This site is specifically in response to a need for PC gamers to know
the DRM in our games. The database form entry is open to everyone.
If there's a game you want to add to the Game DRM Database, use the Submit Game link. To view submitted games, use the link, Game DRM Database.
If there's an error on a listed game, please contact me with the details about that and I will correct it.To use the database, simply click here. Under the Game Title column, select the game you are searching for. This will show all reported DRM used in that game.
When adding a new entry, please indicate the store that you purchased it from in the extra comments section within parenthesis. For example, (Retail) or (Steam) or (Amazon Digital) This will help ensure the most accurate information is available.
Also for now, please just include English language games in the database. If there ends up being a need for other languages here, I can easily start an additional database, but browsing through multiple languages when trying to find something specific can be difficult.
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posted Apr 14, 2013, 12:14 PM by Billy Bruiser
There weren't a ton of updates this and last month due to the few number of new releases. This is the perfect time for indie developers to disclose
what kind of DRM they will be using. If your game isn't already
in the database, or maybe it's inaccurate, go ahead and submit the game
no matter which DRM you choose. It will be featured here on the front
page in a status update at the least, giving a bit of attention. I thought disclosing a little bit of the traffic flow I get would be interesting to some as well. I find this interesting anyways. So far this year there's been around 2000 regular visitors, with an average visit duration of 3 mins 14 secs. That's good because that's mostly why I wanted this database; so someone could look the information up while they were shopping and then be on their way as quick as they wanted. Most visitors are from the US, with the UK, then Canada, then Australia. Not too surprising there. Then it's Saudi Arabia. Pretty cool. Over 50% of my mobile traffic is on Apple devices with no mobile visitors from a Windows phone. 27% of my traffic comes through Google searches. Most traffic goes right to the homepage, with 20% going directly to the database. This is perhaps the most notable stat. 13% of all traffic goes to the DRM Free Games category. That's important because the next most visited page is the About page where I describe the site and it's only at 4% Clearly, a lot of people are interested in DRM Free games. Remember to tell your friends about the database. The more contributors we have, the better it will be for everyone. If you have any comments or whatnot, hit me up on Twitter |
posted Apr 14, 2013, 11:50 AM by Billy Bruiser
The Sims 2 - DRM Free
SimCity(2013) - Origin always on DRM
Angry Birds Space (Steam) - Drm Free
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings - Steamworks / CEG
Ace Combat Assault Horizon: Enhanced Edition (Steam) - GFWL
Bioshock Infinite - Steamworks / CEG
Tomb Raider(2013) - Steamworks / CEG
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posted Feb 9, 2013, 2:51 PM by Billy Bruiser
Real Heroes Firefighters - DRM Free Omerta: City of Gangsters (Steam) Account Based, Steamworks /CEG Age of Empires III: Complete Collection (Steam) DRM Free Mark of the Ninja (Steam) Steamworks / CEG Deadlight (Steam) Steamworks / CEG Iron Brigade (Steam) GFWL |
posted Jan 2, 2013, 1:14 AM by Billy Bruiser
Borderlands 2 (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Hotline Miami (Steam) DRM Free Conflict: Denied Ops (Steam) Steamworks/CEG
Darksiders 2 (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (Amazon) Uplay Assassin's Creed Revelations (Amazon) Uplay
Scribblenauts Unlimited (Steam) DRM Free Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Towns (Steam) DRM Free
Quantum Conundrum (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Hell Yeah! (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection (Steam) GFWL
Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Snapshot (Steam) DRM Free Shank 2 (Steam) Steamworks/CEG
Closure (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Ceville (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Eschalon: Book 1 (Steam) Steamworks/CEG
Pirates of Black Cove (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Risen 2 (Steam) Steamworks/CEG Napoleon: Total War (Steam) Steamworks/CEG |
posted Dec 15, 2012, 4:26 PM by Billy Bruiser
Of Orcs and Men - (Steam) ActControl DRM
Conquest of Elysium 3 - (Steam) DRM Free
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - (GFWL store) GFWL, Themida
Fallen Enchantress - (All) Account Based
Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People - (Retail) SecuROM
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posted Oct 29, 2012, 9:45 PM by Billy Bruiser
I've created a new page here detailing how to check for DRM with links to some tools to use and I made this video to demonstrate the use of ProtectionID and how to check for CEG usage in Steam games.
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posted Oct 27, 2012, 6:19 PM by Billy Bruiser
Hundreds of entries have been verified and many updated to confirm the CEG usage in Steam games over the past month.
If you see an entry using the Steamworks\CEG option in the database, and (Steam) is where they bought it from, that means that the game is using CEG so you can't play it without having Steam installed.
Please keep continuing to resubmit games if there's an entry that needs correcting and I will quickly respond to that.
I'm thinking about making some kind of graphic or video to explain all the aspects of the database for new users. It will include some basic ways to check for DRM, CEG, and try to clearly illustrate how to use the database and submit new entries. Look for that in the future.
Hopefully you all are referring your friends here for their DRM questions because as always, the database is only as good as the people using it.
Keep spreading the word! :) BillyBruiser |
posted Sep 29, 2012, 7:32 PM by Billy Bruiser
I've started collecting data on CEG usage in Steam games. For those that don't know, if used, a game has to run through the Steam client. If a game doesn't require it, you can run the game without the Steam client being required. So it's the ultimate in DRM free on Steam.
Thanks to the efforts of bazilisek of the GOG.com forums and his cadre of contributors, some of this information was already being collected so with their permission I've added what was being collected there, giving us a good jump start on this endeavor.
When adding a new game to tell us about the CEG usage, you'll need to use the Steamworks\CEG option on the DRM submission form. Please feel free to resubmit games that are already in the database and I will correct any errors and consolidate the entries.
Please pass the word around because this database only gets better with more people using it.
Take care, Billy |
posted Sep 28, 2012, 9:13 PM by Billy Bruiser
Greetings all! Usage of the database is still doing well with thousands of visitors since the redesign. Interestingly, the advanced database searches seem to be nearly as popular as the pure database view. Things are going pretty well.
What we definitely need now is more user submissions. These hundreds of games are patched all the time and the DRM used can change from patch to patch. If you see an inaccurate entry, please submit the corrected game information and I will correct that entry. Alternatively, you can message me on Twitter at twitter.com/TheBillyBruiser or email me. |
posted Jul 26, 2012, 12:38 AM by Billy Bruiser
Just to head off some possible confusion, I thought that clarifying the DRM status of certain games listed as DRM Free was needed.
Often when a game is on Steam, the developers forgo the use of other forms of DRM and just use Steam as their DRM provider. They are not always completely DRM free outside of Steam, though. For example, Telltale's adventure games on Steam mostly just use Steam as their DRM. The retail versions of those games use SecuROM as their DRM. Because it wouldn't make much sense and wouldn't be of any value to say that all Steam games are using Steam as their DRM, it's only beneficial to indicate when they use some other form of DRM and just indicate that it was the Steam version in the comments. That is the reason for including the store that you bought it from in the extra comments.
I just wanted to put this information out there so someone didn't accidentally buy a game from their local store thinking it was guaranteed to be DRM free when it might not be.
P.S. This is true for all stores and not just Steam. |
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