Is there a DRM free version available for purchase?

**Uikri** · 06-22-2013, 09:59 PM

I get the impression that buying from the site would give me a DRM free version of the game, but I'm not positive. Can anyone give me some clarification? Would it be the same for Penumbra?

**plutomaniac** · 06-22-2013, 10:56 PM

DRM free was only the Humble Bundle versions of Amnesia (HB 5) and Penumbra Overture (HB 1). Everything else is not DRM-free.

**Your Computer** · 06-22-2013, 11:13 PM

AFAIK, the Steam version is the only one with DRM.

**plutomaniac** · 06-22-2013, 11:19 PM

If a key is required, isn't it DRM?

**Your Computer** · 06-22-2013, 11:56 PM

The serial key isn't restricted to any one user, unlike the Steam version. Desura probably has DRM, too (forgot about Desura).

**plutomaniac** · 06-23-2013, 12:00 AM

It has to be restricted otherwise every TPB copy would be considered legal after entering a specific cd key. It's not forced like Steam but I think it has the usual one user legal restrictions.

**Macgyverthehero** · 06-23-2013, 03:43 AM

Steam has an offline mode you know if you get the game from there.

**Your Computer** · 06-23-2013, 03:57 AM

(06-23-2013, 12:00 AM)plutomaniac Wrote: It has to be restricted otherwise every TPB copy would be considered legal after entering a specific cd key. It's not forced like Steam but I think it has the usual one user legal restrictions.

It may not be legal, but there's nothing, as far i can tell, that prevents the same serial key from working for multiple users. In the case of Steam, even though a serial key is not required, the Steam application and its DRM policies are what decides whether or not you can play the game.

**felixmole** · 06-23-2013, 06:53 AM

The Ubuntu Software Center version is DRM-free (but only works on Linux, preferably on Ubuntu).

~~Googolplex~~ · 06-23-2013, 03:29 PM

Buy the game via Frictional Games Store. It will be DRM-free.
You will even need a key, but it's not checked by an online server, so it's not DRM.