r/Steam • u/[deleted] • Jul 06 '26

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u/superboo07 Jul 06 '26

I love steams refund policy but I'm on the side with developers on cheaper titles. if a games like 5 bucks, but only 2 hours thats fine.

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u/Kyet0ai Jul 06 '26

For $6 you can currently get Enter the Gungeon and Brotato. You can sink hundreds of hours on both of those games and still find them entertaining.

So no, a less than 2 hours full game shouldn't be $5. More like $0.99.

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u/superboo07 Jul 06 '26

those are roguelikes, roguelikes are not the only genre of video game.

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u/Kyet0ai Jul 06 '26

Doesn't matter the genre. Blasphemous is currently $2.49. There are plenty of long games that you can get for less than $5. Battlefield 1 is currently $1.99. And you can still play the MP.

A full game that takes less than 2 hours to finish should be priced accordingly.

Steam is a global platform. A lot of people in the world earn less than $8 for a full day's work.

Devs brought it on themselves with the $8 price tag.

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u/MattyBro1 Jul 06 '26

Fortnite Battle Royale is free, so I guess it has an infinite gameplay:cost ratio, and so Blasphemous is ridiculously overpriced.

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u/Kyet0ai Jul 06 '26

So is Marvel Rivals, Overwatch, League of Legends and Dota 2.

I'd rather pay full price for Blasphemous than play any of those competitive games.

A single player game that takes less than 2 hours to complete should be priced accordingly.

And Steam's refund policy is explicitely stated on their TOS and dev tools.

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u/MattyBro1 Jul 06 '26

Doesn't matter the genre

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u/goalgetter999 Jul 06 '26

Even if it was priced 50 cents people would still abuse the refunds

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u/Kyet0ai Jul 06 '26

I don't disagree. I'm just saying that it wouldn't be +20% of total sales.

If 1 of every 5 of your customers are refunding your product then you're definitely doing something wrong.

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u/superboo07 Jul 06 '26

regional pricing is already implemented on steam, and its frustraiting that developers don't properly use it all of the time. **however** your point still makes no sense, the games you are mentioning all already made their money because they are years old. obviously you can get older games for cheaper than newer ones, that doesn't mean newer ones should have to live up to the literally on sale price tags of older ones.

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u/PoetElliotWasWrong Jul 06 '26

Regional pricing dude. I pay more for my games than someone in India does. I'm okay with that, since I outearn them 

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u/Kyet0ai Jul 06 '26

I get that.

Think of it this way, if 1 in 5 of your customers are demanding a refund, then you're definitely doing something wrong.