A Game Got Refunded 55,000 Times on Steam — and Its Creator Suddenly Sided With the People Who Did It
A week ago, the creator of the short co-op hit Paddle Paddle Paddle complained about a wave of refunds: out of 270,000 copies sold, players had filed around 55,000 refund requests, many of them…
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Steam's refund policy under scrutiny after 55,000 refunds for highly-rated indie game Paddle Paddle Paddle
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