[baud147258]

> the difference is, every single-player game in their catalog can also be played without GOG Galaxy

From my (admittedly limited) experience with GOG games and Galaxy, only games downloaded via the GOG website (with 'offline backup game installers') can be launched without Galaxy; games installed with Galaxy will force Galaxy to be running alongside it

[crtasm]

I recently installed Galaxy and used it to install 4 games from my library, testing now they all load up without Galaxy running.

[baud147258]

You're right (and the parent too); I was using the game shortcuts in my start menu, but I checked and those shortcuts point toward the Galaxy launcher (with additional information on which game to launch), so I was launching Galaxy at the same time as the game. When I used directly, the game executables don't start Galaxy.