Planning ahead for your GOG accounts

GOG sp. z o.o. (Michal Kicinski) accounts cannot be transferred and have no beneficiary option — here is what you can do while the account is active

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Transfer of accounts after death is not guaranteed under GOG sp. z o.o. (Michal Kicinski)'s terms. Lifetime planning offers a more reliable way to manage and share accounts while the account is active.

How to protect your GOG accounts

Here are 5 steps to protect and manage your GOG accounts while the account is active:

1
Download the entire GOG library as offline installers to an external drive. This is the single most important step. GOG offline installers (https://www.gog.com/ > Library > each game > "Download offline backup game installers") are standalone executables that work without the account, the GOG Galaxy client, or GOG's servers. A drive full of GOG installers is effectively a transferable physical asset.
2
Note the unique DRM-free advantage in estate records. Unlike Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation Network, or Nintendo Switch Online, GOG game installers function independently of any account or authentication server. GOG's 2022 DRM-free commitment statement confirms offline installers are a permanent feature of the platform (https://www.gog.com/en/news/bgog_2022_update_2b_our_commitment_to_drmfree_gaming).
3
Keep the GOG Wallet balance low. Per the Wallet FAQ, funds are non-transferable, non-exchangeable, and have no value outside GOG services. Spend rather than accumulate balances, and prefer paying by card at checkout rather than topping up the wallet.
4
For account-level access after death: plan for a court order that references the GOG username or email. GOG has publicly stated it will work with executors who present such an order, making GOG the most estate-friendly account transfer policy among major gaming platforms.
5
Prioritize backing up GOG Preservation Program titles (https://www.gog.com/en/gog-preservation-program). These are classic games with enhanced compatibility for modern systems, and represent the most durable long-term game library available on any platform.

Family sharing

GOG accounts are non-transferable per the User Agreement: the account and its content are personal to the account holder and cannot be shared, sold, gifted, or transferred to another person. GOG does not offer a family sharing or family library feature comparable to Steam Family Sharing or PlayStation consoles. Because all GOG games are DRM-free, downloaded offline installers can be used on any computer without authentication -- GOG acknowledges this is inherent to its DRM-free model and states offline installers allow installation "even if the store doesn't exist anymore."

Should you save your passwords for your family?

Some people store account passwords so a family member can sign in later. The practice has three practical limits:

  • Two-factor authentication often blocks it. Most accounts require a second factor — a code sent to a phone, an authenticator app, a passkey, or a physical key. A saved password alone frequently does not grant access, and the recovery codes that would are easy to lose or let go stale.
  • It usually conflicts with the platform's terms. Most operators prohibit account sharing and signing in as another person, including after a death. Stored credentials are not the operator's recognized access path, and using them can violate the terms of service.
  • Operators provide other paths. Where an operator offers a designation tool — Apple's Legacy Contact, Google's Inactive Account Manager, a beneficiary designation — that mechanism grants access the operator recognizes. A password manager's own emergency-access or legacy feature passes credentials through a controlled process. Digital assets named in a will or trust give a fiduciary authority under each state's Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA).

Recording that a GOG account exists, alongside other accounts, gives a fiduciary the information needed to reach the operator through its official process.

GOG does not support beneficiary designations. Unlike financial accounts, there is no way to name a beneficiary on this type of account.

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