Emika Games quits making games after Steam's refund policy gets abused and exploited

On August 26, 2021, Indie developer, Emika Games, announced on Twitter that they were going to leave for an indefinite time from game development due to people constantly refunding his games the minute they beat them as most of his games were less than 2 hours long, the requirement for how long a game can be before a customer is unable to refund a game on Steam. His announcement said the following:

"Friends! Thank you for your support! I'm leaving game development for an indefinite time to collect my thoughts. The fact is that my game Summer of '58 does not reach two hours of playing time by Steam standards. In this regard, a huge number of returns on the game, even with positive reviews, and I do not earn anything to create a new game. Thank you very much for supporting me. I am very glad that you like my games, but since I have no conditions to do something new, I have to do something else. I will immediately answer everyone who asks about From Day to Day, this game will not se the light of day in the near future. See you later."

Response
Many users replied to the tweet telling him not to quit and started to buy his games on Steam to show their support. The support got so big that publications like PC Gamer made an article about Emika Games. At the same time, however, Emika would also recieve some hate with many accusing him of doing this all for publicity and to promote his games. Emika would later make two responses.

"Friends! I'm really shocked by such support! I didn't expect that so many people would support me! I want to create games without artificially prolonged time, so that the game does not get bored by the end, so they come out for less than two hours. I think you've noticed that my games look like a short series, similar to the fact that you can watch a movie, not a TV series. I am not offended by those people who return the game because they did not like it or because of technical problems. But if a person went through to the end and retuned the game, it can be compared to the fact that he ate all the pizza, but he did not like it, and just returned the box and his money. I wanted to leave quietly, just warning about my intentions. But as soon as I saw how many people supported me it gave me something to think about. Thank you guys so much!"

"Thank you all for your support! I didn't want a lot of publicity! I didn't encourage anyone to buy my games to help me. The essence of my post was to leave for an indefinite time, indicating the reason. What is happening now in my social networks and discussions on Steam is just crazy. People began specifically began to but my game and write negative reviews. They accuse me of fraud and black PR in the Steam communities. Over the past 24 hours, I have received good wishes and support, and a lot of negativity that leads me astray. I will repeat myself once again. I have never encouraged anyone to buy my games. I didn't advertise on it. I just voiced a painful topic that has been bothering me since release of my first game. Everyone who decided to help me, this is completely your decision, for which I thank you very much!! People who have never played this kind of horror, please pass by."

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