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Steam Review Policy Change

Hey there! As many of you may be aware Steam just changed it's review policy so only Direct Steam paying customers can leave a review for it to count.

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Hey there! As many of you may be aware Steam just changed it's review policy so only Direct Steam paying customers can leave a review for it to count. This introduction to new policy took our score way down due to the fact a lot of our reviews were from other storefronts, reviewers, promotions, etc. A lot of indie developers were affected in a negative manner. I guess there were some developers playing the system and getting MASS amounts of fake reviews, so the rest of us have to suffer because of a few. We had so few direct reviews to begin with, so this obliterated our score. If any of you Steam gamers bought our game directly on Steam and liked it, would you please do us a favor and leave a review! We would be forever grateful. It's hard to get noticed on Steam with the mass amount of games and being a new studio, which is why we go to other storefronts because the chance of standing out is far better. So now these reviews do not even count. Thanks to those who have supported us all along. - and be sure to do the same for other indie games that you love! We all need the support at this time. Cheers guys!!!!

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addedHey there! As many of you may be aware Steam just changed it's review policy so only Direct Steam paying customers can leave a review for it to count. This introduction to new policy took our score way down due to the fact a lot of our reviews were from other storefronts, reviewers, promotions, etc. A lot of indie developers were affected in a negative manner. I guess there were some developers playing the system and getting MASS amounts of fake reviews, so the rest of us have to suffer because of a few. We had so few direct reviews to begin with, so this obliterated our score. If any of you Steam gamers bought our game directly on Steam and liked it, would you please do us a favor and leave a review! We would be forever grateful. It's hard to get noticed on Steam with the mass amount of games and being a new studio, which is why we go to other storefronts because the chance of standing out is far better. So now these reviews do not even count. Thanks to those who have supported us all along. - and be sure to do the same for other indie games that you love! We all need the support at this time. Cheers guys!!!!

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addedHey there! As many of you may be aware Steam just changed it's review policy so only Direct Steam paying customers can leave a review for it to count. This introduction to new policy took our score way down due to the fact a lot of our reviews were from other storefronts, reviewers, promotions, etc. A lot of indie developers were affected in a negative manner. I guess there were some developers playing the system and getting MASS amounts of fake reviews, so the rest of us have to suffer because of a few. We had so few direct reviews to begin with, so this obliterated our score. If any of you Steam gamers bought our game directly on Steam and liked it, would you please do us a favor and leave a review! We would be forever grateful. It's hard to get noticed on Steam with the mass amount of games and being a new studio, which is why we go to other storefronts because the chance of standing out is far better. So now these reviews do not even count. Thanks to those who have supported us all along. - and be sure to do the same for other indie games that you love! We all need the support at this time. Cheers guys!!!!

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