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Steam Banned A Horror Game Before It Could Launch, So Now It’s Free

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.inverse.com/gaming/vile-exhumed-horror-game-banned-steam-free

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  • atticus88th@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I used my Mastercard to donate to the dev. Eat shit credit card companies.

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    • AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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      • WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Interesting point but… what else can we do? Mail the dev cash? PayPal direct from bank? CRYPTO. I completely forgot about crypto because of all the shady bullshit. But we buy crypto with… Mastercard. Shit.

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      • Pavidus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The flip side of this coin is, we also get what we want. Devs get paid, and we get games.

        I’m not saying it’s ideal, and I understand your point…but it’s better than not paying. This is just a typical transaction with extra steps.

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    • sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Good job paying Mastercard with your rebellion dollars.

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    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Me too fuck them. Maybe we can make this a trend start selling games direct and stop using Steam and Epic etc platforms. Do it how they did back during the old days as shareware.

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    • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      MasterCard would allow this!?! Wow, this reflects so badly upon them!

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  • misericordiae@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Since the article doesn’t seem to actually link to the game, it’s here: https://dreadxp.com/vile-is-banned/.

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    • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean, the article embeds a video plastered with "VILEISBANNED.COM" in warning tape–style text.

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  • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    In case anyone is wondering, you can add the .exe to steam via games -> add non steam game.

    Then once added go to game properties -> compatibility-> force compatibility -> proton

    Idk if you need to force it or not but that’s what i did and it’s working

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    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      How do you like the game so far?

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      • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I poked around it enough to make sure it worked but it says to play it in one sitting so I’ve got to find a chunk of spare time maybe this weekend. I think I’ll like it from what I’ve seen though. Some puzzles to solve and the premise intrigues me

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  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The dev’s name is Cara Cadaver. Can’t get any better of a name for a horror game dev.

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  • biotin7@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    We need another Steam Alternative & this time it needs to be FOSS

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    • devilish666@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s called github and gitlab

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      • naeap@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Codeberg

        Fuck github - since Microsoft bought it

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      • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Image

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well guess better go get this game. How can I support them financially?

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    • MoreZombies@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It says on the article and the website they accept donations :)

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      • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah found it downloading game now, also made a donation.

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  • asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not sure how I feel about using the internet archive to download the game

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    • crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What’s wrong with using the internet archive?

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      • Scio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Noting wrong with the IA whatsoever. But given how harshly they’ve been treated by basically every government and corporate interest groups they’ve been forced to contend with foot the last few years, and the regular DDOSes, I personally always feel guilty downloading things from them and spending more of their resources on “relatively frivolous” things.

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      • CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It paints a target on IA as a piracy distro while it’s plainly not. IA is not in the piracy game but using it to distribute questionable content con as tarot raises flags elsewhere.

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  • weremacaque@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is it similar to Her Story?

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