GOG Galaxy version talking to Steam?

I just bought the GOG version of Democracy 4 on sale, which was all fine, until I loaded it up and it told me that I could access the Steam overlay in-game. I quit out and, sure enough, apparently both Steam and GOG Galaxy were counting minutes played.

What’s going on? I don’t have my Steam account connected to GOG Galaxy and the initial DRM-free version (via Humble Bundle) doesn’t do this. It also doesn’t do this if Steam isn’t loaded.

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If steam is running, the game will connect to it, to allow workshop support and so-on. It does not have to be launched from steam (or even bought from steam) for that to work. I don’t know if it will then let you download workshop mods etc if steam does not think you own it.

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I see. Thank you for answering.

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