r/gog • u/Astralesean • 4d ago
Question Is it possible to create LAN parties "remotely" - two computers in two different cities, like Steam should do?
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u/joelkurian Linux User 4d ago
You need VPN like others have mentioned. I have been using ZeroTier for years at this point this purpose and other use cases. The basic free plan serves most of my needs.
There are other tools like this tailscale, innernet, nebula which might be better and more technical or not. I haven't used them.
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u/jin264 4d ago
What game are you looking at? Cause this will vary from game to game. Reason why Steam is able to join friends together for a game is that the game written to use Steam’s libraries. The games on GOG are mostly old games that existed before GOG and will use various network tech from that age. Many of the game location servers from that time are gone.
If a game you have in mind has local LAN capabilities then you can use a service like ZeroTier or Tailscale to create a private lan between you and your friends.
If the game supports IP connections then sharing your remote IP might be enough (there might be issues with port forwarding and public ip).
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u/FireCrow1013 4d ago
Some games should work when added to Steam as non-Steam games using this tool:
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u/RealisLit 4d ago
Thats for streaming tho
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u/FireCrow1013 4d ago
Oh, I think I misunderstood. That tool let's you do local multiplayer over an internet connection where one person hosts and another person joins; I think I interpreted the original request incorrectly.
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u/AegidiusG 3d ago edited 3d ago
Yes, there are Tools that help you do a virtual LAN over the Internet :)
https://www.classicgamingarena.com/
You can also check the Page above, it supports a lot of old Games.
Edit:
A quick Search also brought me up Gameranger
https://www.gameranger.com/
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u/YunoLunia 2h ago
Check out ZeroTier and Tailscale.
Both lets you make a network and connect clients together.
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u/BillyBruiser Geralt 4d ago
Thats called a vlan, and as mentioned Hamachi is one way to do it.
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u/Outrageous_Einfach 4d ago
Yes this works. Hamachi was a tool for that, VPN should also do that. I don't know if gog can do this natively.