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  is, more-or-less, the indie gamer's Steam.
Created by Australian video-gaming companies in 2009 under stealth development for two years, DESURA is a Digital Distribution platform for computer games. It is rather obscure compared to digital distribution services such as Steam, but DESURA does have it's own merits to stand out from other services. What sets DESURA apart from other digital distribution services is they offer development tools for any would-be video game developers to create their own computer game and allow those to alpha-fund games (as in buy an early build of a game while it's under development), perform beta-testing, pre-release promotions, and more. DESURA also offers user-created game mods, and Downloadable Content.
DESURA is also DRM-agnostic with a wide number of DRM-free games, and does not by itself offer DRM services, though publishers and developers may choose to include DRM on DESURA-distributed games. Although main focus of the service caters more to independently-made games, there are a few games from mainstream publishers and developers also available. They also do Indie Royale bundles.
Compare and contrast with Steam and GOG.com.
Notable games available on DESURA includes:
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