||
| Supraland | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Super Laser Racer | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Superflight | Link | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Sword Daughter | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Sword of Rapier | Link | Can be played directly from its executable. | ✔ | ||
| Tallowmere | Link | Steamworks title. Warns about Steam absence (no achievements nor leaderboard submissions) but plays fine otherwise. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Terrian Saga: KR-17 | Link | Steamworks title. Leaderboard absent without Steam. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| They Bleed Pixels | Link | Opens in a glitchy manner (double clicking on exe once opens two instances of the game, etc), but it is playable anyways. | ✔ | ||
| Thief Simulator | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| This Book Is A Dungeon | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Thomas Was Alone | Link | Steamworks title. | ? | ? | ✔ |
| Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack | Link | ✔ | |||
| Timespinner | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file containing its Steam ID number 368620 in the game's installation folder.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Tinykin | Link | ✔ | |||
| To Be or Not To Be | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Tokyo 42 | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Toodee and Topdee | Link | ✔ | |||
| Trapped Dead | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Train Valley 2 | Link | ✔ | ? | ✔ | |
| Tricky Cat | Link | ✔ | |||
| Tricky Cow | Link | ✔ | |||
| Tricky Fox | Link | ✔ | |||
| Trouble Juice | Link | ✔ | |||
| True Lover's Knot | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| UFO 50 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Ultimate Custom Night | Link | Versions on both Steam and GameJolt are DRM-free | ✔ | ||
| Underrail | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Undertale | Link | Steamworks title. DRM-free if steam_api.dll is deleted from the game's folder. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Under What? | Link | ✔ | |||
| Unstoppable Gorg | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Untitled Goose Game | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Uplink | Link | ❌ | ? | ✔ | |
| Vanguard Princess | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Vertex Dispenser | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| A Virus Named TOM | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| VVVVVV | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Waking Mars | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Warsim: The Realm of Aslona | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Wayward | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Webbed | Link | ✔ | |||
| We Know the Devil | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| A Wild Catgirl Appears! | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Willowbrooke Post | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Windward | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Without Within | Link | ✔ | ? | ? | |
| Wizorb | Link | Steamworks title. Save data might not work unless Steam is running. | ✔ | ? | |
| Woodle Tree Adventures | Link | Steamworks title. Delete/rename Steam DLLs to prevent Steam being detected and launched. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Wyrmsun | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| X Archetype | Link | ✔ | |||
| Yes, Your Grace | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| You Have to Win the Game | Link | ? | ? | ✔ | |
| Yozora Rhapsody | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| YumeCore | Link | ✔ | |||
| Yume Nikki | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? |
Other
- This list features non-indie, AAA (big publishers) and games outside publishers in separate paragraphs.
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Winks | Link | Emulated PlayStation game. | ✔ | ||
| A Story about My Uncle | Link | ✔ | |||
| Abzû | Link | ✔ | |||
| Aliens: Fireteam Elite | Link | Main game (but not the DLCs) can be run without Steam for singleplayer mode. | ✔ | ||
| ARK: Survival Evolved | Link | Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -EpicPortal command line argument.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th | Link | ✔ | |||
| Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| BlowOut | Link | ✔ | |||
| Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse | Link | DRM-free by creating a steam_appid.txt file containing its Steam App ID number 262940 in <path-to-game>.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons | Link | ✔ | |||
| Call of Juarez | Link | ✔ | |||
| Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle | Link | ✔ | |||
| Chex Quest HD | Link | Free. | ✔ | ||
| Clock Tower: Rewind | Link | ✔ | |||
| Constructor | Link | ✔ | |||
| Crime Boss: Rockay City | Link | Can be played directly from the executable (CrimeBossRockayCity\CrimeBoss.exe)
|
✔ | ||
| Death Rally (1996) | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Déjà Vu II: MacVenture Series | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Dimension Tripper Neptune: Top Nep | Link | The main executable doesn't require Steam to run. [49] | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Drake of the 99 Dragons | Link | ✔ | |||
| DuckTales: Remastered | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Dusk 12 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Echelon (2001) | Link | ✔ | |||
| Echelon: Wind Warriors | Link | ✔ | |||
| Enslaved: Odyssey to the West | Link | Steamworks title. When running outside of Steam, the save game location changes. | ✔ | ||
| Eurofighter Typhoon | Link | ✔ | |||
| Everspace | Link | ✔ | |||
| Evoland | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy | Link | ✔ | |||
| Fast Food Tycoon 2 (Pizza Connection 2 / Pizza Tycoon 2) | Link | ✔ | |||
| The Fruit of Grisaia | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Goat Simulator 3 | Link | ✔ | |||
| Gray Matter | Link | ✔ | |||
| Ground Control: Anthology | Link | ✔ | |||
| GT Legends | Link | ✔ | |||
| GTR - FIA GT Racing Game | Link | ✔ | |||
| GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing Game | Link | ✔ | |||
| Guild of Dungeoneering | Link | ✔ | |||
| Haunted | Link | ✔ | |||
| Have a Nice Death | Link | ✔ | |||
| Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | Link | ✔ | |||
| Kenshi | Link | ✔ | |||
| Kholat | Link | ✔ | |||
| Kingsway | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Legendary | Link | SecuROM paul.dll remnant in the installation folder does nothing and the game works fine without it.
