I play all my games on console, but I am soon making a full changeover to PC. I am not new to computers, but I am kind of new to Steam and overall PC gaming. Due to me not finding the "better" editions of the games I want on the Steam store, I decided to pre-order all the games for disc. But before I do this, I want to know one thing:
If I put the disc into the PC, will it automatically download onto steam, or will it just play off the disc? What exactly happens?
Please don't question me about why I wouldn't just get digital games etc. I will only get the digital copies of already released games and/or games without extra content in them (Season Pass) etc. Please tell me if there is actually a way to buy the "better" editions of the game (digital) with steam keys etc.
Thanks in advance!
Best Answer
As a general rule, games that use Steam for distribution and DRM (or otherwise register on Steam) will install some content from the disc then update (or download) further data. This absolutely relies on the game being a Steam game - if it doesn't require Steam (or a Steam account) on the box, you probably won't be able to register it on Steam.
You can see a list of the games that use Steam for this purpose here, though it doesn't appear to be exhaustive (for example, not including CoD:BO3 which does seem to use Steam).
The Division (another game you mention) is a game published by Ubisoft, who these days seem to sell games on Steam, but physical copies with keys for uPlay.