When comparing Green Man Gaming vs GOG, the Slant community recommends GOG for most people. In the question“What are the best online stores to purchase PC games cheaply?” GOG is ranked 2nd while Green Man Gaming is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose GOG is:
GOG refuses digital rights management on principle.
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Pros
Pro Connection and discounts with Playfire
GMG pushes an account with Playfire, which is a game tracking and community service. By signing up with Playfire GMG users can earn discounts on games sold through GMG.
Pro Discount codes on new releases or pre-release
GMG often offers discount codes on newly released games or pre-release games. For those looking to get a new release GMG is a good place to look as users can often find a discount of 15-20% off the game instead of purchasing at full price.
Pro DRM free as a rule
GOG refuses digital rights management on principle.
Pro Seasonal sales
gog features summer and winter sales every year and offer quite a lot of games at lower than retail prices.
Pro Client is completely optional
You can either download games directly from the site or use their Steam-like client, GOG Galaxy.
Pro Occasional free games
Every so often, GOG will have a game listed as free to add to your account.
Pro Money back regional pricing
GOG may charge more in some regions as publishers request so. But in those cases they give the extra cash back as credits for buying another game.
For example, the lowest price for the game is U$20 in US, but if in your region it costs U$30 they will give you U$10 back as credits for your next purchase.
Pro Money-back guarantee
If GOG can't help you fix a game, you're free to refund it within a month of purchase.
Pro Excellent support
Support is handled by an in-house team working for the company, and staff are knowledgable about their platform and games.
Pro Good puzzle games
You can find puzzle games like Superliminal and the Myst Series on this website.
Cons
Con No refunds on keys to other stores
GMG does not offer refunds on Steam, UPlay, Origin or MMO titles. Basically if you purchase a code to a different store GMG will not refund your money if there are issues which means one will have to deal with the keys origin store for help.
Con Linux games distributed as installation scripts
Installation scripts have a lot of bugs and dependencies. Packing games in archives would be better. Extracting archives from installation scripts is possible, but difficult.
Con Many games only for windows when they also have a native Linux version
The Linux library on Steam is far bigger than in GoG, many titles have its Linux version both in Steam and its respective web page, but GoG only lets buy the Windows version.
Con No Linux client (yet)
They say it's coming. And meanwhile you can still install Linux compatible games directly.
Con Limited, often dated, library selection
Con No compatible support with (Steam) achievements
Steam has achievements that many appreciate. Unfortunately, those same achievements are not available when you buy the GOG version of the same game.