|
✔ | ||
| Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! | Link | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | ✔ | ||
| Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude | Link | ✔ | |||
| Lies of P | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or when steam_appid.txt is in the <path-to-game>\LiesofP\Binaries\Win64\ directory containing the number 1627720.[50]
|
✔ | ||
| Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or when the steam_appid.txt is in the <path-to-game>\lollipop\Binaries\Win64\ directory containing the number 2658450.[51]
|
✔ | ||
| Lunatic Dawn Legend Pack | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Lunatic Dawn: Passage of the Book | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Marine Park Empire | Link | ✔ | |||
| Mosaics Galore | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Orcs Must Die! 3 | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 1522820.
|
✔ | ||
| Our Darker Purpose | Link | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Planetary Annihilation | Link | ✔ | |||
| Planetary Annihilation: Titans | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | ? |
| Rise of the Triad (2013) | Link | Steamworks title. Run Binaries\Win32\ROTT.exe[52]
|
✔ | ||
| Roboquest | Link | ✔ | |||
| Saira | Link | ✔ | |||
| Sam & Max Save the World (2020) | Link | ✔ | |||
| Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (2021) | Link | ✔ | |||
| Satisfactory | Link | ✔ | |||
| Scribblenauts Unlimited | Link | Steamworks title. Warns about Steam absence but plays without issues. Object editor and custom objects are not available when not launched from Steam.[37] | ✔ | ||
| Shadowgate: MacVenture Series | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Shadowgate (2014) | Link | Steamworks title. Delete/rename steam_api.dll and SteamworksNative.dll to prevent Steam being detected and launched. Bundled retro game installer is also DRM-free.
|
✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Sifu | Link | ✔ | |||
| Silent Hill 2 (2024) | Link | ||||
| Silent Hill: Homecoming | Link | ✔ | |||
| Sniper Elite | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Space Hack | Link | ✔ | |||
| Spiritfall | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Star Trek: Resurgence | Link | ✔ | |||
| Steven Universe: Save the Light | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ? | |
| Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical | Link | ✔ | |||
| Street Racing Syndicate | Link | ✔ | |||
| Styx: Master of Shadows | Link | ✔ | |||
| Styx: Shards of Darkness | Link | ✔ | |||
| Super 3-D Noah's Ark | Link | Pre-packaged with ECWolf. Includes DOS version. | ✔ | ? | ✔ |
| Tomba! Special Edition | Link | ✔ | |||
| Tormented Souls | Link | ✔ | |||
| Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file in the game's installation directory containing its Steam App ID number 690640.
|
✔ | ||
| Turbo Overkill | Link | ✔ | |||
| Uninvited: MacVenture Series | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Unreal Tournament 3 | Link | ✔ | |||
| VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action | Link | DRM-free when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file containing its Steam ID number 447530 in the game's installation folder.
|
✔ | ? | ? |
| Worms Pinball | Link | ✔ |
Flash & AIR
- DRM can not be used on Flash and AIR games.[53]
- Multi-platform: these games can be played on any platform supported by Flash. To do this, extract the .swf file from the .exe of the Windows version and open it in the Flash Player. A good extraction tool is e.g. exe2swf.
| Name | Store Page | Notes | Win | OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anodyne | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Auditorium | Link | ✔ | |||
| The Basement Collection | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| The Binding of Isaac | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Botanicula | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Clicker Heroes | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Deep Under the Sky | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Enemy Mind | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Flight Control HD | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Intrusion 2 | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The Last Door | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lilly Looking Through | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Lone Survivor | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Lumino City | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Machinarium | Link | Multi-Platform: Use the extracted 00000004.swf.
|
✔ | ✔ | |
| McPixel | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Monster Loves You! | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Offspring Fling! | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Probability 0 | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| QuestRun | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Retro Game Crunch | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Samorost 1 | Link | ✔ | ? | ||
| Samorost 2 | Link | Multi-Platform: Use the extracted "00000003.swf". | ✔ | ||
| Soundodger+ | Link | Steamworks title. | ✔ | ||
| Trauma | Link | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Windosill | Link | Multi-Platform: Use the extracted "00000004.swf". | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-04-26
- Performed a clean re-install of Doom 3 and Resurrection of Evil and was prompted to log into Steam. Removing Steam (or renaming steam.exe) did not launch the game either. Using the retail version's v1.3.1 executable however bypassed the Steam requirements.
- ↑ 01/24/2023 - Doom 3 - Steam - last accessed on 2023-02-27
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-04-27
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- "Please note, our Steam releases will always be 100% DRM-Free. The profits will help support our ongoing DRM-Free game preservation efforts. Games on ZOOM Platform itself will eternally remain Priority #1!"
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- "BallisticNG is going to be completely DRM free, it will continue to function as it does now where the game does not require Steam to be running and will only disable Steamworks features when no instance of Steam is found - features such as the workshop, leaderboards, achievements and in the future, online multiplayer."
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