Hey c/selfhosted,

It’s been a while since our last update, but we’ve been busy working on exciting new GameVault features!

For those unfamiliar: GameVault is a self-hosted gaming platform that offers a Steam-like library experience for DRM-free games on your own server. It allows you to organize, share, and play your game collection with friends and family, all while keeping complete control over your data. If you are a gamer and self-hoster and never heard of it, you are probably missing out!

Based on your valuable feedback, we’ve significantly improved GameVault+, our main source of income, to ensure that it truly provides value for its price.

So what’s new in GameVault+?

💾 Cloud Saves

GameVault now supports cloud saves through integration with Ludusavi. Your server becomes your personal cloud - automatically syncing save files between PCs and your GameVault server. Easily continue playing on another device or uninstall games and return to them later without losing your progress!

💬 Discord Integration

Your friends can now see exactly which GameVault games you’re playing, thanks to a brand-new Discord Presence integration.

🚂 Steam Integration

Manage all your games in one place! GameVault can now fully synchronize your library with Steam as non-Steam shortcuts, letting you launch everything from Steam’s familiar interface or your TV using Steam Big Picture.

👪 Affordable Family & Friends Plan

We’ve especially heard your feedback on pricing for families and groups loud and clear. Our new Family & Friends Plan lets you use GameVault+ with up to 6 users for just €8.99/month - making the premium features affordable for almost everyone!

🎯 Other Improvements

The latest updates also includes various bug fixes, improved stability, better theme management, UI enhancements, and performance optimizations.

Lastly… Thank you for reaching 1k Discord members, 10k active users, and over 100k Docker Pulls, and for supporting our passion and work on this hobby project by subscribing to GameVault+. Your feedback continues to shape GameVault, so please share your thoughts and suggestions here, on our GitHub, or on our Discord!

Happy Gaming,

The Phalcode Team

  • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    Gonna be real, the only thing this offers that I could want, I already have set up through Playnite…

    In fact, I’d say this looks really kinda bad. Just about everything you charge for is just leveraging some service or tool someone else already made for free.

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      12 hours ago

      I already have set up through Playnite…

      I think there might be a misunderstanding about the purpose of GameVault. It’s actually not designed as a replacement for Playnite. In fact, GameVault integrates seamlessly with Playnite—it complements your setup by acting as an additional source, similar to how Steam functions alongside Playnite.

      Just about everything you charge for is just leveraging some service or tool someone else already made for free.

      I understand your perspective, but please consider that our app itself is entirely free to use. The only paid features we offer are integrations with third-party services—these integrations are optional enhancements and aren’t required for using the core functionality of our app.