I won the game in a giveaway, and it was also revoked.

same here. but dlcs binded on account so far tho

I just got the message as well!

+1

this dev annunced the retirement of his game to have a quick cash flow. so, my guess it's that all the keys given away for free on different sites are the ones revoked . most probably the ones from keyjocker and give.ru. he may see this game being sold to collectors for inflated price, and make this as an protection for his game. btw still shitty move

it was already profile features limited game so its not big deal.

Strange that a single player game would have in-app purchases option, however, it seems their other game has also been removed from the Steam store.

EDIT: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1724630/allnews/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1134150/discussions/0/3823032780414041339/

The retirement of the game happened in August. The revoked keys happened yesterday, claiming they were stolen, but some of the revoked keys were claimed 2 years ago... It's a true WTF moment. I understand he has to do something, but maybe he didn't choose the best way if he's looking to publish more games in the future. This will not be forgotten.

With another game he revoked the keys he gave to curators and reviewers, and mentioned that giving keys was an error because he mainly got negative reviews, and it was like shooting himself in the foot; and he will never give keys again. Another WTF moment, if you don't make a good game, well, your fault.

My X Wars Deluxe hasn't been revoked. I never found it too interesting TBH, and the way it was monetized (cosmetic/support DLCs, in-app purchases) for a single player game was not the best idea IMHO.

Another great step was removing four games because they weren't good enough. If you didn't realize that when you release it, well... Taking so long to realize it after the foot comment... It truly shows the "author bias".

Honestly if I would have coded the worst games ever, I would still keep them up, just as painters keep awful works to remember from where they came. I wish I could code again and be consistent enough to finish a project, game or not.

I'm amazed that devs are still able to pull this kind of dumb move after all the fiascos that happened in the past. Yes they should have some control over the keys, like a few MONTHS to revoke them in case something bad happens (like CC fraud), but revoking games after a year, let alone two is outrageous. It doesn't matter what excuse the come up with, it is basically stealing at this point.

Well I did win DLC for this game here and it was also just now removed.

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/2t5ZI/x-wars-deluxe-line-effect-dlc#dyluCO5

As an update, I still have the game but I got the X Wars Deluxe - Line Effect DLC revoked. I got it for free and it's purely cosmetic, but still, I've had it for one year.

Funny i made a thread about this game yesterday. i traded it 15 months ago with some tard who is demanding another key now for the revoked game that’s been done by the developer! Lol

Some rookie mod closed the thread and closed my ticket that i made accusing the trader for bad behaviour in this community! Smh

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/3sp5g/game-revokes-in-trading

Let's see if the keys of the dev's own giveaways here on SG will be removed.

I lost the DLC but I still have the base game.

They revoked me "X Wars Deluxe", idk why tho...

Funny nobody blames Valve letting this happen again and again by some crazy developer on the loose.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1724630/discussions/0/3191360735186463971/

He gave keys to reviewers and got negative reviews, so decided to revoke them. (this is for his other game, "S.I.N. Unit")

mine is been revoked too. i got it into a giveaway

it's not a big loss anyway because the game wasn't that great

Hi! ¿Should we open a ticket to ask to delete the old GA?

The developer is saying that they did not revoke keys that were distributed through Keyhub, but mine was revoked and many others are complaining that their Keyhub keys were also revoked.

He did say that he might have made a mistake, but is accusing people of a bad memory and that they did not get through Keyhub even though Keyhub has a clear history of the keys that are associated with your account.