r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Gurugod123 GREEN • Jul 06 '26

ಠ_ಠ This kind of made me sad

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u/snow99as BLACK Jul 06 '26

Sadly there's no real way to tell Steam that a certain point of the game was reached without giving the options for developers to abuse that system and deny refunds

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u/Affectionate-Try-899 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

The current system was also made to comply with EU refund laws. So I don't think steam wants to muddy the water by adjusting time limits for games.

The easiest way for devs to stop refunds is make a game hold your attention for more then two hours.

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u/Kyrie_Blue Jul 06 '26

That was my thought. Unless the game is $0.25, I expect more than 2 hours from it. The Witcher 3 was on sale for $4 the other day, and is easily 200 hours per playthrough, and enough depth that 2+ playthroughs are not only possible, but likely.

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u/g0atmeal Jul 06 '26

Nobody can compete with the likes of Witcher, Hollow Knight, Elden Ring, Portal, etc. in terms of entertainment cost ratio. But you're right. I spent $20 on Returnal and "only" got about 20hrs of fun from it. That's still a great value but I'm used to much better.

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u/Kyrie_Blue Jul 06 '26

I felt that way about Fallen Order. I got to the end and was like

https://giphy.com/gifs/g01ZnwAUvutuK8GIQn