Stardock VS Steam? (For downloading)

I have never downloaded anything from steam or stardock before, but I am about to do so with GalCiv3. As far as I understand it, you can either download the game from the stardock website or steam? But you do seem to need a steam account regardless of how you purchase it right?

I did intend to get it direct from the stardock website, but I'm not sure which way is easier. I think I would need to go through steam for the frequent patches and updates anyway so should I just get it from steam?

I have heard some bad things about steam in the past, particularly with technical issues. Is it possible to reduce some of those by buying through the stardock site?

Any feedback or recommendations on either method is much appreciated. Thanks!

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Thecw

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You can buy it directly from Stardock, in which case you receive a key with which you can register it at steam. Or you can buy it via steam in which case it will be automatically registered (into your library) with them.

From thereon you download (and update) it from steam. You can not download the game without using steam. So the only difference is to who are you going to make the payment, because everything else is the same.

You need a steam account to register and play it.

I personally bought it directly from Stardock simply because i was already a customer of them. And there was a price difference between Stardock and Steam.

Hope this clarifies the issues.

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That answered every question I had. Thanks for the info!

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