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Recent accounts on GOG report the game now ships with DRM. Can someone confirm?

• duskwuff 4y ago
  The pinned review which you're looking at is from 2016, and is mostly nonsense. Factorio requires an account for some online features, including automatic updates and access to the mod portal. However, the game itself does not use any form of DRM. You do not need an account or an Internet connection to play the game. Some of the other reviews look like they might be referring to an old business model the game was sold under where there were multiple different "packages" containing different features (e.g. a couple of puzzle scenarios). This model was abandoned in 2016 when the game was released on Steam; all features are now included in all versions of the game.
  • yazzku 4y ago
    Ok, great, thanks for confirming.
• weberer 4y ago
  There's no copy-protection or anything, but you do have to authenticate your account if you want to fetch mods from the built-in mod manager.
  • yazzku 4y ago
    Great, thanks for answering.