I’m curious about trying Fallout (1997) but I saw that it exists for Steam and GOG Galaxy:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/38400/Fallout_A_Post_Nuclear_Role_Playing_Game/
https://www.gog.com/en/game/fallout
In this case, more like do I want to play Fallout on Steam or do I want to try playing it on GOG.com?
There are some other games I wanted to try on GOG.com too like Alone in the Dark 1+2+3 and System Shock 1+2 that I has discovered recently.
GOG has the benefit of being completely DRM-free and not requiring their application to download, install, or run games. (They have a storefront app, but you can also buy games and download stand-alone installers with a web browser.)
Steam has the benefit of contributing a lot to gaming on Linux, to the point where ditching Windows is now very much viable in most cases. (Games with certain specific anti-cheat systems are the main exception.)
I’m happy to spend money with either of them, for different reasons.
This. Gog literally links you the .exe file and turns you loose, Steam is a (mostly) benevolent monopoly that does good for the PC gaming ecosystem
And we all wish on every star that it stays that way!