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Comment on 100% free - The Leviathan's Fantasy (on Steam)

brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Not sure I want that after the reviews, which is a shame because a good fantasy city builder is something I’d pay for. But I wouldn’t want to invest time in an unfinished game that’s turning to a mobile idle thing model.

But I am a bit curious about how they are doing this. I don’t think Steam allows different pricing from the wishlist, do they?

Did they just hide the free base game purchase leaving only paid options on the store page? It’s looking like that, technically you can’t buy “Leviathan’s fantasy” alone from the store, only paid bundles (with the new version? and weirdly, this makes Leviathan’s fantasy cost money inside that bundle making it more expensive? so confusing).

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riot@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3376080/The_Leviathans_fantasy/

Recently, we have been in continuous communication with Steam Support regarding the duration of our game's free promotion. The support team has also walked us through the potential drawbacks, advantages, and disadvantages of the free offering. Additionally, they assisted us in enabling the free access permission this past Monday morning; however, this free version remains hidden—as we still need to confirm the official launch time, it is currently not visible on the store page.
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It seems even the Steam team was unaware that, with the hidden free version active and the paid version not yet fully removed, users could still claim the free version directly via their Steam Wishlist. I only discovered this issue today myself. Immediately after learning about it, I sent a follow-up email to Steam Support to inform them of this situation and requested that they process refunds for players who purchased the game recently (after the unintended free access became available).

To clarify: The original purpose of our free promotion is to ensure that players who have already purchased the game can continue to access the game’s ongoing updates. There are no hidden agendas or "conspiracy" behind this decision. We simply hope new players can enjoy the game, and existing players can benefit from sustained support.

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- brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Oh. So it’s an unintended quirk in Steam’s interface and basically nobody knew about it.
  
  I guess they wanted that free version hidden and only accessible for people they knew had purchased the game before.
  
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