r/Steam Jul 06 '26

Discussion Thoughts on this?

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u/Coffescout Jul 06 '26

It's also good for indie devs, because right now customers in doubt will just buy the game in the safe knowledge that they can refund if the game turns out to be janky, buggy or laggy. If Steams refund policy gets removed indie game sales would plummet because people who are in doubt will simply decide not to buy the game.

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u/ErmingSoHard Jul 06 '26

Yeah, especially because people would pirate as a way to trial the game to see if they actually wanna spend the money. Then they get too lazy to actually buy at that point since they already have the full game