NDTV Gadgets - I Have Over 300 Games on Steam and I'm Leaving It All Behind for GOG Galaxy. Thanks Cutter.
It's early days for GOG Galaxy but its creators have the right intentions. Their laissez faire approach extends to Steam as well thanks to a nifty feature called crossplay, which lets you play multiplayer games with your Steam friends. And they aren't stopping there either, with overlays, a game invite system, and notifications to be added, all without infringing on your privacy.

Valve's chains were silky and mostly unobtrusive, but they showed themselves every time I was trying to play offline, or was forced into a humungous 10GB update. So yes, I've been a long suffering PC gamer but I have a feeling that's all going to change very soon - and all it took is a little competition.