Sep 19, 2015

And it wouldn’t be the same without you all.

Almost 7 Years
Just about 30,000 Wishes Added
Around 3,980,000 Votes Cast
And over 1,000,000 Votes Fulfilled

The Community Wishlist is one of the things that makes GOG.com tick, because no matter what, we’re always working hard to listen and deliver. Whether it’s games, website features, or GOG Galaxy development – the Community Wishlist is always the first place we look, and it’s proven time and time again to be our favorite bargaining chip on the quest for new games and a better GOG.com. With just a tad over one million wishlist votes fulfilled, we want to take this opportunity to look at just a few of the wishes we got to take on.

Out of all the games in the world, several stand out as most highly requested. System Shock 2 at 36,000 votes was one of our first major conquests – this is the game that really paved way for the most fantastic retro releases and, back when we needed it most, showed how much demand and excitement there can still be for the classics. Who knows, perhaps there is more legendary horror lurking right around the corner, hackers.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind at 25,000 votes just joined our gang alongside the earlier Elder Scrolls titles and more Bethesda goodness – but that’s not all the wishlisted games, not by a long shot. With your help we checked off the X-Wing and TIE Fighter series, DOOM & Quake, Sam & Max Hit The Road and way, way more.

Bit by bit, we’re improving GOG.com – adding new features, and changing things up. Across the years we’ve added Mac and Linux support (and then changed the Linux icon) to your games, introduced little things like update notifications, comprehensive change-logs, and the ability to mark your games as completed (and many other tags). The community wishlist was also one of the many reasons we began working on GOG Galaxy.

There’s still a lot of work ahead of us, and there are a ton of things in progress: we’re still hunting for more, and more, and more classics, we’re working on making GOG Galaxy the best gaming client you’ve ever used, and we’re still actively seeking a specialist who can hook us up with some more time (a few hours per day would be nice) to do all that. All of this, while we continue to be a DRM-free store today, tomorrow, and forever!

The community wishlist is a great way for you to keep us aware of your needs, and it’s an equally powerful tool for us to react, and to prioritise the future. So if there’s a game you’ve always wanted, a great idea for the site, or something that’s been bugging you for ages – don’t hesitate, make a wish or cast your vote. It might just become our next big project.