Rock Hard Platformer 'Refund This Game' Challenges You to Beat It Within Steam’s 2-Hour Refund Window
If you’ve played Baby Steps or Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, you’ll understand the pure allure of a game that makes you want to clench your jaw so hard your teeth shoot off and ricochet around the room. One developer has taken this genre to its logical conclusion, challenging players to beat it in two hours so they can request their $3.99 back from Steam.
Developers have created a challenging 3D platformer called Refund This Game that forces players to reach the summit within a two-hour period in order to request a refund of $3.99 from Steam. The game, which is a 3D platformer similar to Baby Steps and Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, requires players to pole vault through a psychedelic cyberspace of shapes and colors.
Players are only given a single checkpoint, which can be placed anywhere along the course. While the developers claim that the game is fun and a nice challenge, they also warn that one mistake can result in falling all the way down. The Steam page for the game includes a teaser for a secret endgame challenge, but it is likely that players will need more than two hours to figure it out.
The developers criticized Steam's two-hour refund policy earlier this year, stating that they had seen over 55,000 refunds for their game, despite positive reviews and a 90% "Very Positive" review rating. Valve's refund policy states that refunds are not a way to get free games and that anyone unfairly taking advantage of the policy would have their refund privileges suspended.
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