alt Hacker NewsI feel like it is important to point out that Steam does not require games to have any DRM. Not even Steam's DRM. It's entirely up to the game developer and/or publisher. Many games on Steam are already DRM-free where you can just back up the files and play without Steam.
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herewulf • 04/03/2025
Does this apply to AoE? I never played it much in its hey-day but it would be interesting to get into properly. I have no interest in buying an old game with DRM given the obvious potential for maintenance issues though.
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Thank you for pointing that out. I am afraid that AoE is probably not one of them though?
Maybe the old AoE versions will be open-sourced one day, that would be awesome.