Guides
Buy PC games smarter
Short, plain guides that help you get more games for your money. No hype, and where we use numbers or rules we name the source.
All guides
Steam key or DRM-free: what you actually get when you buy a PC game
A Steam game is a license on your account. A DRM-free game from GOG is a set of files you can keep. Here is what the stores' own pages say, and how to choose.
Read the guide →How to tell a real game discount from a fake one
A big red percentage does not tell you that a game is cheap. Here is what the official rules say about sale prices, and a five-question check to run before you buy.
Read the guide →Looking for something else?
See the current deals, or read our guides to game servers if you want to play with friends.