GOG add support for authenticator apps for two-factor authentication (2FA)

By Liam Dawe - 19 May 2025 at 6:05 pm UTC

Good news for keeping your games secure, as GOG have announced they've added support for authenticator apps for two-factor authentication (2FA). Previously GOG only supported sending a code via email, but now you can pick whatever auth app you want.

If you have email codes on, you have to first disable it. Then GOG will give you a QR code to scan via your favourite auth app (or a code to manually enter). As noted on the GOG news post. Not much more to it than that!

This is great to see. I hope Valve eventually follow this for Steam, as currently Valve only offer Steam Guard which forces you to use their mobile app, which they don't exactly put a lot of time into. Would be great if Valve also allowed you to use your favourite auth app.

While you're here, perhaps take a look at some of the current sales on GOG like:

In case you missed it; GOG also recently announced they finally added dynamic bundle pricing.

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Tags: GOG, Misc

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10 comments

Stella 14 hours ago

Supporter Plus

I have absolutely zero interest in opening an account on GOG, or purchasing any game from there, as long as they continue to not have a native Linux client.

I understand your criticism of Steam Guard, while it would be nice to have an alternative, I think the Steam Guard app itself is really good. It shows your login history including IP address and location of the login so you can check for fraudulent activity. It also offers some other nice features such as Remote Download to your PC.

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Tevur 13 hours ago

Why do you want a Linux client when you don't need a client at all and can just download the games or use your favorite FOSS Launcher like Heroic or Lutris?

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lordgabor 13 hours ago

Supporter

It would be great for the sake of more options, but I like the qr code login with the steam app.

@Stella
You can download games via the website as well, no need for the app for that. :)

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Leahi84 13 hours ago

About time. Kinda ridiculous that it's taken this long. But better late than never.

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robot2642 12 hours ago

New User

Honestly it's about time they added this.

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fenglengshun 9 hours ago

Fxcking finally. It was always annoying having to wait for the email. Makes it easier when setting up Heroic as well - I can keep my phone open on the same app ready to put in the code right after logging in to Epic.

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Cyril 8 hours ago

@fenglengshun On my side I didn't have to wait for email code, because my ISP provides me static IP address.

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fenglengshun 6 hours ago

@Cyril happy for you, not relevant to me lmao

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Lib-Inst 6 hours ago

@stella - a client isn't needed. in fact i hate clients since its unnecessary just to run a game. steam drm ruined pc gaming with drm and clients being forced.

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Kimyrielle 5 hours ago

So funny that GOG can do what Steam cannot: Support good security.

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