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Indie game dev urges players to pirate its games instead of buying from Steam code resellers
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Dicehit Games urged players to pirate its roguelike rather than buy from gray-market key resellers peddling free promo codes.
The sting that arrived just weeks after another indie developer watched 55,000 copies vanish through Steam refunds.
Article continues after adIndie dev says pirate its game instead of buying resold keysIn an August 10 thread, Dicehit Games explained that the keys floating around reseller sites were never meant for sale.
“If any of our games are too expensive for you and you are going to use a code site, just pirate it.”
Besides, the studio reasoned, a pirate might still have spread the word, whereas a reseller simply pocketed the cash.