Do you guys use Desura?

[civvver]

I had never heard of Desura but I bought a bundle off indie gala and one of the games was only available on Desura. Does anyone else use it?

It's basically a digital client like steam but it features indie titles, I think exclusively. I haven't seen any triple-A titles on it. So it has a much smaller library and a different niche. The founder said they don't see it as a steam competitor but as serving a different market segment, allowing indie developers who might have trouble getting something on steam another distribution method.

Anyway I'm not surprised I haven't heard of it. Steam really took off cus of valve's hit games, counter strike and half-life 2. Playing those popular games took people right to it. And I never used steam myself until civ5 came out and I was introduced. It's not like I've ever seen a Desura add before, only noticed it when I ran into an exclusive game.

To anyone who uses it, how does the client compare to steam? Pretty similar?

 

[Maniacal]

I've heard of it, its been around for a long time. I've heard it is great for mods since it is created and owned by the people behind ModDB, but I think its initial purpose as a platform to promote indie games has been superseded by their success elsewhere, and on sites like Humble Bundle and Steam.

I've never used it.

 

[Quintillus]

I've never used it either. I'd heard of it, but hadn't thought about it in probably months until your post. The main reason I don't use it is that when I have looked at the selection, there just aren't that many games I'm interested in (or if I would find them interesting, I don't know it). Less important but still a factor is that it would be yet another platform I'd be buying games from.

 

[warpus]

My roommate has games on it and he says it's "alright". Didn't elaborate more than that, but made it sound like it was ok but not as good as steam.

 

[Maniacal]

Well, the really nice thing about Desura/ModDB I just discovered is that it let me change my username, and there is a free game today: http://www.desura.com/games/survivors

EDIT: The Desura client seems to be pretty much just a web browser, it uses slightly less RAM than Steam or Origin does, which is still negligible regardless, and seems to run pretty well. Certainly a bit faster.