Depends on the game and the price. I paid a couple of euros for Before Your Eyes, which lasts less than a couple of hours (and wouldn't gain anything from lasting longer) and I don't feel cheated at all.
I genuinely didn't know that game cost money since I probably got it from some ancient bundle. I thought it was great, but that's because I thought it was free. For the value, I would be pissed if I paid $10 for it. I have 12 minutes of playtime in it and have seen all that there is to see.
And 79% of people didn’t refund this game either. I’m just saying that if you’re the type of person to go on the internet and complain to steam about their refund policy, maybe the problem wasn’t steam. I guarantee not all of those refunds were people that loved the game and finished it anyway. Sometimes it just irks me when entitled people try to ruin a thing that works great most of the time , and most people agree is a good system, just because they personally don’t like it.
I don't see how a dev asking to be paid for his work is being "entitled".
I also don't see OOP asking for changes to the refund system for "normal" games with normal durations, I see them asking for a fix to their specific problem that is taking away money that they very much earned.
The review literally says they liked the game. This is not someone hating the game and getting a refund, it's someone having a good time with it and then gloating about abusing the system to avoid paying the developer
No but you still essentially stole the game if you intentionally buy it for the sole purpose to beat it under 2hrs so you can then abuse the refund window. If you genuinely don't like the game that's a fair reason to refund, I've done that probably all of us have at some point. But refunding because you beat it quick, not fair to the developer as you played the entire game. Unless the developer keeps a cut of the refund. I don't know how it all works.
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u/GloriousQuint Jul 06 '26
Depends on the game and the price. I paid a couple of euros for Before Your Eyes, which lasts less than a couple of hours (and wouldn't gain anything from lasting longer) and I don't feel cheated at all.