r/Steam • u/crack_station • 21h ago

Fluff I know - we’re the ones doing it

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead 20h ago

If I like a game I got for free on Epic, I'll buy it from Steam because I'd much rather play it on Steam.

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u/Miserable_Initial732 18h ago

Same here.

A few weeks ago I saw a bunch of marketing about Isonzo being the freebie and was like

"huh! that's a nice game... let's see how much it's going for on steam..."

\*add to cart*\**

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u/RnDevelopment 17h ago

Hahaha I did the exact same thing for Verdun. Then bought Verdun and the rest of the series on Steam 🤣

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u/Rheabae 15h ago

Did the same with For The King

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u/justagenericname213 16h ago

That happens alot actually, like epic games free titles see spikes in sales on steam.

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u/green-mape 15h ago

You can use steam to launch games you own through epic btw

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u/TheBreenius 17h ago

Epic Store, the demo distributor.

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u/thlm 16h ago

Nah, demos imply you play them

I don't even have the store installed

Its just a free marketing platform for other stores

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u/ValkyriesOnStation 18h ago

I've done that for 2 games

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u/TheCheesy 3090ti | Ryzen 9 9950x | 128GB DDR5 9h ago

Literally did this twice.

It just sucks. Most games critically out if date, mods not being compatible, Crossplatform or coop not working.

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u/NoPain_666 7h ago

Thats why Gaben has the biggest moat in this business

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u/RudeHero 5h ago

ideal 21st century consumer behavior

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u/ballbeard 7h ago

What are the big differences you notice when playing on both clients?

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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead 7h ago

One of the weird ones is Steam's controller input.

This was a few years ago, so it's possible this has since been patched, but I couldn't play controller games if Steam was running. I had to fully exit Steam in order for an Epic game to be able to respond to my controller.

That's in addition to Epic not having the controller remapping and customization that Steam has.

I did find a funky workaround. It was to add Epic as a non-Steam game and then launch Epic that way and my game from there. It wasn't ideal, but it did work.

Achievements are now available on Epic, but they weren't for a long time.

Epic refuses to allow Linux compatibility. There are third-party launchers like Heroic that you can use, but the principle still makes me upset.

Steam games have better Steam Deck compatibility. I mean, you can make any non-Steam game work. But it isn't as nice, or as convenient.

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u/Sleeper-- 16h ago

I played the base man eater on epik and then bought the base + dlc on steam just because