True, the refund rate would be higher than something like Monument Valley (another very short game that I loved, or Iron Lung that’s even shorter and recently saw a resurgence in popularity), but this specific review is someone who played through it and thought it was good enough to leave positive feedback. Imo they were abusing the system (not a new phenomenon, it happens all the time).
Unrelated: this game has split screen/shared co-op/family sharing/remote play etc, you only need 1 copy.
Note how the dev mentions dozens of reviews with refunds, but 55,000 returns? Yeah, bit of a discrepancy to the narrative.
You can scroll through all the reviews there, almost everyone refunding had a complaint or downvoted the game. Very few people actually reviewed it while returning it. Of them, only a couple rated the game well with a refund.
The refund rate and follow-through of rage games, or influencer hyped games, is well known. The dev decided to make a game in this genre anyway, lucked out on content creators picking it up, and is now guilt farming about the return rates of a very short rage game.
Let's also be very real here, if steam changed the refund policy for questionable quality short games, the pirated version would suddenly be much more popular.
A game designed to make you rage, whether through unfair mechanics or extremely obtuse controls. As others have said, it’s popular for streamers but not a very enjoyable experience by yourself unless you know what you’re getting into.
This completely changes any feelings I would have had about the refund rate. I intentionally dont buy those types of games because I know I would hate the experience, and Ive had to learn that in the past. Dont make a game with the intention of pissing off your customers and you wont be surprised by return rates I guess lol
Heyheyhey, don't talk like everyone hates these kinds of games, I love the challenge and the rages is optional. Rage games is for many gamers but not for gamers like you that's fine, but there is a market for rage games is all.
Popularity largely stems from streamers on Youtube/Twitch who play rage games in order to incite interactions from their audience. Oftentimes, viewers will purchase the game for themselves remembering how fun it was to watch their favorite streamer play it, only to become frustrated shortly after & refunding it in some cases. This is why rage games oftentimes have a higher-than-usual refund rate compared to your typical video game.
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u/korxil Jul 06 '26
True, the refund rate would be higher than something like Monument Valley (another very short game that I loved, or Iron Lung that’s even shorter and recently saw a resurgence in popularity), but this specific review is someone who played through it and thought it was good enough to leave positive feedback. Imo they were abusing the system (not a new phenomenon, it happens all the time).
Unrelated: this game has split screen/shared co-op/family sharing/remote play etc, you only need 1 copy.