GOG Confirms No-DRM Policy

The last "hot" news of 2025, as you probably remember, was the sale by CD Projekt RED of its digital distribution platform GOG – i.e., Good Old Games – to Michal Kicinski, who was none other than a co-founder of the platform itself in 2008 but had not been part of the company for 13 years.

With this change in management, many wondered if the platform's policies would be altered, first and foremost its choice to distribute software without any DRM – meaning it's possible to purchase, download, and install games without requiring continuous connections, authenticity checks, or anything else. In this regard, the new (old) boss reassured users in an interview with Gamesindustry: DRM will continue to be a forbidden word within GOG's borders.

GOG and DRM in the words of Michal Kicinski

"[The absence of DRM] is a founding value of GOG and there is no sign that it should die in any visible future," Kicinski declares unequivocally, describing it as both an ethical and pragmatic choice. When asked about publishers' opinions, he replied that he has no time for those who don't understand: "Corporate people... make clearly stupid decisions."

It is a fact, however, that if CDPR sold the platform, it's because it generated truly minimal profits: how does Kicinski plan to address this? "I see huge growth opportunities for GOG. If someone can say that having a competitor like Steam, which has 80% of the market, is a huge obstacle, I reply that for me it's the opposite. I say: 'Oh, there's a big competitor, it will be difficult for him to defend the market because he already has 80%, so it will be easier to take market share from him.'"

Time will tell if his predictions prove correct...