Often if the game is available on Steam, youll get the Steam code anyway.

But their attempts have been self-serving, and at worst a nuisance.

Helping players was less of a motivation than cutting Valve out of the transaction.

With the rise of gamemaking tools and the opened floodgates comes problems with discoverability and curation.

Not to mention, while Steam and its head Gabe Newell are often held up as the shining light of PC gaming, this is a platform that has engaged in anti-consumer behaviour on multiple fronts.

But for many reasons, Steam doesnt deserve its reputation as the good guy.

Well go through a few of our favourites and why we like them.

None of these are intended to replace Steam, and its certainly nice having a digital collection all in one place.

But some of the below options give you Steam codes anyway, and you might find you like the feel of some of them more than Valves juggernaut.

It has its own version of an Early Access program too, with community support built in.

So far, Itch is a great community that supports itself, and its relying on peoples goodwill to not abuse the optional royalty system.

Various small projects made within 48 hours or for some other challenge are displayed as prominently as major indie releases.

It means theres a lot to sort through sometimes, but thats also part of its charm.

One of the cooler ones is the ability to record gameplay of anything you use through the store client.

You never know it could come in very handy if your Shadowplay or OBS decides to be temperamental when dealing with these indie games.

Every so often it bundles together a gaggle of games for sale and donates a portion of the money (determined by you) to charity.

The static Humble Store is much the same, and it has monthly deals that are always worth looking at.

And even if you did dedicate all your time to playing the games you get through this monthly deal, we still doubt youd get through it all.

Theres no obligation to stay subscribed, but by the time you see the next months deal, youll probably feel silly for terminating your account.

Often youll get the Steam keys and other extras in the package as well.

There are various other knick knacks and paddywhacks the last thing we bought from there was a bundle of 15 Horus Heresy books for 15.

That means theres a hefty amount of real estate on the Gog.com homepage dedicated to current indie games and re-releases of older games like Star Wars Episode 1: Racer.

Its definitely a positive point considering that over the last 15 years, DRM has become notorious for ruining experiences.

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