Top 3 PC Gaming Clients
Steam
Steam is an Internet-based digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation offering digital rights management (DRM), multiplayer, and social networking. Steam provides the user with installation and automatic updating of games on multiple computers, and community features such as friends lists and groups, cloud saving, and in-game voice and chat functionality. The software provides a freely availableapplication programming interface (API) called Steamworks, which developers can use to integrate many of Steam's functions, including networking and matchmaking, in-game achievements, micro-transactions, and support for user-created content through steam workshops, into their products.
Desura
Desura is a client for the Windows and Linux platforms, though a Mac version is set for an eventual release.Desura’s stance on DRM is much different to others in the same field. Desura encourages developers not to use DRM, but publishers and developers are able to sell titles that use DRM technologies. Desura does a great job of notifying users if a game or publisher ships with DRM.
Green Man Gaming
Green Man Gaming, along with their Martian mascot, have become a very big presence in the world of PC gaming. Currently ranked globally as the second biggest digital game retailer on PC, it's not difficult to see why they've won over so many. The smartest thing about GMG is their understanding that tempting their users away from Steam would be a fool's errand. Instead, appreciating the ubiquity of Valve's PC gaming client, they've created a store which provides Steam keys, often undercutting Steam's own prices.
