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Steam does not enforce digital rights management unless the distributer wants it. Many games that can be executed from their own directories without Steam even
by NBJack 4y ago
Steam does not enforce digital rights management unless the distributer wants it. Many games that can be executed from their own directories without Steam even active agree with this. Steam is first and foremost a software distribution platform.
This copying concept has actually been possible by hand for some time, whether by using the Backup feature or by way of just copying data from the commons directory of the installation.
- okamiueru 4y agoThe only way steam is not itself a DRM is if copying installed steam files is a facsimile of everything the game needs and expects. I do not think that all "DRM-free" games in steam are excluded from making some kind of necessary system changes as part of its install process. Be that changes to registry, or the likes. In other words, if the install process is necessary, then steam itself acts as a DRM, even for otherwise DRM free games, as you cannot easily copy the install files. Or, at least, not to my knowledge at least.