GOG Galaxy
Warsaw, Poland
What it is
GOG Galaxy brings game libraries and friends from multiple gaming platforms into one app for Windows and macOS. It can import PC and console games, including titles that are not installed, into a master collection, and track achievements, play time, and owned games across connected platforms. For PC games, it can install and launch titles owned through different platforms. Users can filter, sort, tag, change game visuals, save library views, and edit game details. Galaxy also brings together friends lists, online status, activity, and cross-platform chat. Games can be imported through official or community-created integrations, or added manually; community integrations are open source, with documentation for creating them. Library changes sync between devices, and offline mode is supported. For GOG games, the client includes auto-updates, cloud saves, multiplayer, matchmaking, and rollbacks to earlier versions. Other gaming clients need to be installed for platform-specific features such as installing or auto-updating games and cloud saves. A free GOG account is required. GOG says it does not share personal data with third parties and removes imported data from its servers when a platform is disconnected.
For and against
For
- Imports PC and console games, including uninstalled titles
- Tracks achievements and play time across connected platforms
- Supports cross-platform chat
- Library changes sync between devices
Against
- Requires a free GOG account
- Other clients are needed for some platform-specific features
The verdict
Galaxy offers a unified view of connected game libraries and friends, with added collection tools and GOG-specific features. Users relying on features from other platforms need to keep those platforms' gaming clients installed.
Who it suits
Galaxy suits players whose libraries and gaming friends are spread across different launchers and platforms. It may also suit users who want to organize and customize a collection in one app.
Plans and prices
GOG GALAXY
requires a free GOG account · Windows and macOS desktop client
Read 15 Oct 2026 · gog.com
On the record
- Activity feed
- The activity feed displays friends’ achievements, playtime milestones and recently played games.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Auto-updates
- The GOG client automatically keeps GOG.COM games updated.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Changelog system
- Developers publish game changelogs independently, immediately or on a schedule, and users can read them on GOG.com or in Galaxy.docs.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Chat
- Galaxy provides chat for its users independently of in-game chat.docs.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud saves
- Supported game saves are backed up to cloud storage and synchronized between computers.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Community integrations
- GOG publishes open-source integration tooling so community developers can add gaming platforms.support.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cross-device sync
- Library customizations and changes are stored in the cloud and synchronized between devices.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Developer documentation covers release workflows, a developer portal, builds, pipeline tools, SDK integration, client features, FAQs and changelog management.docs.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Engine support
- GOG documents C++ libraries, a C# wrapper, a Unity package and an Unreal Engine 4 plugin, with additional community wrappers for other engines.docs.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Friends and chat
- It brings together friends lists, shows online status and activity, and supports cross-platform chat.gog.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Friends list
- Galaxy aggregates friends from connected platforms and shows their online status.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Game discovery
- The client shows upcoming releases and games popular with friends and the wider community.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Game launcher
- Users can install and launch PC games they own through connected platforms.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Game-server API
- The SDK includes a game-server API for lightweight dedicated servers that do not require the Galaxy client.docs.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Game statistics
- The client combines achievements, playtime and owned-game information across connected platforms.gog.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Game stats
- It tracks achievements, play time, and games owned across connected platforms.gog.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- GOG client features
- For GOG games, the client includes auto-updates, cloud saves, multiplayer and matchmaking, and rollbacks to prior versions.gog.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Integration API
- The public Python integration API runs each platform integration as a separate process and supports game import, installation, launching, achievements, playtime, friends, chat and caching.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
