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questions about purchasing the game on steam

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I searched on google and this forum for 1 hour and didnt't find any clear answers to the questions I have.

If I buy the game on steam (since I don't have a credit card, paypal, bitcoins, or amazon pay), will I be able to download a version of the game (from the official website), which works separately from steam? (being able to play without steam client)
And will I get a membership as if i bought the game directly from the factorio website?
To make it short: Will everything be as if I bought the game directly on the official website, with no drawbacks at all?

I would be really grateful for a quick answer.

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Re: questions about purchasing the game on steam

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OmegaHunter8 wrote:If I buy the game on steam (since I don't have a credit card, paypal, bitcoins, or amazon pay), will I be able to download a version of the game (from the official website), which works separately from steam? (being able to play without steam client)
Yes, see here.
OmegaHunter8 wrote:And will I get a membership as if i bought the game directly from the factorio website?
Not sure what you consider a membership.
OmegaHunter8 wrote:To make it short: Will everything be as if I bought the game directly on the official website, with no drawbacks at all?
Valve will take a share of the price so the devs will get less I think.

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thanks alot. :D

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I bought it on Steam and started having issues with it launching with Steam client with 0.15. So I went standalone. You just need to link your SteamId with your forum id here and you can download a copy directly.

If you buy it direct, dev's get more money but I'm not sure how you get it into Steam if you want to.

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OmegaHunter8 wrote:I searched on google and this forum for 1 hour and didnt't find any clear answers to the questions I have.
There's your problem. Click here to solve. Both Valve (maker of Steam) and Google have had their shady business practices in the news recently. Neither deserve your money. Wube does. That's a Fact
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