Ah. I wouldn't know if boxes do a lot to disclose DRM as I stopped looking at those a long time ago. 😉 Digital downloads on Amazon.com do typically list what DRM the game requires, though – it's in tiny text, right between the item name and the price – so I suppose you could just look up the digital download version of the game and see what Amazon.com says. (I suppose there could be games available via digital download that don't require Steam/Origin, or games whose retail version doesn't include Steam/Origin despite being available by digital download. It seems kind of unlikely, though.)
For instance, I notice that the Amazon.com page for the digital download of Crysis does not list any DRM. The Crysis 3 page does list Origin. There doesn't seem to be a digital download version of Crysis 2: Limited Edition, though.
SKARDAVNELNATE wrote:Jorpho wrote:It seems like every online seller is pretty up-front about DRM these days.
Actually, I have found Humble Bundle confusing in that way. Many of the games include Steam keys but don't include Steam when looking at the system requirement, which leads me thing Steam is optional when I know that can't be right for certain games.
It used to be that everything sold by Humble always had a DRM-free version, but things changed starting with the THQ bundle last year (and wasn't it scandalous). I'm pretty sure all their standard bundles are still DRM-free, but with the weekly publisher bundles it's probably best to assume the contrary unless it's explicitly stated. I readily admit I have not been keeping close track.