The convenience of digital downloads comes with a price: you might not have to deal with physical media, but you normally canât return the stuff you purchase on major distribution platforms like Steam either. But increasingly, other smaller services are willing to treat digital games a bit more like physical ones.
Today, DRM-free distribution service GOG announced that theyâll allow players to return games, provided the right criteria is met:
If you buy a game on GOG.com and find that it doesnât work properly on your system, and our support cannot fix the problem, you get a full refund. Itâs a worldwide guarantee, and you have whole 30 days after the purchase date, to contact us about the refund.
Thereâs even more! If you bought a game by mistake, or simply changed your mind about a purchase, you can get a full refund within 14 days, as long as the game wasnât downloaded.
Earlier this year, Origin announced a new return policy as well: you can return games within 24 hours of first booting up the game, within seven days of purchasing it, or within the first seven days after the gameâs release if you preordered.
Steamâs policy, for comparisonâs sake: âAs with most software products, we do not offer refunds or exchanges on games, DLC or in-game items purchased on our website or through the Steam Client.â
Kind of feels like Steam is being left behind, as far as being able to return digital games goes, no?
