GOG is a digital distribution hub made by the people at CD Projekt, the developers of the well-regarded Witcher series.
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OnePlay offers a VIP subscription for $10 a month that grants open access to a large library of older and indie games on PC and Android. In addition, OnePlay has a unique advantage over most of the other stores on this list: a selection of its PC games can be “rented.” That is to say, the games can be downloaded after a small rental payment and played for 30 days. The selection is rather limited at the moment, but the rental system allows players to run the games without an always-on Internet connection and on up to two machines. Though OnePlay offers a web store interface and download keys for all the major PC publishers, it also has a dedicated Windows client that offers direct downloads through the company’s peer-to-peer system. Blue Coins can then be used in place of real money for any digital purchase on the site.
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Customers earn digital credit in the form of coins for every purchase, plus small bonuses for participating in the GamersGate community, like posting game reviews or answering help topics.
Though its selection isn’t as broad as some competitors-later games from Blizzard, Activision, Square-Enix, and EA are no-shows-its unique “Blue Coin” system is worth investigating. GamersGate (not to be confused with the GamerGate movement) is a digital distribution service that offers a mixture of straight game keys and direct downloads for DRM-free titles. GMG complies with the various DRM anti-piracy schemes issued by Valve, Blizzard, EA, and other major publishers, and doesn’t use a dedicated download client. The store offers standard retail pricing on most titles, with extra discounts for “VIP” customers who use the EXP loyalty program (but that just means you make a permanent account on the service). Probably the best-known among the indie Steam alternatives, Green Man Gaming offers a totally web-based store that sells digital keys for Steam, Origin, Uplay,, and just about everything else.