There is also dwarf fortress, cogmind (which says it’s early access, but in reality the dev just loves his game) and many others. Some devs are just really awesome.
flamiera@kbin.melroy.org 4 days ago
Stardew Valley and Terraria are the only games I know of where their developers are keeping them alive.
Chesckers@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Does Minecraft count despite Mojang getting bought by microsoft? Some of the original Devs are still active.
Manticore@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
It’s kinda insane what No Man’s Sky is doing, too. They recently pushed an update to design and build your own corvette-class spaceships. NMS isn’t even a live service game! Wtf Sean
bystander@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Proof that (good) games don’t need free to play to be supported over time. Can just have people pay the upfront price and keep rolling.
I do hope their finances are in the greens to keep going.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 2 days ago
BeamNG is another example of this. That said, it’s one of the highest selling automotive games on Steam iirc.
Manticore@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
Oh yeah each times Sean does this shit, forums and chats are filled with people mock-angrily ranting that now they need to f8bd som more friends to buy it for lol
And that meme of the dad with the belt? There’s a version on the reddit sub of Sean’s avatar “ITS FREE UPDATE TIME” (sometimes they put the update img on the belt), and the cowering kid being like “SEAN PLS NO! I have money”
Warframe is also the only f2p model game I’ve ever actually felt fairly treated in, they’ve even changed systems when they noticed they were ‘too’ profitable and didn’t feel comfortable with how that was affecting the players paying for them. Warframe is a live service game by design, but it also has a community of players happy to pay for it because they love it and want to show that to devs, rather than being strong-armed.